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  • Bike stolen in Stonehouse

    A BIKE was stolen in Stonehouse earlier this month.  Police are now appealing for witnesses after a bike was stolen from Bath Road in Stonehouse.  Sometime between 2.50pm and 3pm on Saturday, January 8 a blue, adults Carrera pedal-cycle was

  • How many people died in Stroud while 'parties’ took place?

    WHILE the alleged ‘parties’ were taking place residents in Stroud were suspected to have died from Coronavirus. This is according to the UK government’s own figures, worked out by calculating the number of people who died within 28 days of their

  • Police dog Dara helps find stolen parking meter cash

    POLICE have arrested two men and recovered £200 worth of coins following reports of thefts from parking machines in Cheltenham last night, Sunday 23 January. Officers from the Cheltenham Local Policing Team were called to Lansdown Parade in the

  • Readers respond to Stroud’s empty shops

    ON FRIDAY we went around Stroud to see how many empty shops there were in the town. The article we wrote about 10 empty shops certainly sparked a debate about what the town needs.  Some of these locations are businesses which have moved premises

  • Stroud Library set to get a digital innovation 'lab'

    STROUD Library is to have a dedicated ‘lab’ area for people to access creative technology and boost digital skills. There are currently two Innovation Labs in the county - one at Coleford Library which opened in July 2019 and another that launched

  • Brother and sister ‘gutted’ as motorbikes stolen

    A BROTHER and sister are ‘gutted’ as their motorbikes were stolen. On Friday night Charlie Wood (22) and Beth Wood (25) had their bikes stolen in the Minchinhampton area. The thieves bolt cropped all the locks and security chains, before having

  • Rovers extend unbeaten run with emphatic win over Carlisle

    Matty Stevens toasted a new Forest Green contract by hitting his 19th goal of the season as Forest Green got back to winning ways with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Carlisle. Rovers led at the break through Morgan Feeney’s own goal and turned up

  • Chainsaw heroes help clear fallen tree on A46 in Stroud

    TWO chainsaw heroes helped clear a fallen tree from the A46 in Stroud last night. The large tree fell on the A46 Bath Road by Kwik-Fit and the Clockhouse Vets entrance at 6.15pm. When Charlie Wilson-Copp and John Hopkinson saw what had happened

  • 'Expect delays' as huge tree falls on major Stroud road

    A HUGE tree fell down on a major Stroud road last night.  Stroud Police posted on social media this morning that officers had attended the scene.  The huge tree fell on the A46 Bath Road last night.  Police have said that drivers should