YOUNG Australian amateur Marcus Fraser blazed a record-breaking trail on the road to Muirfield in the Open Golf south-west regional qualifier at Minchinhampton Golf Club on Monday July 8. On the club's re-designed Cherington course, the 23-year-old from
YOUNG athlete Alex Felce has added to his already impressive achievements list by being selected for the England squad. Randwick runner Felce has was picked after his performance at the English Schools National Championships at Nottingham on Saturday,
STROUD'S MP has accused the Government of backing a campaign that could result in the spread of euthanasia. David Drew is calling on fellow MPs to come clean and honour their pledge to oppose mercy killing. Mr Drew is among the leaders in the campaign
STROUD-BASED renewable energy company Ecotricity has scrapped its appeal at the eleventh hour to put up four new turbines at Nympsfield. District planners had turned down the company's application for the wind turbines but Ecotricity launched an appeal
THE LIFE of a psychic can be an eventful affair. Tarot reader Melanie Cheecham, 48, has seen a woman possessed by a ghost, met a clairvoyant who predicted the Zeebrugge ferry disaster and counselled a man thinking of having a sex change. In past lives
THE families of American firefighters killed or injured as a result of the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11 are to benefit from £60,000 collected in Gloucestershire. The county's Fire Service this week handed over almost £70,000 of Gloucestershire
A FORMER postie has hit out at the way the delivery of mail is being handled in Stroud. Kevin Ellis of Paganhill claims using untrained agency staff as postal workers is not fair on them nor on the public they are supposed to serve. The mail in Mr Ellis
A TEENAGE girl on work experience at a Stroud hotel was pulled out of the scheme after only two days because her mother thought she was being used as slave labour. The 15-year-old girl from Thomas Keble School started a trial week at the Bell Hotel, Wallbridge
EXPERIENCE was the key word in Nigel Spink's mind this summer when the Forest Green Rovers manager made a number of pre-season signings. Instead of opting for talented but raw players, Spink has gone for older experience members to blend with the number
A LOVEABLE mongrel who ended up in a dog's home as a puppy was given a second chance - and proved that pedigree isn't everything when it comes to winning show awards. Sam, from Bisley, a lurcher-type dog aged about four, was named best rescue and second
SKATEBOARDER'S have slammed the surface of Stratford Park skateboard park after one youngster claimed that a skater had broken his arm and numerous skaters had suffered cuts and bruises on the metal surface. Joe Ireland, 16, from Rodborough fears that
