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  • Swan returns

    Crinkly the unusual and much loved Bewick's Swan has returned to WWT Slimbridge and this year he has company, could this be Crinkly's first mate? Against all odds, the Bewick's Swan with the crinkly neck Crinkly', has returned this morning. Crinkly

  • Are you satisfied with Stroud District Council?

    SATISFACTION with the work of Stroud District Council has grown in the last year, placing the authority in the top 14 per cent in the country. A survey of households in the district reported that 69 per cent were satisfied with the council service

  • Seal wins gold

    Dursley Dolphins took a squad of swimmers to Hereford to compete in a level three Open Meet. The timing of the event could have been better as the Dolphins Club Championship only finished the previous night but the determination on the swimmers faces

  • Sort out finance

    Your article about the proposed taxi-tokens' missed one very key point: the debate at the South Glos Council Meeting on November 21 revolved entirely around whether it was sensible to start committing large sums of money, at this time, when we have no

  • Sharks swim ahead

    Sharks through to quarter finals GFA North Senior Amateur Cup Round Three Longlevens 1 Sharpness 1 (Sharpness won 4 - 2 on penalties) Sharpness made it through to the quarter finals after a hard-fought cup tie against Longlevens. With the

  • Tipple of brandy is the secret for Phyllis

    AT THE age of 100, Phyllis Phipps still has a memory as sharp as any 20-year-old. And her secret to a long life is simple - a little tipple of brandy every now and then. The fourth of eight children, she is now the only one left. Born in Oxford in 1907

  • Arts in brief

    A CHRISTMAS Concert takes place at Blue Coat Primary School, Wotton-under-Edge on Saturday, December 15 (7pm). Presented by Under the Edge Arts, it will feature performances by many of the arts groups involved in the project. These include drama, a wide

  • Outrage over youth centre charges

    A YOUTH centre is being forced to pay to use a small piece of road that leads to the building by Stroud District Council. The council charges Woodfield youth centre in Cam £54 a year to use the road, plus £85 for a three year licence. However the

  • Inquiry launched into theft of passports

    AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into why dozens of schoolchildren's passports were kept at a teacher's home and stolen. Chipping Sodbury Secondary School is to review its procedures after 41 passports belonging to pupils set to go on a German exchange

  • Give your views on A38 junction plans

    HIGHWAYS chiefs are urging road users to have their say before work starts on improvements at the notorious A38 junction at Falfield. A new signal-controlled junction could be up and running at the accident blackspot by next spring. Council chiefs