The latest news as it happens from Stroud, Stonehouse, Nailsworth and across the Five Valleys

Steam loco united with school for first time in 79 years

6:00pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

SOUTHERN railway schools class locomotive visits Cheltenham for Cotswold steam celebration Cheltenham College staff and pupils to meet ‘their’ engine for first time

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The hunt is on for UK’s best picnic spot

5:10pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

AS the weather gets warmer, our thoughts turn to getting out and about and picnics at the weekend; a great British tradition

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Tournament Report: British Flyball Association Sanctioned Tournament

8:43am Tuesday 30th April 2013

COTSWOLD Flyball Club, a small club based on the Wiltshire, Gloucestershire border sent 5 teams to this nationally sanctioned tournament, 3 open and 2 starter teams.

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The Severnside Singers

9:12am Friday 26th April 2013

A CHOIR in Frampton on Severn are looking for a new conductor who can bring harmony to the group of singers.

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Minchinhampton Gardening Club

9:10am Friday 26th April 2013

A LARGE number of Gardening Club members came to the Minchinhampton School hall for their March meeting to hear an illustrated talk by gardener and photographer, Adrian James.

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Hair's the way to raise fun and funds for good cause

9:06am Friday 26th April 2013

CHILDREN at a nursery in Cainscross got 'Wiggy With It' to raise money for the charity Teenage Cancer Trust.

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Stroud Rotary Club

9:02am Friday 26th April 2013

FOR some time Rotary clubs in Great Britain and Ireland have, with the Stroke Association, organised a Know Your Blood Pressure event to raise awareness of the link between blood pressure and stroke.

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Nailsworth and District Flower Arrangement Society

8:59am Friday 26th April 2013

OUR demonstrator this month was Marie Munday from Painswick.

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Hilltop Gardening Club

8:56am Friday 26th April 2013

THERE was a good turnout for the annual plant auction despite the cold weather and a dispiriting growing season.

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Stonehouse Wheelers

8:53am Friday 26th April 2013

ON Sunday, February 3, Bill Adams led 13 members on a route out through Standish, Haresfield and Quedgeley to Sellars Bridge (the one that crosses the Sharpness Canal near the Pilot Inn).

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