• Stroud peace campaigner wins legal battle over census

  By Hoof_Hearted2

  So Chris, feel free to opt out of the benefits system as well as opting out of filling in a Census...

            

   

  By The Citizen at 07:00 on 16/05/12

  

  PEACE campaigner John Marjoram has won a legal battle over his refusal to fill in the census. The Green Stroud mayor and district councillor, 72, has been told by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) it has dropped the case because there is not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction. "This is peculiar given that the CPS was confident enough to bring the case to the magistrates court in February using...

• More pressing needs than wheelie bins

  By bonzaharris1

  Thomas1996, Stroud District Council still give you only one tiny pathetic bin liner rolled up in a...

            

   

  By Stroud Life at 07:00 on 16/05/12

  

  I HAVE emblazoned across my T-shirt the words 'recycling is rubbish' so, perhaps, I am not best placed to be complain about Stroud District Council's absurdity in sending out 50,000 wheelie bins to home owners to further clutter up their driveways and gardens. When most citizens are reeling from the strain of financial hardship and public services are being trimmed to the bone, would you not think this huge expenditure might serve...

• Olympic torch revellers warned of travel delays and road closures

  By bonzaharris1

  Can't work up any enthusiasm for this at all, its only a man, one of many carrying a torch with a...

            

   

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 07:00 on 19/05/12

  

  ROLLING road closures will be in operation across the county on Wednesday and Thursday as people line the streets to catch a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of the Olympic flame. Visitors have been told to stick to watching the torch from just one place as bus companies have warned of delays. The main event will take place at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday afternoon and evening. Anyone wanting to go to the event and watch rap star...

• 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...

• Privatisation fears as NHS offers community services for tender

  By tri3umph1

  A lot of services have been Privitised. I cannot think of any service that has gone from the Private...

            

   

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 07:00 on 17/05/12

  

  ORGANISATIONS wanting to run community health services in the county are being asked to step forward – sparking fears they could end up in the private sector. Through advertising unveiled this week, NHS Gloucestershire is asking groups, which could include private bodies, NHS organisations or those wishing to set up a social enterprise, to show an "expression of interest" in taking the reins of some health services....

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