STROUD writer Dan Glaister has released a new novel inspired by the bizarre true story of a fatal duel that took place in Stroud more than 200 years ago. The incident, which happened on August 14, 1807, is believed to be one of the last fatal duels that took place in the UK. When Dan moved into a very old house in the Five Valleys, he found a box full of sheets of parchment dating back hundred of years. Among the papers was a hand-written account of the duel that took place in a field across the valley. Taking the box of papers as a starting point for his debut novel, Dan has created an eerie and macabre tale of obsession.
The turning to Dr Newtons Way in Stroud, where a man was found to be in possession of cannabis and under its influence Police have seized cannabis possessed by a drug driver from Stroud and banned him from the roads for a year. Joseph Richards, 31, from Riverdale in Chalford, was arrested after police caught him driving under the influence of cannabis and with four grams of the drug in his possession. At Cheltenham Magistrates court on May 10, Richards pleaded guilty to possessing the drugs and driving in Dr Newtons Way, Stroud, with an amount of tetrahydrocannabinol, an constituent of cannabis, in his blood above legal limits.
Cllr Chloe Turner. Photo: Simon Pizzey “I’m really excited about it. It feels like a green surge,” she said. “I think there’s great appetite for our policies. We know the climate emergency and the state of nature are priorities and we know how to deliver the solutions. So people are ready to elect us. Lucas Schoemaker held Stroud Trinity for the Greens. Cllr Lucas Schoemaker. Photo: Simon Pizzey “I’m absolutely elated for myself but also for the team that got me here, he said. “Us Greens have got an agenda for climate justice and social justice. “Stroud is the best place to live in the UK. We have got to keep that up.