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Harry star kick starts summer
ACTOR Rupert Grint, aka Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter films, helped Kick Start the Summer in Stroud.The young star hung around at The Door Youth Project's mini Live Aid-style show at the town's...
View ArticleMuseum gets £50k to clear walled garden
STROUD'S Museum in the Park has been awarded a grant of just over £50,000 by Arts Council England to clear the ground in its derelict walled garden.The aim of ACE's Renaissance Strategic Support Fund...
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It's lift off for campaign to boost our High Streets
HIGH Streets with an eye to entertainment are celebrated with the launch today of the new In Our Towns campaign.Already four shopping centres in the Five Valleys and Severn Vale are on board with In...
View ArticleCrafts return
THE fifth Dursley Craft Market of the year will be held in the town centre on Saturday.From 9.30am to 1pm, there will be many crafts for sale in Dursley Market Place, including model planes and...
View ArticleSunday market starts
STROUD is to have a new Sunday market featuring free entertainment throughout the day from June 2.The new market will bring vintage clothing, handmade products and food stalls to Corn Hill and Union...
View ArticleGoing large
STROUD'S Shambles Market is expanding for one day only to support the national Love Your Local Market campaign.Stroud District Council wants budding entrepreneurs to join current stallholders on Friday...
View ArticleGiant Painting by Numbers is a big draw
ARTISTS can follow the numbers in the name of art to help a community painting take shape.More than 100 people aged from two up have made their mark on the Paint by Numbers' interactive artwork in the...
View ArticleWestington homes are put on the back burner
PROPOSALS for a 1,500-home estate to the west of Stonehouse have been shelved as councillors discussed Stroud's future housing sites.The earmarked land, locally nicknamed Westington, is now labelled as...
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Call the Doctor – there's a Dalek living in my house
THEY are one of the most feared creatures in the universe.A simple cry of 'exterminate' can send grown men running behind the sofa, quivering with fright.But one brave man and his son have proved...
View ArticlePolice ban 14-year-old from High Street
POLICE have banned a teenage troublemaker from Cheltenham's High Street.The 14-year-old from the town, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged by officers for knowingly contravening a...
View ArticleStyling your Summer Wardrobe
(Advertising feature) Finally summer is nearly here, so get ready and start preparing for the warmer months to come! And what better way to get started than by giving your wardrobe a makeover? So...
View ArticleBig City Clean Up goes viral
To support the volunteers taking part in the BiG City Spring clean this Friday residents and visitors are being asked to tweet pics of them joining in.The Gloucester Twitpick will ask all the city...
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Whisky, cigars, a good shave and business angel Richard Branson
As the latest batch of wannabe entrepreneurs pit their wits on Lord Sugar's 'The Apprentice', one young woman in Cheltenham could certainly teach them a thing or two. Jessica Earl didn't wait for a...
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Camera store Jessops back to Gloucester in a flash
CAMERA shop Jessops is back in a flash as it prepares to reopen at King's Walk shopping centre.The photography specialists shut up shop in January after falling into administration.But Dragon's Den TV...
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My Life in Gloucestershire: Abbeymead author Rachel Sargeant
What's your favourite Gloucestershire day out?A swim followed by a stroll round the Rococo Gardens in Painswick. My family and I are season ticket holders. We always call into their tea shop for...
View ArticleRobin Hood on crusade to Gloucester theatre
ROBIN Hood is on a crusade to a Gloucester theatre next month.Hardwicke Players are presenting their very own stage version of Mel Brooks' film Robin Hood: Men In Tights at the King's Theatre, in...
View ArticleParents' concern as primary school meal prices go up to £2.20
PARENTS fear a price rise in school meals could leave children hungry.Company Edwards and Ward, which provides school meals to 180 primary schools in the county, are increasing the price of a dish from...
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All the right moves for performers
YOUNG dancers from around the county have been wowing judges with their arabeques and attitude poses.Sienna Spiers, of Gloucester, competed in the character solo for seven and eight year olds, and...
View ArticlePrice of school meals in Gloucestershire to rise by 10p
PARENTS fear a price hike in school meals could leave children hungry.Edwards and Ward, which provides school meals to 180 primary schools across the county, is increasing the price of a dish from...
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'Early diagnosis of Kawasaki disease saved my life now I am backing the CRY...
LAURA Day is in a better position than most to understand the hidden dangers of heart problems in the young.She is the latest name on our Stop the Heartbreak campaign roll of honour, lending support to...
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