Somebody has stolen roses from the front of a florist in Stonehouse for the third Valentine's Day in a row. At around 8.45am this morning two men made off with two tubs of roses from a display at the front of The Flower Shop on the town's high street
FOREST Green boss Mark Cooper says Dayle Grubb could make the bench against Yeovil Town on Saturday. The winger hasn't featured since New Year's Day with injury. Cooper confirmed Grubb has trained and could be involved and also revealed James
Leonard Stanley WI discuss buses NUMBERS at our February meeting were somewhat diminished by illness, but we had quite a few items of business to discuss before we got down to the assorted games on offer. Having heard the suggested resolutions
Upton St Leonards WI with a talk on SS Great Britain DISCOVER the man beneath the hat - yes, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of our finest inventors of the Victoria era, a visionary builder of our railways, Bristol Suspension Bridge and a builder of
Cainscross WI CAINSCROSS WI met in February on the first Tuesday, as usual, and we were pleased to welcome three husbands to the meeting. Apologies were received from Mary, Patsy, Kate and Pam. Linda was thanked for the lovely display of snowdrops
PUPILS from Field Court Infant Academy were able to experience first-hand what happens at a Holy Communion service when they visited Saint James’ Church Quedgeley on Wednesday morning. The enthusiastic youngsters helped Revd Jenny d’Esterre during
Speaking of bumblebees with Stonehouse Gardening Club written by Elizabeth Goddard SOMETIMES, hairiest is best. Bumblebees are the most hairy of all bees, and that makes them the best pollinator in the garden. They are able to trap a heavy
LAST month Waitrose's Community Matters scheme reached 10 years old. They celebrated by asking all recipients of the award in the last 12 months to come along to a party with food and fizz. The Stroud branch donates £1,000 each month to three
Drivers are reporting long delays and huge tailbacks this morning after planned roadworks overran, leaving a slip road and two lanes of the M4 closed. Five mile queues have been reported on the M4 Eastbound at J15 A346 Marlborough Road (Swindon
Thursday, February 14 Jethro A memorable evening of hysterical nonsense, as we take a peek into the circus lurking deep within the mind of the comic. Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud From 7.30pm to 10pm - tickets £21.50 Open
Plans to hike Gloucestershire County Council’s share of the Council Tax bill by 4.99 per cent have been approved. The average Band D household would pay an extra £5.13 per month for services the authority provides. That’s before any rises from
Broken wine glasses and a table have been left in a field by the canal in Stonehouse. The mess on the old Ship Inn site off Bristol Road was spotted by Rachel Collins when she was walking her dog by the canal "I’m guessing maybe there was a
SIR David Attenborough, speaking at COP24 in Katowice, Poland, said, of climate change: '...the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon.....Leaders of the world, you must lead. The continuation
Water company Severn Trent is hosting a community drop-in session for residents in Stroud, where they can hear about plans for new water pipes in their area. The company is installing 10 miles of new pipes across the town, as part of an £11 million
Chalford residents who suffered "enormous stress" during a broadband install last year have been told an urgent repair is why they were not warned about work recently starting again. The county's highways boss, cllr Vernon Smith, has said the reason
