Month: January 2021

Lucas Schoemaker Stroud Trinity Town councillor, using the canal cycle path.

Money for cyclists is great but how about Stroud to Chalford?

/ by Dagan Smith

It was great to hear that cyclists and walkers will benefit from Community Infrastructure Levy funding after the council agreed to spend more than £350,000 on creating or upgrading cycle paths in the district. May I suggest that some of the money is spent on improving and making safer the cycle route from Stroud to […]

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The wellbeing of shop workers gets little consideration, says Molly Scott Cato, pictured outside a store in Stroud.

Frontline workers (including shop staff) should get priority vaccinations, says Green Party

/ by Susan Fenton

Stroud District Green Party has called for frontline workers to be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccinations following the reported outbreak at Tesco’s branch in Bristol Road, Quedgeley.Molly Scott Cato, Gloucestershire County Council candidate, urged people to sign an online petition calling on the government to prioritise all frontline workers (including shop staff, social workers, teachers, bus […]

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Covid-19 vaccine

Green Party welcomes local roll-out of Covid vaccinations

/ by Susan Fenton

Stroud District Green Party has welcomed the local roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations and has warned that the principle of ‘freedom of speech’ is being misused by anti-vaccination groups to promote dubious and selective information that stokes fear and distrust of science, medicine and public health measures. Professor Molly Scott Cato, a Green candidate for Gloucestershire […]

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