STRONG on paper certainly, but Shortwood management duo Ian Freebrey and Mark Sumpter will be urging their inconsistent side to deliver ahead of Saturday's home FA Vase second qualifying round clash against Devon outfit Cullompton Rangers, (3pm). A 5-
A COUPLE from Brimscombe are finally back on British soil after motorcycling 30,000 miles around the world. John Wilce, 56 and Marcia Thompson, 37, of Burleigh Lane, Brimscombe set on a Triumph Tiger for a year-long adventure, riding, camping and backpacking
ZANY Nailsworth rock outfit the Mad Cows are set to release their summer anthem Am I Bothered as a single after it went down a storm on the festival circuit. The foot-stomping, irreverent hit became the band's signature tune after it's success at Nailstock
NEIL CHANDLER was the pick of the Gloucestershire bowlers at the Professional Bowls Association qualifer at Poole, but the Stroud man suffered agony at the Quarter-final stage. Following a bye, Chandler stormed to wins over Rodger Herridge, Simon Broom
Two years from now Stroud will celebrate its links to two significant historical events - the 175th anniversary of Lord John Russell's Reform Act in 1832 and the 200th anniversary of the death of Lieutenant Joseph Delmont, said to be the last man to die
THE JILL Woods Theatre Company returns with a bitingly funny new show this November, in the shape of the batty vampire musical comedy Dracula Spectacula. After the disappointing cancellation of last year's West Side Story, due to Jill Woods fracturing
THE DOOR Youth Project's fifth annual Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest auditions return this winter, with more exciting prizes on offer and a host of stiff competitors who have been rising through the competition over the last five years. "Every year
INSIDE the brightly coloured Tranzform shop, the Door Youth Project in Stroud is still very much open for business. The shop lost some of its funding this year and was unable to continue to open seven days a week. But project co-ordinator Brendan Conboy
THE LAD Lit Project, a show claiming to be doing for men what Bridget Jones has done for women, comes to Prema in Uley next week. Men Behaving Badly hooked onto the strange world of the male mind and created a successful TV series from it. Now Third Angel
A LOVE affair kindled by letters from Second World War battlefields reached its 60th anniversary when a Stroud couple celebrated their diamond wedding. Cashes Green lovebirds John and Lucy Sherwood were together just a few months in 1939 before the war
Forest Green boss Gary Owers has received a massive tonic ahead of this Saturday's home clash with Morecambe. Injured trio Mark Beesley, Ian Foster and Matt Gadsby have all been given the all-clear to return to the training ground. "Mark Beesley should
SALES of eco-friendly biodiesel are booming in Stroud as cash-strapped motorists look for a cheaper and greener alternative amid fears of a petrol crisis. Queues of cars have been reported at Pure Biodiesel in Woodchester just three weeks after it opened
A BOMB scare in Stroud's town centre on Monday was ignored by police for 35 minutes. Job-seekers were evacuated from Stroud's Job Centre at around 3pm after a rucksack was left on one of the computer terminals. In the light of the recent London tragedies
Two years from now Stroud will celebrate its links to two significant historical events - the 175th anniversary of Lord John Russell's Reform Act in 1832 and the 200th anniversary of the death of Lieutenant Joseph Delmont, said to be the last man to die
SITTING in his battered old pick up truck, Hugh Padgham was trying to get the latest cricket score on the radio as his daughter cantered around at a pony club rally. His house in London had just been flooded and he wasn't quite sure whether he was supposed
Western Counties North Stroud RFC 7 Walcot Old Boys RFC 18 THIS was a rotten result for Stroud on the back of such a well oiled performance the previous week against decent opposition. The usual forays into each others half suggested nothing but composure
THE SUN shone and the crowds turned out for the fifth annual marching band contest in Stroud at the weekend. Musicians of all ages, with the youngest aged 7, from across the country descended on Stroud to compete for the coveted prizes and showcase their
