LOCAL policing team officers in Longlevens have been giving out packs that will help protect residents from rogue traders. It comes on the day an elderly local resident reported that two local youngsters had charged £600 for clearing some rubbish
COFFEE, cakes and a bric-a-brac stall will all be on offer at St Matthew’s Church in Cainscross from 10am to 12pm on Saturday, August 10 in the church hall. Entrance is 20p and there will be a raffle and chance to buy cakes, books, cards and wrapping
OAR-inspiring dad Bruno Greatorex plans to canoe 90 miles in three days to raise money for charity after his teenage daughter was given the all clear from cancer. Chloe Greatorex, 14, a student at Thomas Keble School, was diagnosed with Hodgkin
A LARGE amount of cash and the keys to a Fiat car have been taken from a pub in Sapperton, near Cirencester. The burglary happened at the hostelry in the village between 1am and 7.30am on Sunday August 4. Offenders got into the building through
THE fruit season is here at last and gardeners with surplus fruit or nuts can donate them to the Down to Earth project which will turn them into sauces and dried fruit products. "Last year we officially launched this exciting project and even though
STROUD sculptor Karen Edgehill has donated a handcrafted limestone bust to an auction in aid of the Door Youth Project. Stone from a quarry near Tetbury has been carved into the beautiful form of a young girl’s head. Valued at £300, the bust
FOREST Green boss David Hockaday has backed Matt Bulman's request to go out on loan. The Rovers' number two will be made available for a loan move after this Saturday's opening league game against Hyde at The New Lawn. The 26-year-old approached
A GROUP of enthusiastic fundraisers in Gloucestershire has raised more than £1,000 for children's charity CHICKS by holding a cider festival at the spectacular Woodchester Mansion. Around 300 eager cider buffs made their way to Woodchester Mansion
MEMBERS and guests met in the village hall on Tuesday, July 9, everyone enjoying the superb view from the South facing windows in the lovely evening sun. The chairman announced that the club will visit the garden of our last month's speaker - Caroline
SUNNY weather and spectacular views made the summer meeting of local historians a memorable success. Seventy local historians from all over the county gathered at the Stonehouse Community Centre on Saturday, July 6 for the summer meeting of the
IT was a lovely summer morning for our July meeting, with the president - June welcoming everyone and giving out birthday flowers to Sylvia, Gill and herself. The minutes of the meeting held on June 12 were read by the Secretary - Chris, and approved
AMY Carr and Adele Upton from Selsley Scouts in Stroud were victorious in the Talent Show at the Malvern Challenge Scout and Guide Camp held over the last weekend in June. The duet, who played ukulele and sang Jason Mraz's hit song 'I'm Yours'
CAINSCROSS WI ladies have been out and about recently to enjoy some of the summer weather. Firstly a group of eight of us thoroughly enjoyed a trip to Cotswold Playhouse, as part of a Bisley Group Event, when about ten members of the Cotswold Players
GREEN fingered residents welcomed hundreds of visitors in to their properties at the annual Box Open Gardens event recently. Around 600 visitors enjoyed a stroll around charming gardens of all sizes and styles while the Nailsworth Silver Band performed
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to stop 150 homes from being built between two villages delivered 259 letters of objection and a petition with more than 1,000 signatures to Stroud District Council’s head of planning. Members of the Mankley Field Action Group
A CAR crashed into the window of an estate agents in Stroud yesterday, Wednesday. A red citroen xsara rolled into Andrews Estate Agents on the corner of King Street and High Street at 6.50pm. According to the Facebook site Spotted: Stroud/Stonehouse
CALLS have been made for ‘independent mediation’ to take place in a bid to resolve the long-running dispute between Stroud District Council and representatives of its sheltered housing tenants. Several councillors voiced their support for the move
HOWZAT for a challenge – Matthew Evans cycled more than 340 miles in five days to the five grounds hosting this year’s Ashes tournament. The challenge took Matthew across the country from the Emirates Durham ICG ground to Lord’s Cricket Ground
A QUEDGELEY man who kicked a woman in the face and hit her with a baseball bat in her own home was jailed for six months today. Luke Workman attacked Catherine Hellewell as she fought with his wife, Natalie Bitchenor, Gloucester Crown Court heard
INTERNATIONAL runner Kate Goodhead is on a race of another sort – to save Gloucestershire’s badger population. Ahead of the planned cull this summer, badger campaigner Kate is painting wonderful images of the creatures on posts along the roadside
A MOTHER-of-two had to wait 18 months for Stroud District Council to fix the damp in her property despite there being a risk of exposure to asbestos. Lisa-Marie Bevan, who has lived in Coldwell Lane, King’s Stanley since October 2009, discovered
POLICE officers showed off their latest piece of kit this week. The BMW Interceptor is being trialled by Gloucestershire Constabulary to replace two ageing vehicles. If chosen, it will be used to support special operation teams to stop suspects
THE Swinging Sixties has been announced as the theme of this year’s Stonehouse Celebration Day on Saturday, December 14. Organisers are now appealing for entertainers and anyone who wants to runs a charity stall to come forward for what will be
FIREFIGHTERS were called to Robert Timms garage in Cainscross Road, Stroud on Sunday. A fire crew from Stroud used one hose reel to extinguish a skip fire at 1.30pm on Sunday. The fire is not being treated as suspicious.
