Top chef Tom cooks up new TV series
PROPER pub grub was on the menu as Gloucester chef Tom Kerridge launched his new TV show last night.Mr Kerridge, the only British chef to earn two Michelin stars by cooking in a pub, introduced his new...
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Kara raising money in name of her father
LITTLE Kara Goodhall knows all too well how devastating it is to have a family member ill with cancer.Her dad Roger was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma just before she was born and underwent...
View ArticleAlleged assault: man is arrested
A 30-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested following an alleged assault in Northway.Police were called to an address in Farm Close at 8.20pm on Sunday following reports of two men fighting.A spokeswoman said:...
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Lessons are growing at a rapid rate
SMART pupils at St Thomas More Primary School in Cheltenham know their onions – and their peas, carrots, tomatoes and cabbages.The school's allotment project, which teaches youngsters about growing...
View Article£500,000: The cost of making sure all county council workers earn...
HALF a million pounds is the price of making sure every Gloucestershire County Council employee earns at least enough to cover the basic costs of living.Just shy of 900 Shire Hall employees currently...
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Pets go 'quackers' for church service
QUACKERS the Quedgeley duck and his animal pals went to church on Sunday for a blessing.Reverend John Ward, from St James Church, welcomed Quedgeley's pets with open arms – and more than 90 people...
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£500,000: The cost of making sure every county council worker earns a...
HALF a million pounds: The price of making sure every Gloucestershire County Council employee earns at least enough to cover the basic costs of living.Just shy of 900 Shire Hall employees currently...
View ArticleKeep working out if you want to stay on line
IF you want to check your Twitter feed or your friend's Facebook page while working out at Leisure@ in Cheltenham, you'll have to keep moving.The gym has some smart new equipment which is hooked up to...
View ArticleKara's cuppa for cancer charity
NOT many eight-year olds want to put on a coffee-morning for a cancer charity.When Kara Goodhall saw an advert for the Macmillan Cancer Support events, she immediately wanted to organise one.Her father...
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Is your Quedgeley road getting a makeover?
MINI-CRATERS in the roads of Quedgeley will be given the once over by a highways crew.About 15 roads are to receive a makeover with £20,000 of funding announced by county councillor Mark Hawthorne (C,...
View ArticleHands across the globe for school award
EASTCOMBE Primary School has become one of the few primary schools locally to receive a full International Award from the British Council.The award, more often given to secondary schools, was...
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Families in need banking on their first taste of veg
FRESH veg on offer to needy families is giving some their first taste of courgettes, marrows and more.Ebley allotment holders are donating surplus vegetables to the Stonehouse branch of Stroud Foodbank...
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Flying the flag takes a lot of heart for Syrian appeal
MORE than 2,000 flags fluttered above Chalford to support Oxfam's Crisis Appeal for Syria.The giant heart was assembled by a team of volunteers led by filmmaker Jimmy Edmonds and his wife Jane Harris,...
View ArticleDog attack kills sheep
A SHEEP was killed and at least two others hurt in an attack by dogs near Stonehouse.The sheep worrying near the town's border with rural Standish deeply distressed the farmer who owns the sheep,...
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Scouts bed down for bright future
SCOUTS celebrated a "tremendous milestone" in the development of their Penn Woods activity centre with a visit from Gloucestershire's Lord Lieutenant.Leaders and members of the Stroud and Tetbury...
View ArticleSchool to give more answers
AN event in Stonehouse in Saturday provides a chance to find out more about plans for a free Steiner School in Stroud.The open session on from 2pm to 5pm at Stonehouse Community Centre, Laburnum Walk,...
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Final entry in ledger after 64-year career
NEVER mind computers, calculators weren't even invented when accountant Arthur Johnson began in business.Mr Johnson, 84, who still completes tax returns and accounts for his clients on paper, is...
View ArticleCouncillor leads fight to put stop to plastic bags
A CAMPAIGN to rid Stroud of plastic and carrier bags has been launched by town councillors.The Stroud Town Opposed to Plastic (STOP) initiative, spearheaded by Coun Eva Ward, will be launched with a...
View ArticleAnger taken out on children's play area
VANDAL Aiden Biddle vented his anger on a children's play area near his home in Minchinhampton, a court learned.Biddle, 20, who has special educational needs, lost control and took his anger out on the...
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New owners for Woodchester convent set to open hotel
A WORLD away from the nuns who lived there for 151 years, a former convent is to be turned in to a members' club, spa and luxury boutique hotel.After the last five nuns left the convent of Poor Clares...
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