With Ramadan starting this week, Gloucestershire County Council’s Trading Standards Service is warning Muslims about the health risks of drinking fake holy water. Tests carried out by the Food Standards Agency have shown that bottled water sold in
AN innovative project to bring elderly residents together to stage a play about ageing has been launched by Stroud District Council and NHS Gloucestershire. The Ageing Naturally Together (ANT) scheme will allow residents from participating care homes
A CAMPAIGN to educate youngsters on how to react if they find themselves under threat from a dog has now reached more than 1,500 children in Stroud. The ‘Check B4 U Pet’ scheme was launched by SDC’s animal welfare team in 2008 in response to national
SUE Davie, chief executive of Stroud-based charity The Meningitis Trust, has welcomed news that researchers have pinpointed a certain set of genes which render some people more prone to meningitis. "At the Meningitis Trust, we see first-hand the devastation
Police in Cheltenham are working with officers from British Transport Police (BTP) to offer train travellers crime prevention advice at an event next week. On Thursday August 12, between 4pm and 8pm, Safer Community Team Officers from Hester’
Gloucestershire County Council’s Cabinet Champion for Flooding has met with the Environment Minister to discuss the county’s flood work. Last week, the Minister Richard Beynon announced £2million for local councils in England to help fund
AN elderly couple died and another three motorists suffered injuries in a road traffic collision on the A429 between Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold. The collision happened around 3.05pm yesterday, Sunday, August 8, and involved three vehicles
Visitors to the Museum in the Park’s latest exhibition are being fascinated, delighted and disturbed by Cleo Mussi's inventive and fantastical mosaic installation, 'Pharma's Market, a Livestock and Produce Show'. Recent news stories about meat
