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Culture Nailsworth
A rare three-page letter written by George Orwell to fellow left-wing writer Geoffrey Trease has sold at auction in Stonehouse for £6,500, rising to £8,000 after the buyer’s premium was added.
Community Nailsworth
A planning application has been submitted to convert Unit A at Kingfisher Business Park in Thrupp into an indoor padel club, golf studio and health hub.
Sport Nailsworth
Forest Green Rovers have recalled 20-year-old striker Jose Marquez from Worthing after he scored three goals in five starts, including the winner against Hartlepool. Robbie Savage confirmed the move ahead of the Sutton United match.
Community Nailsworth
Cllr Tony Davey has stood down as Mayor of Stroud after completing an additional term intended to support the district council through its office move, the arrival of a new chief executive and preparations for a possible new unitary authority.
Education
Former Marling pupil Daniel Vassall-Adams has paid tribute to Joseph Xuereb-Brennan, the Stroud school’s English teacher who died earlier this year aged 88.
Sport
Stroud’s Cotswold Players have announced a 2027-28 programme featuring Shakespeare In Love, Steel Magnolias and the musical Calamity Jane.
Culture Nailsworth
New Trinity Baroque performed Handel’s <em>Giulio Cesare in Egitto</em> at Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton, on 6 September, bringing an international cast and period-instrument ensemble to the local parish church.
Sport Nailsworth
Forest Green Rovers manager Robbie Savage is considering whether to recall Jose Marquez from his loan at Worthing after a succession of missed chances contributed to a 3-1 defeat by Boston United.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Police are appealing for information to locate Kathleen, an 89-year-old woman who has not been seen since the morning of Saturday, September 19, 2026. Officers believe she may be travelling on foot or by bus in the Nailsworth area or nearby locations.
Culture High Street
Retail expert Mary Portas will visit Tetbury on September 24 to judge more than two dozen shop windows designed around the town’s 2026 Music Festival.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Gloucestershire Constabulary recorded a 12% increase in non-fatal strangulation offences, from 216 to 242, as police, health services, the county council and charities launch an awareness campaign. Agencies are warning about delayed medical effects, misconceptions about consent and routes to support.
Community Nailsworth
Stroud MP Dr Simon Opher is supporting calls to return the water industry to public ownership, citing pollution in the Frome, rising bills, shareholder dividends and concerns about executive pay. He has also outlined several possible ownership models and said he raised the issue with Andy Burnham.
Sport Nailsworth
Forest Green Rovers have signed Bristol Rovers striker Mees Rijks on a three-month loan after Ricardo Rees suffered a serious knee injury and several players were called up for international duty.
Culture Lansdown
The 2026 Stroud Book Festival brochure is now available at venues across Stroud and beyond, with tickets on sale for events including appearances by A K Blakemore and Ben Garrod.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Police are seeking the owner of a dog involved in an attack at Woodchester Park that left a woman with a serious hand injury requiring surgery and another dog with puncture wounds. Witnesses and anyone who recognises the owner or dog are also being asked to come forward.
Culture Nailsworth
Stroud’s weekend line-up includes Hidden Notes Vol. 6, Horsley Village Fete and Painswick Feast, with music, food, family activities and long-standing local traditions taking place across the district on 19 and 20 September.
Culture Brimscombe
Vue Stroud is screening a season of classic films marking major anniversaries, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Transformers: The Movie, The Others, Scream and Rocky.
Community
Cllr Tony Davey has stepped down as Mayor of Stroud, saying his term gave him the chance to support the council through its office move, leadership changes and preparations for a new unitary authority model.
Community Brimscombe
Stroud district residents are being urged to change how they prepare recycling, after the council warned that batteries and vapes placed in household bins can cause fires in collection vehicles and waste facilities.
Sport Brimscombe
Steve Cotterill has been suspended from the touchline for three matches and fined £2,250 after a post-match incident following Cheltenham Town’s 2-2 League Two draw with Grimsby Town.
Sport Brimscombe
Brimscombe & Thrupp manager Tim Bond praised his side’s second-half response but said the team had left itself with too much to do after a 4-2 home defeat by in-form Sharpness in Hellenic League Division One West.
Business & Openings
Stroud Wine Company is bringing six bottles from South African winemaker Pieter Walser to Griffin Mill, promising a fresh challenge to familiar assumptions about grape varieties.
Culture Nailsworth
Stroud photographer Paul Nicholls has won the Cultural Events category at the 2026 Event Photography Awards for his image of two Red Arrows jets at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in 2025.
Business & Openings Nailsworth
Renishaw has launched a new PH20 PLUS 5-axis touch-trigger system at its New Mills operation, offering manufacturers greater access to deep and difficult-to-reach features during coordinate measuring machine inspections.
Sport Nailsworth
Forest Green Rovers drew 1-1 at Carlisle United after Kyle Kelly’s early header was cancelled out by Michael Obiero. Robbie Savage praised the performance as his proudest moment in charge, but Ricardo Rees faces a knee scan and the squad is preparing for several international absences.
Culture Nailsworth
A film produced and filmed in Nailsworth, with much of its cast drawn from the local community, has won a Bath Film Festival award and will receive its international premiere in Tallinn.
Traffic & Construction Nailsworth
Whitaker Seager says homeowners considering a move in 2027 should not automatically wait until spring, as high levels of available property and price-sensitive buyers make autumn a possible opportunity to prepare and launch.
Community Nailsworth
Five fruit trees planted with NHS permission at Stroud Maternity Hospital have been removed as Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks to expand the site’s car park. Residents and councillors say the trees were valuable community and ecological assets, while the Trust has offered to discuss replanting elsewhere.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
A 20-year-old man from Emersons Green has been arrested after police say suspected drugs were thrown from a van during a pursuit on the M5 in the early hours of Monday. Officers later found suspected drugs and bank notes in the vehicle and along the pursuit route.
Community Nailsworth
A resident reported seeing a large, dark-coloured cat near the former Hilliers factory site in Nailsworth at about 6.15am on Saturday. The account has not been independently confirmed, and there is no confirmed evidence of a wild big cat living in the Stroud area.
