A LOVING husband's dream to take his disabled wife on their first holiday in 30 years is in tatters after thieves stole their specially adapted van. Eddy Barker and his wife Jackie, who has multiple sclerosis were looking forward to a week touring the
SCOOBY a German Shepherd family pet was put down by his upset owners after it attacked a postman. Owner Martin Bishop took the drastic action to put the family pet to sleep after an attack on February 4 left postie Colin Street with hand, leg and arm
STROUD could be missing out on hundreds of thousands of pounds. Town Councillors have spoken of their frustration at being made to jump through hoops by the Countryside Agency and South West Regional Development Agency - only to find there is no reward
Aberystwth 0, Forest Green Rovers 1 A GOAL by striker Alex Meechan gave Rovers their first pre-season season win away at Aberystwth last Saturday. Meechan, who has not hit the net since for four months, was on target in the 40th minute. A corner was played
ON Sunday August 4, the Stroud and District motocross club hosts round four of the 2002 AMCA National motocross series at their Sallywood farm venue at Horsley. In the 250cc class, Kawasaki rider Gary Davies of Shrewsbury currently leads the way on 160
THE dotty spying Casanova is back for the third time. For the uninitiated, Austin Powers is a send-up of all the 60s spy films from James Bond and The Avengers to The Saint, with assorted Peter Sellers films sprinkled in for good measure. They are a parody
DESPITE months of discussion and negotiation Stroud seems no closer to getting its long-awaited cinema. Stroud's Mayor Cllr John Marjoram has described the situation as 'looking gloomy.' But senior officers at Stroud District Council have defended the
A RACE against the clock is on to save Cope Chat Sports Field from developers. Cainscross and Dudbridge residents have joined forces in a last ditch attempt to keep the field free from development. Land Agent Bruton Knowles is set to agree a deal with
Gloucestershire Under-18 Open Singles tournament THE second under-18 Gloucestershire open singles was held at the Nailsworth Mills Bowling Club on July 14 and one of their younger members James Gardiner used the familiar territory to record a victory
THE ongoing saga to save Hill Paul looks like it could finish with a fairy tale ending. Shareholders who formed Hill Paul Regeneration Ltd to save the one-time factory building appeared to have lost their cash but took some consolation in knowing the
BROUGHT up in South Africa, Brian Oosthuysen, 64, vice-chairman of the local branch of Amnesty International, learned the importance of fighting for human rights from an early age. The former schoolteacher fled the country's Apartheid regime in 1961 when
POLICE in Gloucestershire are following up new leads after two BBC Crimewatch appeals for information on wanted men. In the programme, shown on Wednesday, July 24, officers said they were keen to trace two men in connection with two robberies in the county
A YOUNG woman was the victim of an attempted car-jacking as she drove through Randwick to work in Stroud on Monday. The 22-year-old from was driving a red Ford Mondeo in Humphries End at 7.40am when she was forced to stop by a man in the road. The man
A MAN has been attacked after accepting a lift during a walk home. The 51-year-old was walking home to Stroud from Berkeley along the A38 when he was offered a lift by two men in a dark-coloured hatchback at 11.30pm on Saturday. As soon as the man got
