• Alliance formed against the Tories to rule at Stroud District Council

  By chrisrainbow

  HUNG COUNCIL?.........AND SO THEY SHOULD BE.

            

   

  By The Citizen at 07:00 on 19/05/12

  

  AN alliance between opposition parties have ousted Tory control from Stroud District Council after more than 10 years. Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Independents paved the way for an unexpected power share on Thursday night, which leaves former ruling party the Conservatives out in the cold. Council leader Frances Roden (Con, Painswick) stepped down from the top job at the council's AGM, with councillor Geoff Wheeler...

• Trouble at Mill as majority vanishes

  By wottonjen

  Congratulations June!

            

   

  By Stroud Life at 07:00 on 09/05/12

  

  POLITICAL talks are under way after Labour's local election gains mirrored the national picture and left Stroud with a hung district council. After the Conservative administration at Ebley Mill lost five seats to the reds, in a reflection of the blue losses nationally, the Tories were left with 22 seats. This was further dented after the count finished when council chairman Coun John Hudson told fellow members he would be...

• Excitement builds for Olympic Torch relay in Gloucestershire

  By OldGrumbler

  I don't think I shall attend incase I am overcome with all the excitement and end up wetting myself...

            

   

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 07:00 on 09/05/12

  

  EXCITEMENT is gathering in Cheltenham after the announcement that rapper Labrinth will be coming to the town with the Olympic torch. But along with the star, who brought Let the Sun Shine and Pass Out to the charts, plenty of local talent and culture will be on display as part of the celebrations. The torch will be arriving in Cheltenham two weeks today and an array of entertainment will be going on through Gloucestershire, with the...

• District may take county on in court

  By chrisrainbow

  take em to court. this bunch of clowns at gcc need to get their come uppance.these people are...

            

   

  By Stroud Life at 07:00 on 02/05/12

  

  LEGAL action could be taken against Gloucestershire County Council if it goes ahead with its plan for a £500million waste burner at Javelin Park. Stroud District Council voted to consider challenging the county if the Shire Hall planning committee allows Urbaser Balfour Beatty to build it for the county council at the Haresfield site. A motion put forward by councillors Geoff Wheeler (Lab, Dursley) and David Drew (Lab and...

• Let's get snapping for Spring

  By trevorwmason

  It was me who organised the photo competition at Wyevale Thornbury. The pictures went on display for...

            

   

  By undertheedge at 20:31 on 08/04/12

  

  Photographers throughout the region are being invited by a local garden centre to take part in a spring photographic competition. The Wyevale Thornbury Garden Centre is offering a £50 gift voucher to the person deemed by the centre's manager to have taken his favourite 'spring' photograph. The competition is part of the centre's Spring Gardening Celebration taking place between Saturday, April 14 and until Sunday, April 29, when...

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