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Joyfor owners after being reunited with theirlostdogs


AGROUP of four stolen dogs from Syde have finally been reunited with their overjoyed owners,four months after they were stolen from their home. The last of the four dogs, Jack, ablack cocker spaniel has finally been returned to his owners Jess Ward and Tim Holmes. In early September,the


four working gun dogs,Jack, Bracken, Lulu and Azzy were stolen from acage outside their home in Syde. Only amonth after they


were stolen, the English springer spaniels Bracken and Lulu were tracked down after Gloucestershire Po- lice informed the Stolen and StrayPet Recovery Organisa- tion. One month later,cocker spaniel Azzy was also re- turned to her owners but there was no trace of Jack. “It was very frustrating as there was some clear indica- tions as to where Jack had been, with many enquiries made in an efforttofollowhis trail,” said aStolen and Stray spokesman. “There were reports of pos-


sible sightings to followup, including one heartstopping casewhere it appeared he had “literally slipped through the


January 30, 2014


Soldiers to getataste of home


ACOMMUNICATION com- pany has helped put soldiers serving in Afghanistan in touch with their lovedones this Valentine’sDay. Stonehouse based company Eurolink Connect celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this year and to commemorate the milestone it has joined forces with the charity Operation Shoebox to supply goods and home comforts to 15 members of aBritish troop currently serving in Afghanistan. The boxes contain aone-


sie and agoodie bag each of which contains some treats, sweets and a£10 phone card. Eurolink director Claire Maddox said: “Asacompany that worksintelecommuni- cations what better gift could we give than putting these soldiers in contact with their lovedones? “Several of our staffhave


Jess Ward andTim Holmes arereunitedwith their four dogs (3513882)


net”.” The organisation then received a call from an unnamed individual, that indicated Jack had been movedmore than 200 miles away,allowing the team to locate and bring


him home. RelievedownerJess


Ward said once her dogs had been stolen she did not believe any of them would be returned. “Nobodybelievedwe would get our dogs back,”


she said. “Tohavehad one re-


turned would have been marvellous,but for all four to nowbesafely back with us is beyond belief.”


worked either in or with the forces so Operation Shoe- box seemed likea wonderful charity to get involved with. Rebecca Leppard, regional


voluntary coordinator for Op- eration Shoebox, said: “Sol- diers serving overseas can often feel very cut offfrom home andreceiving such a kind and generous gift will really boost morale.”


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AGRANT scheme has been launched by Stroud District Council to encour- age the production and consumption of local goods. As partofits


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