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  • Stroud perfumer to star in TV show

    STROUD perfumer Alec Lawless is to appear in the fourth episode of the BBC 2 TV series The Victorian Pharmacy on Thursday, August 4. Alec, who runs essential oils firm Aqua Oleum and Essentially Me perfumery, will appear alongside three other presenters

  • Gladiators make superb start

    GLOUCESTERSHIRE Gladiators made a superb start to this year's Cheltenham Festival with a 65-run victory over Yorkshire in a top-of-the-table Clydesdale Bank 40 contest, writes Mark Easterbrook. Half-centuries from Chris Taylor (83 not out) and Alex Gidman

  • Frances Roden's weekly diary

    Frances Roden's weekly diary Wednesday July 28 – The Great Town Award, Stroud As reported in last week’s SNJ, judges from the Academy of Urbanism visited Stroud, which has been shortlisted for its Great Town Award 2011. They were given a number