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Stories for 8 December 2004

Stroud Arts

Invitation to join duet

LOCAL theatre company Hexagon return with their new production of Duet For One in Minchinhampton this week.  more...

Songs from heart keep flames burning

JOHNNY Coppin makes a welcome return, folk torch in hand, to the Subscription Rooms this weekend with his hugely popular Christmas show, Keep The Flame.  more...

Link with Africa is now clear

A PAIR of stained glass panels marking the 25-year link between Minchinhampton and the Tanzanian town of Nkokoto has been delivered to the remote African community.  more...

Students are wired for sound

STUDENTS who have demonstrated a sound knowledge of a recording studio's inner workings picked up their qualifications this week.  more...

Art comes face to face with cathedral

AN eye-catching sculpture created by primary school pupils making faces is now on show in Gloucester Cathedral.  more...

Step away from the festive cheer

FED UP with the tinsel and all that Christmas cheer? Another side to Christmas will be on show in Cheltenham next week, thanks to Horsley theatre director David Manzi-Fe.   more...

Museum to shut for conservation clean-up

WHILE everyone else is gearing up for the festive season, The Museum in the Park is preparing for its annual Christmas shutdown.  more...

Stroud News

Laptop scam alert

A MAN who paid £300 for a laptop computer arrived home to find he had bought two bottles of lemonade and some cardboard.  more...

A millionaire in the waiting

SOMEWHERE in the Five Valleys an unknowing millionaire sits on a Lottery ticket that is crying out to be cashed.  more...

Moo joins farmers in protest

FARMERS showed they would not be cowed by market forces on Saturday when they gathered outside a Stroud supermarket to protest about the price of milk.  more...

£4m housing lift

AN estimated £4 million is to be made available for affordable housing by 2006 after council finance wizards cleared £3 million of debt in three years.  more...

Grant money up for grabs

COMMUNITY groups in Stroud are being invited to apply for grants to help with the good work they do in the town.  more...

'Bin dead cat' says RSPCA

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A legend's story

ONE of the pioneers of broadcast journalism has just published a new book about his early life from his Standish care home at the age of 94.  more...

Thieves wreck festive lights

A DAZZLING display of festive lights have been hacked down by vandals and thieves. Christmas cheer in Langtoft Road, Stroud ran out on Sunday night when the light display was targeted.  more...

Parking limit row

THE BOSSES of two Minchinhampton businesses have accused the parish council of wanting to close the town down by starving it of trade.  more...

Stroud Sport

Injury agony over for judo ace

KYM ASPINALL has achieved her ambition of regaining a place in the British national seniors judo squad.  more...

Forest Green's big fish moves to new pond

JEFFERSON LOUIS' controversial and short-lived tenure at Forest Green Rovers is over.  more...

Beesley brings festive cheer

Nationwide Conference Forest Green Rovers 1 Accrington Stanley 0  more...

Spartans edge home

South West 2 West Stroud 6 Spartans 20  more...

Stroud Viewpoint

Christmas magic not bubble wrapped

HERE we go again. At the risk of sounding like Scrouge I have come to hate Christmas. Every year the wheels of commercialism seem to be spinning faster and more furiously.   more...

  
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