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

GCC takes measures to protect county's roads

5:00pm Thursday 9th September 2010

Gloucestershire County Council is stepping up its preventative maintenance to help our roads last longer.

JUST IN - Student, 20, jailed for dealing cannabis

5:06pm Thursday 9th September 2010

A 20 year old Chalford man who was due to start a university course later this month has been jailed today for cannabis dealing.

GCC looking at joint waste board

4:00pm Thursday 9th September 2010

Gloucestershire County Council’s Cabinet is being asked to approve plans to join a Joint Waste Partnership for the county.

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Cocaine courier sentenced to three years imprisonment

3:44pm Thursday 9th September 2010

A cocaine courier from Stroud has bee sent to jail for three years and four months for his involvement in a drugs supply chain which spanned the county.

More than 1,400 people use new bus service in Cheltenham

2:20pm Thursday 9th September 2010

More than 1,400 people have used the new V bus service in Cheltenham in the first 10 weeks of operation.

Youth Council’s audience with Stroud MP Neil Carmichael

11:00am Thursday 9th September 2010

The issues affecting the district’s young people were up for discussion last week when Stroud District Youth Council (SDYC) met with the district’s newly elected MP Neil Carmichael.

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UPDATE - Man detained and hospitalised following his refusal to allow police and fire crews to enter burning Nailsworth flats

9:36am Thursday 9th September 2010

A MAN who refused to allow police and fire crews to enter a burning block of flats in Old Market, Nailsworth, has now been detained and taken to hospital.

Man refuses to leave burning flats in Nailsworth

9:25am Thursday 9th September 2010

FIRE crews were called to a blaze at a block of flats in Old Market, Nailsworth, around 7.30am this morning, Thursday, September 9.

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