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Alfie the donkey. Photo by Heather Cook

Woman, 29, charged with drink driving after hitting Alfie the donkey

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Teenage girls arrested on suspicion of arson after Stroud Register Office fire

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Chef's buttocks scalded with boiling butter in kitchen 'prank'

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Gloucestershire police officer charged with making indecent images of children

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IN PICTURES: The return of Stroud Show's brick throwing contest

Five alternative summer courses in Stroud

Warning after lads spotted trying car door handles

Extinction Rebellion to hold week-long protest in Bristol

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Alfie the donkey recovering after being hit by car on common

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54 fantastic photos from Stroud Show

YOUTH VOICE: Farewell to Merrywalks

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Appeal for information about old Stonehouse photos

Where is the best pub garden to enjoy a beer in?

DOINA'S DIARY: How we're making the district more accessible

Your stunning summer photos

Playground Festival in pictures

IN THE DOCK: Roundup of Gloucestershire magistrates' court results

JOHN LIGHT: There is still community spirit in the Cotswolds

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Stroud boy, 15, suffers brain injury in Lanzarote

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IN THE DOCK: 3 cases from Gloucester Crown Court this week

PICTURES: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt visit Gloucestershire

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DAVID DREW: You don't know what you have until it is gone

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JOHN LIGHT: My 70-year love affair with Cheltenham Festival

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22 of the best things to do this week

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Stunning photos from the Stonehouse in Bloom annual competition

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PRIDE OF THE COTSWOLDS: Teacher nominated for inspiring pupils to read

The latest planning applications

Playground festival set to launch in Stroud

EDITOR'S VIEW: School’s ban on phones a good idea

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Cotswold Hare Trail director steps down

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Stroud will get nothing of £675m fund to boost high streets

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Play by the Lake returns tonight

Giffords Circus creator Nell Gifford reveals she has a year to live

Teenager Harry Cairney sent to young offender institution

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Archway School bans mobile phones

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Stroud's first cat cafe to open this summer

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Support canal superheroes fundraising

Six of the best workshops to try this summer

YOUR LETTERS: Ban military parades says Green councillor

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See inside new £1.6m sheltered housing scheme in Nailsworth

Itchy Feet dance group hope for sell out crowd for farewell show

Independent estate agent earns top-3 rating again

Stroud's top tips for going plastic free in July

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Stroud tea room says food hygiene rating system is unfair

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Tributes to This Country star Michael Sleggs who has died aged 33

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Coroner calls for action on rail crossing after farmer's death

New hot desk centre opens in Stonehouse

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: with Clive Dale

33 beautiful photos of pupils on their school allotment

MEP demands Japanese reverse decision to restart whaling

Nailsworth artist James Green to join Banksy at London exhibition

Fantastic photos from Uplands Primary's art exhibition

YOUR LETTERS: War memorial vandals make my blood boil says veteran

Eastington coach firm fined for burning waste

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Calls for Ofsted to be scrapped after Wynstones rated inadequate

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We've not done this as a gimmick, Forest Green chairman Dale Vince on recruiting first female academy boss in English Football

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Tips to prevent doorstep crime from PC Gary Lynch

Stroud Foto Forum's 25th Annual Exhibition

Family-run gym in Stroud in the final for national award

Stroud Girls High School reunion for the 1966 intake

Wildlife lovers flock to Stroud's Big Nature Festival

Excitement building for return of Stroud Show this weekend

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Missing teenager from Stroud found safe and well

23 fabulous pictures from Daisy Day in Stroud

Nailsworth students play a plastic-free part in saving the environment

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Summertime yoga on the common

PRIDE OF THE COTSWOLDS: Supporting hundreds of new mums with breastfeeding

PUB SPY: A class act in traditional pub fare in picturesque village

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YOUTH VOICE: Building a robotic arm out of K'nex

DOINA'S DIARY: How we'll make district carbon neutral by 2030

JOHN LIGHT: Nobody capable of leading the country right now

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Sport

CONFIRMED : Every completed signing for Shortwood United

CRICKET: Louis Gegg hits unbeaten 143 off 85 balls as Stroud push leaders Chippenham to the wire

IN PICTURES: Brimscombe 4-3 Chalford

IN THE PICTURE: Shortwood United 1 STM Sports 1

Former Forest Green midfielder set to face Manchester United

Swindon Supermarine 1 Forest Green 2: McCoulsky on target again

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Sport

Stroud Angling club hold coaching day for young anglers

Peterborough reject Forest Green bid for hot-shot striker

FA Cup draws made for 2019-20 season

Stonehouse sign Cinderford attacker on dual registration

Forest Green pitted against Southampton Under 21s

Magpies swoop for former Forest Green striker

Brimscombe boss Prior takes positives in Gloucester defeat

We've not done this as a gimmick, Forest Green chairman Dale Vince on recruiting first female academy boss in English Football

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Forest Green draw with former Premier League side in behind-closed-door friendly

Forest Green learn EFL Trophy opponents

CRICKET: Petersen ton fails to save Stroud

National Village KO: Frocester lose cup thriller by one run

CONFIRMED: Forest Green sign Leeds United defender on a three-year deal

TRANSFER WINDOW GOSSIP: Forest Green chasing Leeds United defender

VOTE: Do you love or loathe Forest Green's new playing strip?

Chadd set for Gloucestershire return

Shortwood share same shirt sponsor as top Bundesliga outfit FSV Mainz 05

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National sport

Cricket World Cup team of the tournament

Martin content with position after opening week of Tour de France

Maharaj leads Yorkshire to brink of victory over leaders Somerset

Klopp: Mignolet’s future is with Liverpool

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Geraint Thomas moves up to second at Tour de France as crosswinds cause havoc

Root and Bairstow convinced they have played in the greatest game of all time

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World Cup win is vindication for approach over last four years – Bayliss

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Business News

Family-run gym in Stroud in the final for national award

BEHIND THE BUSINESS: From minister visits to lingerie shows - Jono Rooke on life in PR

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IAN MEAN: Apprenticeship Levy is a fiasco

BEHIND THE BUSINESS: Paul Drabble: from advising Coca-Cola to Gloucestershire firms

Boss store opens at Gloucester Quays

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National news

Senior Labour peers offer to investigate anti-Semitism allegations

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Theresa May raises a cup to England’s cricket World Cup heroes

Demonstrators try to block Hawaii’s giant telescope project on religious grounds

Divers swim with ‘giant’ jellyfish off coast of Cornwall

Crowds line streets to say goodbye to Father Ted star Brendan Grace

Conjoined twin girls separated at Great Ormond Street

Joe Biden defends Obamacare amid attacks from both flanks

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