CONCERNS were raised about stray golf balls hitting potential allotment holders and their cars if plans were given the go-ahead for 30 plots on land at Mop Tree, at a Painswick Parish Council meeting on Wednesday, July 21. At a special public
PUPILS at Nailsworth Primary School celebrated the last week of term in style after winning £200 in a World Cup sweepstake. Sport First, a professional sports agency which provides representation to professional sportsmen, organised the sweepstake with
FIREFIGHTERS are currently dealing with a fire in a garden of a house in Regent Street, Stonehouse. Two fire engines from Stroud are attending the blaze,after being called at 3.37pm, which is thought to be in three outbuildings and waste land in a back
GLOUCESTERSHIRE skipper Alex Gidman sees the Cheltenham Cricket Festival as a "great opportunity" for his side to step up their bid for glory this season. The county start with a CB40 clash against unbeaten Group B leaders Yorkshire tomorrow (Thursday
WORK is due to start on St Martin's Church in Horsley to complete the conversion of its nave into a multi-purpose hall for the community. Villagers recently scooped a £500 award for best community project from Gloucestershire Rural Community
CONCERNS over plans for a new £30 million motorway service station on the M5 between junctions 12 and 11a were raised by Edge residents at a Painswick Parish Council meeting on Wednesday, July 21. Villager Michael Buckland-Smith told parish councillors
A PIONEERING new project set up to provide affordable, locally produced food to Stroud residents was launched this month. StroudCo Foodhub allows shoppers to order from an online catalogue of foods and collect their fresh groceries every Saturday from
Plans to build two new custody centres and additional police operational accommodation in the County have been withdrawn, the Gloucestershire Police Authority has announced today, Wednesday 28 July. The sites at Bishops Cleeve and Waterwells
VOLUNTEER Liz Odell has flown to Brazil on her second mission with disasters emergency charity ShelterBox. Businesswoman Liz, 51, left her home in North Woodchester on Saturday to spend three weeks helping to distribute aid boxes to people who are homeless
STROUD hit-and-run victim Julie Bloodworth has been deprived of a final chance to say goodbye to her father. John Bloodworth, 75, lost his fight with cancer of the liver and intestine on Wednesday, July 14 at his home in France. Due to her horrific
RECORD sales and a welcome return to growth are the main highlights of Renishaw’s latest preliminary announcement of results, which was released today, Wednesday, July 28. The figures for the year, ending June 30, show total revenues were £181.6 million
FOREST Green brushed aside a youthful Bristol Rovers to make it four wins in five pre-season matches. Manager Dave Hockaday would have been pleased with first-half strikes from Reece Styche and Ross Dyer. Harry Pell’s own goal gave Forest Green a
MEMBERS of the Academy of Urbanism are visiting Stroud today, Wednesday, to learn more about the town. Last month the SNJ revealed that Stroud had been named as one of the three greatest towns in the country by being nominated for the Great Town Award
BELOVED fish and chip shop worker Dave Spratt, who has died aged 70, was a hard-working family man who will be sorely missed by family, friends and colleagues alike. After 30 years behind the counter at the former Smith’s Traditional Fish and Chip Restaurant
UP to 200 new council houses could be built in the district as part of a new Government scheme to give more local control over rents. Stroud District Council has formally expressed an interest in a scheme to buy itself out of Government control when
PLANS to build two new custody centres and additional police operational suites in the county have been withdrawn, the Gloucestershire Police Authority has announced today, Wednesday 28 July. The proposed sites at Bishops Cleeve and the
