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  • Dale Vince blasts stadium decision as 'farcical'

    Forest Green Rovers chairman Dale Vince has described the decision to refuse planning permisison for the club's new stadium as 'farcical'. Stroud District Council's development control committee backed a proposal to refuse the plans by seven to

  • Three choirs to join forces for charity

    Coming to St Laurence Church, Stroud on Saturday 22nd June, Sing! brings together 3 local choirs to celebrate the joy of how music can connect throughout the generations. Starring the Pamoja Gospel Choir, the Gloucester and District Christian Choir

  • YOUR LETTERS: Basic error made on incinerator's colour

    Hats off to our MP for focussing again on the myriad follies of the Javelin Park incinerator (Opinion article by David Drew, June, 5). He is right to say that the prime concerns relate to health, air quality and the wider environmental impact (for

  • YOUR LETTERS: Who alerted the council about my extension?

    To an unknown person who so kindly informed Stroud District Council at Ebley Mill that I was building a small extension to my bungalow without permission. If that person had checked with me or my professional builder that from the beginning, everything

  • Plans for 23 affordable homes given the green light

    PLANS for 23 affordable homes in Eastington have been given the green light. Stroud District Council granted planning permission for the affordable housing scheme at Claypits yesterday. "We're really pleased," said Tom Low of Eastington Community

  • Itchy Feet's farewell performance

    Stonehouse’s Itchy Feet Dance Crew will be performing its final act on July 28 with a curtain call befitting of a 41-year history in showbusiness. Spanning two generations, the mum-and-daughter team of Diane Painter and Jaye Marshall have inspired

  • Tree falls down in town

    A TREE fell down in Stonehouse in the early hours of yesterday morning. It came down in Park Road. Stroud District Council are on site this morning, making the area safe, and a tree surgeon will cut the tree up and take it away today.  

  • YOUTH SPORT: Starlet Testar stuns GB star England

    Star turn Annie Testar enhanced her growing reputation by beating GB legend Hannah England and obliterating the 800m Gloucestershire Schools' Championship record by more than six seconds. Testar, 17, who is coached by Chris Brown and runs for Stroud

  • Open gardens in Painswick this weekend

    It is the time of the year to relish the best of the English garden and with the open gardens scheme returning to Painswick this year, it promises to be a very special event. Estate agents Hamptons International, which celebrates its 150th anniversary