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  • Stroud District Council chief answers your questions

    Kathy O’Leary has been chief executive of Stroud District Council since November. Here, she answers SNJ readers' questions. How have you enjoyed your first few months in the job? I’ve really enjoyed my last few months. I’ve met local community

  • Football team after new players for first competitive season

    Thornbury Town Girls football teams are looking for new players ahead of their first competitive season. The club are after girls aged from 9-12 as they prepare to compete in league and cup competitions next year. Beginners are welcome to join

  • FOOD REVIEW: The best steak I have tasted for some time

    FOSTON’S Ash Inn must have been a lonely place when all that passed were the occasional stagecoach or farmer’s cart. It stands in a windswept spot high in the Cotswolds on the B4070 Slad-Birdlip Road near its junction with Calf Way, an ancient

  • JOHN LIGHT: Defensively we can no longer stand alone

    My springtime visit to Eastleach was not without a severe shock. The morning was bursting with spring sunshine and the daffodils as beautiful as ever. Pausing on the stone footbridge I was surrounded by the sounds of the season. Water burbled