A LABRADOR has been given the gift of life this Christmas after she was saved by a canine blood donor. The vets and veterinary nurses at Clockhouse Vets in Old Market, Nailswoth, carried out an emergency operation to save the life of one of their
PUPILS from Rosary Primary School set to entertain parents with their performance of a traditional nativity today, Wednesday. Directed by the KS1 teachers, Matthew Cox, Stacey Perkin and Brenda Williams, It’s a Nativity, tells the traditional story
THE Royal Society of Arts (RSA) have honoured Stroud artist Tony Meeuwissen with Royal Designer for Industry at their annual awards in London on 28th November. Born in 1938, Tony has been quietly beavering away since the mid-50s. Over the
THE great Sufi mystic and poet Jalal-ud-din Rumi died at sunset on 17th December 1273 in the radiance of enlightenment. In honour of this date, Hawkwood invites you to a special screening of In the Fire of Grace: Rumi’s Journey of the Soul
THERE'S winter words fromRiff Poets Jeff Cloves and Dennis Gould, plus guests Rick Vick and Jamilla Gavin, at the Woolpack, Slad on Wednesday, December 18 at 8pm. With music from Gerald and Friends.
WHY now? That is the question which has baffled stallholders, shopkeepers and local politicians. After 14 years and seemingly out of the blue, Stroud District Council has unilaterally decided, without any consultation, that it is going to put the
FEARS have been raised about the death of Stroud High Street if a new operator is appointed to take over the town’s award-winning farmers’ market. Many stallholders, shopkeepers and local politicians have reacted with fury after Stroud District
ADY Pennock has consigned Prozone to Room 101. The Forest Green boss has gone back to basics and insists his eyes see the bigger picture. Prozone was the previous choice of former boss David Hockaday, but Pennock has quickly binned the analytical
A FAMILY have had to use money saved for Christmas presents to pay for vet bills after their cat was shot with an air rifle in Stroud. Eight-month-old moggy Milly is still recovering after she was shot in the pelvis on Friday, November 22.
POLICE are urging parents to be vigilant after two young girls reported a man acting suspiciously in Stroud today, Wednesday. The incident happened at 8.15am as two girls aged 10 and 11 walked to school along a pathway through a field at the back
SCHOOLBOY Dominic Stephenson has lost some of his most treasured possessions after a fire broke out at his father’s pub. Dominic, 12, lost most of his possessions including his rugby kit, medals and posters along with his clothes and bedding when
