Window of opportunity to apply for Countryside Stewardship Scheme APPLICATIONS are now open for land owners and managers to apply for a Countryside Stewardship (CS) grant to pay for delivery of environmental benefits. This year’s round of funding
Dale Vince, the entrepreneur behind Ecotricity and vegan football club Forest Green Rovers has launched a new business to meet the demands of a growing number of children who are choosing a meat-free diet. The vegan food company, Devil’s Kitchen
FOREST Green midfielder Charlie Cooper has joined Boreham Wood on loan on until the end of the season. Cooper hasn't featured for Rovers since May 2018 and spent the first half of the season on loan at fellow League Two side Newport County.
Drivers are being warned to expected delays on the M5 during this week's Cheltenham Festival. The festival begins tomorrow (Tuesday, March 12) and finishes with the Gold Cup on Friday. Highways England is advising drivers to plan ahead and
STROUD News and Journal editor John Wilson has handed over £1,000 to Stroud Sea Cadets. The money was provided by the Gannett Foundation, the charitable fund run by Newsquest Media Group, the publisher of the SNJ, which has given nearly £300,000
THERE are only a few weeks to go until the annual charity Painswick Playgroup Easter Egg Hunt which takes place around St Mary’s churchyard and the village centre on Saturday, April 20 from 12pm to 4pm. There will be more than 30 beautifully designed
REMEMBERING Rodborough would like to identify those in this picture. It is believed to be Rodborough School around 1910 when the head was Mr Browne. Bill Cook has been identified seated left and behind him next to Mr Browne is Clarrie Stevens
Tuffley 1 Brimscombe 0 Brimscombe & Thrupp's title hopes took a dent as they fell to a narrow defeat against lowly Tuffley Rovers on Saturday. The first real chance of the game came eight minutes in when Ollie Pitt played a low cross in
At least £13million has been pocketed by Gloucestershire’s seven councils from selling off dozens of public spaces and property to plug funding gaps. Play areas, social clubs and a war memorial in Gloucestershire are among some of the properties
There are significant delays on the A46 this morning following a crash between a car and a lorry. The accident happened at just before 8am this morning at the Chipping Sodbury junction with the busy main road, by the Cross Hands Hotel. Although
Utility companies that dig up roads in Gloucestershire would have to guarantee they stay pothole-free for five years, under new Government plans. Firms only have to guarantee roadworks for two years at the moment. But the Department for Transport
Iconic red phones boxes have been disappearing from across the Five Valleys, prompting many to ask what will happen to our phone boxes now that they are no longer needed. People near Minchinhampton have been asking what will become of the historic
FOREST Green fell to their heaviest defeat of the season with a 3-0 defeat to Morecambe on Saturday. Rovers slipped out of the play-offs and dropped to ninth place in League Two. Flick through all the action in our picture gallery. Pictures
I HAVE just got my (pensioner’s) new tax code, writes Sheila Godfrey. Information with it tells me that I paid the sum of £12 in the year 2018 to 2019 towards the EU budget - £1 per month. That’s a very small price to pay for peace and co-operation
