A RAPE victim has been left angry and upset after learning that she divulged intimate personal details to a council social worker who had previously been suspended for two years for sexually harassing female colleagues.
LABOUR’S Parliamentary candidate for Stroud David Drew has welcomed Ed Miliband’s pledge of an extra £2.5 billion to help fund the NHS.
POLITICIANS in Stroud have welcomed Scotland’s decision to remain a part of the UK after voters rejected independence in the historic referendum.
ANTI-INCINERATOR campaigners have welcomed news that the secretary of state will delay making a decision on the £500 million Javelin Park project until on or before November 30.
REPOSSESSION orders have been served against 18 of Stroud District Council’s tenants hit by the so-called bedroom tax in a move which anti-cuts campaigners say raises the spectre of evictions.
NAILSWORTH Youth Club and St Mary’s Church in Frampton on Severn have both been awarded grants from Gloucestershire Environmental Trust.
DEFIBRILLATORS need to be more widely available, especially in rural communities where it takes longer for ambulances to arrive, a Stroud district councillor has said.
A DEVELOPER behind plans for supported living accommodation at Ebley Warf has sought to quash fears that it is building a ‘secure’ mental institution by insisting the scheme is actually for “vulnerable adults with learning disabilities.”
PRIVATE consultants have been hired at a cost of £120,000 to advise Gloucestershire County Council how to reduce its spending.
THE secretary of state for communities and local government Eric Pickles has delayed making a decision on the Javelin Park incinerator application until November 30.
