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  • Rain, rain, go away: Local cricket derby is a washout

    THE hotly anticipated derby between struggling Stroud and in-form Frocester was abandoned before a ball was bowled in anger. The West of England Premier Two Glos/Wilts clash had little chance of getting underway after a week of rain had covered

  • Former Forest Green defender joins Weston-super-Mare

    FORMER Forest Green defender Scott Laird has joined Weston-super-Mare on a three-year deal. Laird will link up with ex-Forest Green Academy boss Scott Bartlett at Woodspring Park as assistant player/manager. Laird was released at the end of

  • When bread was delivered by donkeys

    ON account of the narrowness of the lanes that run along the hillside at Chalford, bread was traditionally delivered by donkey. Two large panniers were attached across the animal’s back and a basket was provided for the delivery boy to take loaves

  • 51 fabulous photos of Stroud College fashion show

    FASHION students at SGS College in Stroud put on a head-turning fashion show at Gloucester Cathedral. The SGS College Fashion Show, held ever year, gives students the chance to let the public view their final projects. Fifteen young designers

  • JOHN LIGHT: The Euro is blight you cannot escape

    Not one McDonalds! Not one Kentucky Fried Chicken! These are worthy and estimable features of modern life but I do not wish to encounter them on holiday, and praise be, I did not. My first ever visit to Greece has just ended and in a small town