Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Computer recycling company CKS is going into administration 14 months after opening an £8 million factory in Cinderford.
Problems started at the Forest Vale plant two months ago when operations were suspended and 28 workers were laid off.
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Jordan Wileman is like many other teenagers who have dabbled with illegal drugs.
For most of them it is a brief flirtation but for this 17-year-old from Ruspidge the story is very different.
Talented musician Jordan is a miracle ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Big-hearted Gordon and Jean Blake have been rewarded for donating a total 156 pints of blood.
The Lydney couple, who are both 64, started donating when they worked at the town's Pine End Works 45 years ago.
Since then they ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Trainee veterinary nurse Nicola Flambard is struggling to cope after a tree crushed her car.
The 21-year-old was operating on a dog at the Pets Barn Veterinary Centre at Harts Barn in Longhope when the tree fell.
Her £3,000 ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Vandals caused £500 damage by shooting at the windows of the Ruardean GP surgery for the second time.
Staff arrived at work last Friday to find two of the double-glazed windows had been shot through by yobs who were armed with ball-bearing ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
When little Joshua West's life was claimed by Edwards' Syndrome his parents decided they had to help other families affected by the rare condition.
Joshua was less than two hours old when he died as a result of the genetic disorder which ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Computer recycling company CKS is going into administration 14 months after opening an £8 million factory in Cinderford.
Problems started at the Forest Vale plant two months ago when operations were suspended and 28 workers were laid off.
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Calls for more trains to stop at Lydney as the A40 roadworks wreak havoc are coming from all quarters.
Coleford Town Council has joined Forest MP Mark Harper urging for an increase in the number of trains stopping at Lydney station.
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
The love and compassion school bursar Sue Hopson showed throughout her life was reflected when more than 500 people paid their respects at her funeral.
The service at Springfield Methodist Church in Lydney, where the mum-of-four was a worshipper ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
A Lively year at St White's School ended in drama when Year Six pupils put on a play for parents.
The performance marked the finale of a hectic year of activities.
Youngsters have visited the Everyman theatre in Cheltenham, ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Sports-mad youngsters will get to hone their skills at a sports camp.
Active Gloucestershire's Sport's Skillz camp at Five Acres Leisure Centre will give them the chance to try out a range of sports with help from some of the counties top coaches.
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
District councillors were heckled from the public gallery when they washed their hands of any responsibility for Two Rivers Housing Association residents.
Around 2,200 residents, both tenants and owner-occupiers, are protesting at being asked ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
A Popular club where youngsters play snooker has managed to pot the cash.
The Co-op re-racked Cinderford's YMCA funds with a £500 grant for the refurb- ishment of its three snooker tables used by 103 members.
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Ruardean judges faced an impossible choice between two carnival queens - so they crowned both girls.
Paige Maddocks, 11, and Laura Fleetwood, 12, agreed to reign as joint queens in this Saturday's carnival procession.
Their ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Mr
amp; Mrs K Wynn; a conservatory for both properties, Ferndale and Hillside, Ferndale
amp; Hillside, Pludds Court Road, The Pludds, Ruardean.
Mr C Martell; an agricultural building, Hunts Court, Brooms Green, Dymock.
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Father James Halpin, the former parish priest of Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church in Cinderford, has died suddenly in Ireland.
A memorial mass will be held at the church, where Mr Halpin was in charge until two years ago, on August 15 at ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Plucky Alfred Simpson was hurt when he tackled robbers at his wife's post office in Redmarley.
Mr Simpson, whose wife Carol is postmistress, needed hospital treatment for cuts and bruises after tussling with raiders.
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Police and council officers have joined forces to stamp out illegal raves in the Forest.
The district council, the police and Forestry Commission have signed a so-called memorandum of understanding to set out how unlicensed events in the woods ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Four men have appeared in court charged with kidnapping, assaulting and threatening to kill a Coleford man in the town centre.
Alan Barrington, 30, of St John's Court, Bank Street Coleford, Neil Maher, 42, of Hillside Lodge, Redbrook, Paul ... |
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:30:00 GMT |
Two sailors were rescued from the River Severn when their dinghy capsized on the high spring tide.
The boat was involved in a race organised by Lydney Yacht Club which ran between the town's harbour and Newnham-on-Severn on Sunday.
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