A GIANT sunflower has stunned keen gardeners Mandy and Adrian Timbrell by towering above all other summer foliage in the neighbourhood. The green-fingered couple planted the mammoth shrub in April and were recently shocked to discover it had
SUMMER holiday activities will be staged every day next week at All Saints’ Church in Uplands, Stroud. Primary school aged children are welcome to turn up and take part in a host of games, quizzes, craft activities and music workshops at the church from
MICHAEL Gamble Funeral Directors are celebrating after being accepted as full members of a nationally recognised industry organisation. After just two years in business at London Road in Stroud, the company is now affiliated with the National Society
HUGE crowds gathered in Painswick on Saturday for the village’s first wearable art parade. More than 1,000 spectators watched as 30 artists paraded through the streets in extravagant, imaginative and bizarre costumes. Actor Keith Allen
ALFRESCO dining firm Red Hot Plancha has opened a new branch in Stroud town centre. Far from your average barbecue, The Red Hot Plancha provides a fun, sociable approach to eating outdoors by allowing diners to cook their own food on a hotplate set into
MP NEIL Carmichael will visit the Stroud-based Meningitis Trust tomorrow, Tuesday, to learn more about the work of the national charity. Mr Carmichael will begin by visiting staff at the head office in Bath Road, Stroud, before taking a stroll around
A 21-year-old local woman was given a formal caution for possession of cannabis after officers carried out a warrant at an address in Leaside Close in Dursley on Thursday, July 29. Officers from both Dursley and the Stroud Priority Policing Team
FRIENDS Luke Robbins and Katie Matthews are delighted to have raised more than £1,300 for Cancer Research UK after climbing Africa’s highest mountain in aid of the charity. The intrepid pair, from Stonehouse, recently completed a grueling 12-day hike
AN appeal has been launched after a man lost two forms of prescription medication in Stroud town centre. The man reported the loss of his wallet in Russell Street on Thursday, July 29, containing the tablets Anyone who recovers the medication is advised
A 69-YEAR-OLD man from King's Stanley was killed in a road accident on Saturday, July 31. The motorcyclist collided with a Toyota Previa at approximately 1.50pm on the A429 Stow Road between Cirencester and North Cerney travelling in the direction
