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  • Benefits boost for thousands of people in Stroud

    Thousands of working Universal Credit claimants in Stroud will be able to keep more of the benefit as part of a major tax cut, figures suggest. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in his latest Budget that the taper rate, the tax on a claimant's payment

  • Halloween events to take place over the weekend in Stroud

    With Halloween taking place on the weekend, here are some of the different events in Stroud which you can go to. From drag night to meals to movie night to parties and pumpkin trails, there is something for everyone over the next few days.

  • Developer sought for Brimscombe Port

    The search for a developer to work with Stroud District Council to create a new waterside community in the heart of the Golden Valley opens today (Friday, October 29). The council would like to appoint a developer who can help realise their vision

  • Halloween to be damp squib as weather warning issued

    The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain in Stroud on Sunday, coinciding with Halloween. This weather warning looks set to disrupt much of the South of England and South Wales over the weekend. According to the Met Office

  • Malmesbury has one of most haunted hotels in the UK

    According to new data, Malmesbury is host to one of the most haunted hotels throughout the entire country. This data was collated by car maintenance brand Simoniz which collected information on some of the UK’s most known haunted hotels and places

  • How to carve a pumpkin this Halloween

    ARE you getting into the spirit of Halloween? Will you be carving a pumpkin this year or perhaps a swede? If you do pleease send us a picture of your effotrs for Halloween to news@stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk If so you might find the following

  • LETTER OF THE DAY: KILLING OF HOUND WAS HORRIFIC

    Well done to ITV news and to ITV News Correspondent Rupert Evelyn for showing the harrowing shooting and killing of the hounds used for hunting on the Duke of Beaufort's estate in Gloucestershire. What had one of the hounds done to deserve

  • How green is Stroud?

    The Government has announced a range of new policies as part of its aim to significantly cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change. Its long-awaited net zero strategy, outlining plans to meet legal targets to end its contribution to climate