Western Counties North Bristol Harlequins 24 Stroud 20 THIS game swung to each teams advantage on a lovely afternoon for rugby, sadly it wasn't to be for Stroud as they ended the stronger against a flagging Quins pack, writes Andy Toohig. Quins had the
FORMER Forest Green striker Kayode Odejayi believes that Cheltenham Town have what it takes to spring possibly one of the greatest FA Cup shocks when Premiership giants Newcastle United come to Whaddon Road on Saturday (12.30 pm). Odejayi, 24, hit the
A STROUD eating disorder clinic has invested more than £1 million to expand provision in the Five Valleys. Althea Park Services, which currently has two residential clinics in Stroud, has spent the cash on a former bed and breakfast in Bussage. Ashley
STUART NELSON will be gunning for another slice of FA Cup glory with division one promotion challengers Brentford, who welcome Premiership Sunderland to Griffin Park this Saturday. The 24-year-old former Archway pupil was catapulted to national prominence
Do you know where your council tax is going? With Stroud District Council's 2006/07 budget hot off the press, SNJ reporter Alli Pyrah rounds up the politicians responsible for spending your cash. THE Conservative cabinet has certainly lived up to its
A DESPERATE mother begged magistrates to jail her 16-year-old son for a New Year's Eve stabbing that left another teenager in intensive care. But the victim, Adam White, 19, - who was stabbed in the neck - said the 52-week detention and training order
TEACHERS at Amberley Ridge School are so frustrated with continual power cuts that they are to invest in their own generator. Since the end of November the school, which has 34 pupils, has been left without power five times. And on one occasion the blackout
CYCLIST Tracey Burge is lucky to be alive after her brakes failed on one of Stroud's steepest hills - sending her plummeting into a busy road at 40mph. The PE teacher and fitness enthusiast was training for the local half-marathon with a friend when the
GARY OWERS certainly won't be popping any champagne corks with assistant Shaun Taylor- until he can be certain Forest Green will be playing Conference football in their brand new stadium this summer. A brace from Guy Madjo and goals from Alex Meechan,
Gloucester All Blues 3 Minchinhampton 36 A RESURGENT Minchinhampton came away with a stunning victory at Gloucester All Blues. Allen Pearse signalled his return to Minch with a powerfully driven try from 10 metres out, after some deft forward approach
Eddie The Eagle Edwards may not have triumphed at the Olympics but his courage and determination won the hearts of sports fans the world over. After appearing at the 1988 winter games in Calgary, Canada, he became one of the most talked about sportsmen
A ROCK concert to raise funds for Archway's India visit will feature school band SubJustice and rhythm and blues band The Suspects. The trip takes several students to India to help them learn about a different culture at first hand. "They spend time with
You don't have to travel to South America to groove the night away to steamy Latin rhythms. Stroud's Bar Riga has started weekly salsa classes. Our reporter James Davis doesn't know rumba from ragtime - so we sent him along to HAD someone asked me to
THE last knight in La Mancha, Don Quixote, is riding into the Cheltenham Everyman's Other Space studio this week. This new production - by Minchinhampton's Theatre Without Walls - has been specially commissioned to celebrate Don Quixote's 400th Anniversary
VILLAGERS who rely on a bus route from Ruscombe to Stroud are fed up with lousy service. The Ebley Coaches 230 service runs three times daily and includes stops in Ebley and Randwick. But in recent weeks buses have frequently arrived late or failed to
MINCHINHAMPTON New Course golfing star Stuart Little finished on two-over-par after a final round of 76 in the inaugural Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. The Nailsworth-based left-hander eventually finished 66th after a second round level par 72 followed
RELIEVED teachers have welcomed proposals to save primary schools in the Stonehouse area. Education chiefs are proposing that Leonard Stanley Primary School remain open, King's Stanley infant and junior schools merge and Park Infant and Junior Schools
The annual league tables for GCSE and post-16 examinations were released this week revealing that Gloucestershire pupils are enjoying a first class education. There was also much to shout about for Five Valleys schools. James Davis reports. SCHOOL libraries
Scores of families have been whisked away to Neverland thanks to the Cotswold Players recent production of the much-loved children's classic Peter Pan. Two reviewers give their views on the show for those who couldn't make it. REVIEW Peter Pan Cotswold
PRINCESS Anne donned a day-glo 'chav-band' when she opened the St John Ambulance Headquarters in her home county of Gloucestershire. HRH, who is Commander in Chief of the charity's staff, was presented with a luminous plastic wristbands that teenage cadets
LITTER-BUSTER David Dowse has launched a one-man crusade to clean up the streets of the town he loves. Mr Dowse, who has lived in Stroud for 20 years, has created a website to shock and shame mindless litterbugs who blight the Five Valleys with crisp
PLANS to axe specialist beds for elderly patients with mental illnesses have been branded a 'severe blow' by the Stroud branch of the Alzheimer's Society. Earlier this month, it was revealed that 18 beds at the Weavers' Croft community hospital in Stroud
