6+ hour, 9+ min ago   (249+ words) COLUMN by Stroud MP Simon Opher This week, the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill returned to Parliament. The Bill is part of our child poverty strategy and would remove the two-child benefit cap, lifting around half a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (603+ words) He learned to ski inside a giant shopping mall and next month will become the first man from United Arab Emirates to take to the Winter Olympic slopes. The route plotted by British-born Alex Astridge all the way to the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (360+ words) A NEW national blue plaque has been unveiled at the former home in Stroud of Thomas the Tank Engine's creator. The plaque, unveiled by Historic England on Friday, October 17, marks 80 years since the first publication of The Three Railway Engines…...