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Work set to start on new Bussage skate park

7:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

WORK is set to start on a new state-of-the-art concrete skate park in Bussage this week.

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Poet teaches pupils about the joys of writing at Gastrells Primary School

5:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

POET Mike Jubb enthused children with the joys of writing at a special workshop at Gastrells Primary School in Rodborough this week.

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Nursery in Nailsworth to relocate to permanent building thanks to government grant

3:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

CHILDREN at Phoenix Playmates Nursery in Nailsworth will relocate to a permanent building in the autumn thanks to a government grant.

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Former Labour leader Michael Foot visited Stroud in the 1960s

12:56pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

FORMER Labour leader Michael Foot visited the Stroud valleys in the 1960s, according to district councillor Mark Rees.

Mugabe and the White African to be shown in Box

9:44am Tuesday 16th March 2010

MUGABE and the White African, a film made by David Pearson and Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, who run Arturi Films in Bath Road, Stroud will be shown at Box Village Hall at 7.30pm next Wednesday, March 24.

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Nine-week-old Labrador puppy has name chosen by St Rose's School in Stroud

5:04pm Monday 15th March 2010

NINE week old black Labrador Sonny was popular with pupils from St Rose's School in Stroud after he recently visited for a special naming assembly.

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Sean Creed, formerly of Minchinhampton, arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

3:00pm Monday 15th March 2010

SEAN Creed, the driver of a car that crashed, resulting in the deaths of two passengers, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

Gloucestershire businesses targeted by bogus diaries scam

2:13pm Monday 15th March 2010

Businesses in the county have complained to Gloucestershire County Council’s Trading Standards Service about bogus emergency services diaries.

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Coffee morning in Stroud will raise money for Meningitis Trust

1:01pm Monday 15th March 2010

A COFFEE morning to raise money for the Meningitis Trust will be held in St Laurence Church Hall in The Shambles, Stroud next Monday, March 22 from 10am to 1pm.