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Stories for 27 April 2005

Stroud Arts

Another bullish production from TaurusVoice

STROUD based theatre company TaurusVoice is to return to The Space in Stroud next week with Silenced: Voices of Freedom, a new show using poems written by political prisoners from around the world.  more...

Element of danger brought to artwork

ROGER Jones, the featured artist at this year's Stroud and District Arts Festival, opens Danger: Artist at Work, his Festival exhibition, at the Stroud Subscription Rooms this weekend.  more...

Rocky ride for comic couples

HULL Truck Theatre Company is docking at the Everyman in Cheltenham this week with the latest comedy from Bouncers writer John Godber; Going Dutch.  more...

Man, what a cool show

A NIGHT of blissful 1970s nostalgia and music comes to Stroud's Subscription Rooms next weekend in the shape of Denim Blues, curated by flare-trousered icons, The Brotherhood of Man.  more...

Double bill of comedy

COMEDY night returns to The Duke of York, the pub neither halfway up nor halfway down Nelson Street, Stroud this week, with a double bill of hilarity in the shape of Mickey D and Steve N Allen.  more...

Davryan will prove tough test for Aliss

LEIGH ALLISS steps back into the ring in Plymouth on Friday, determined to get back to winning ways.  more...

Stroud Features

Beautiful gardens unveiled to public

SPRING has definitely sprung in Eastcombe, Bussage and Brownshill - as the SNJ discovered when taking this sneak preview of the gardens which will be open to the public over the May Bank Holiday.  more...

Place your bets for MP of the future

IF you aren't already familiar with the name Alex Farrow, I'd bet my pension that you will be in the next few years.   more...

Stroud News

Prescott plans for cheaper housing

TOP Labour man John Prescott called for more affordable housing on sites like Cashes Green hospital when he visited Stonehouse yesterday.  more...

Votes team in funeral upset

DAVID Drew has written a personal apology to a Stroud family after Labour canvassers tried to solicit votes from a funeral party.  more...

Demand for safety after double crash

RESIDENTS are calling for tougher speeding restrictions on a notorious accident black-spot after the fourth incident in just four months saw two drivers career into a house.  more...

Anger over suspect Tory hospital claim

CONSERVATIVES have come under fire for party election leaflets that promise to make Stroud hospitals 'cleaner' and appear to make inaccurate claims about MRSA cases.  more...

Last order for TVs in pubs?

ANTI-TV activists are planning to use remote TV jammers to turn off screens in pubs and cafes across Stroud.  more...

Delight at school's £2.5m update plan

PUPILS at Stroud High School are set to benefit from a £2.5 million project to replace and revamp ageing buildings, it was revealed this week.  more...

Stroud activist in solar protest for Prescott

A STROUD Greenpeace activist scaled the roof of John Prescott's home yesterday to lobby for action on climate change.  more...

Man 'shaking' after being refused a vote

AN EBLEY man was left "shaking with anger" after being told he could not vote in the general election because he has not registered.  more...

Dave wraps it up after 30 years at fish and chip shop

THE aptly named Dave Spratt is something of an institution in Stroud.  more...

Reprieve for trees

MATURE Sycamore trees on death row have been granted a reprieve after residents intervened on their behalf.  more...

Museum is old favourite

SOARING visitor numbers at Stroud's Museum in the Park have led to a £50,000 expansion bid as Stroud District Council applauds its success.  more...

Stroud Picture Special

Dragon fires up wet festival

THE Nailsworth Festival got off to a slow start, with rain deterring some potential revellers from turning out to its opening day.  more...

Election 2005: Issues behind the electoral race

David Drew - Labour and Co-operative Parliamentary Candidate for Stroud  more...

Stroud Sport

Star name expected to be named Forest Green boss

STEVE Claridge, Paul Warhurst and Jimmy Quinn are amongst a heavyweight role call of big name candidates that are being touted for the vacant management crown at The Lawn after Alan Lewer's brief tenure was ended before relegated Rovers' final Conference game of the season on Saturday.  more...

Belgium podium joy for Hynes

MARC HYNES was back on the podium on Sunday at the world-famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium after six hours of driving in the gruelling Spa 1000kms sports car endurance race.  more...

Rovers' love affair is broken at The Lawn

Conference Forest Green Rovers 2 Canvey Island 2  more...

  
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