YOUNG eco warriors from Thrupp were rewarded with a brand new games table after collecting 100kg of plastic for recycling. The Thrupp Primary School pupils gathered 100kg of plastic film in 56 days, as part of a recycling challenge. Stroud company
A RARE albino hedgehog has been released back into the wild after being discovered in a ditch. Albus was found with severe flystrike and dehydration alongside another hedgehog of the usual brown colour by Wild Hogs Hedgehog Rescue centre in Framption-on-Severn
The Gloucestershire Community Nurses Fund is celebrating its 45th anniversary with a reunion luncheon on Tuesday, August 20. Established in 1974 to support district nurses in retirement, it has also provided financial assistance to vulnerable patients
New Forest Green Rovers head of academy Hannah Dingley insists her appointment is not a token gesture and plans to ensure manager Mark Cooper looks at academy players before looking elsewhere. Rovers confirmed Dingley as the first female to ever
Forest Green Rovers have appointed Hannah Dingley as its new Academy Manager who becomes the first woman to run an academy in English men's football. In a new era for the club – Hannah is tasked with building on the momentum of its fledgling category
A SPONSORED ride or walk which will see people from all over Gloucestershire travelling between churches, exploring and enjoying the countryside, returns this autumn. Hundreds of churches will be opening their doors on Saturday, September 14 to
MANY people are saying that Sunday’s incredible ICC World Cup Final will inspire a new generation of cricket lovers in England – but I don’t think it will unless the sport is broadcast on free TV. England’s dramatic victory had the nation enthralled
Work is to start on altering the Pitchcombe Junction in September. I have looked again at the plan to remind myself what an appalling mistake Highways is making. Traffic from Gloucester, and Pitchcombe via Halfway Pitch wishing to turn towards
A popular A-road was closed earlier on this morning due to a fallen tree. Police closed the A46 from the main roundabout in Nailsworth towards Stroud. Reports suggest the tree had fallen by Frogmarsh at around 6.40am blocking the road.
STROUD MP David Drew is calling for ‘urgent investment’ in the NHS after claiming that cancer patients in Gloucestershire are waiting longer than the national average for their first treatment. Mr Drew made the call based on figures released by
A Costa Coffee is to be built in Stonehouse following a planning appeal. Stroud District Council had refused planning permission last year but the drive-through shop will now be built at Stonehouse Park after all. An appeal to the Secretary
It is hard to believe that with 12 months to plan the events, Stroud Show and the Cotswold Show at Cirencester have ended up on the same weekend. One must detract from the other, and hopefully better planning in 2020 will avoid this ridiculous clash
