AS local charities go, Stroud Valleys Project is something of a best-kept secret; plenty of Stroud residents know about it, but there are many who don’t. The organisation has existed since 1988, when it evolved as a Community Development Trust.
HERE we look back on a series of events in Stroud. Our pictures include Rodborough Sunday School parade 1910, Rodborough Tabernacle in 1977 and the Tabernacle Festival of Flowers. All pictures courtesy of Stroud Area Photos and Cotswold Picture
Here are the family announcements carried in the Stroud News and Journal this week. Deaths BEACH Alan 1949 – 2022 Alan sadly passed away on the 9th of June at home. He was a much-loved son to Sheila and the late Stan, lifelong friend
Drivers are being warned the way they use air conditioning in their cars could land them fines of up to £5,000 as the UK is hit by a sizzling heatwave. Air conditioning (or lack of) could see drivers punished under Highway Code rule 237 which states
Column by Chloe Turner, chair of Stroud District Council's environment committee. Litter bins were on the agenda at this week’s SDC Environment Committee, with councillors asked to agree a new policy for deciding what bin goes where. Even though
Stroud has one of the highest uptake rates of the coronavirus vaccine in the country, new figures suggest. Data from NHS England shows 94,154 people aged 18 and over in Stroud had received a first dose of the vaccine by June 5 – at least 91.5 per
Column by Siobhan Baillie MP. I had the enormous honour of cutting the ribbon to officially open the new Stonehouse Town Market at the weekend. In glorious weather, local people turned out in big numbers to celebrate this community asset and
