SHOULD THIS MEDICINE BE LEGAL?

Cannabis plants were removed from a farm unit by police wearing - we're told - protective clothing. Cannabis is known as being medicinal, so perhaps we should question whether it should now be illegal?

LET'S ALL GREEN OUR PATIOS!

People are invited to replace paving slabs with plants, flowers and shrubs as part of a local trial. The aim - inspired by a campaign in the Netherlands - is to create greener, more wildlife-friendly communities.

WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCE ART

A free weekend of family-friendly performance art is taking place at Robinswood Hill in Gloucester over the weekend of 14/16 Aug. There'll be dance, comedy, live art - and plenty of inspiration from nature.

POWER NEEDS TO FLOW UPWARDS

Does wealth buy political power? Should donations to parties be capped - or even be banned? Local SMP Roz Savage raises some good questions - but does her vision for democratic renewal go far enough?

ASSISTED DYING IS STILL LIVING

The Terminally Ill Adults bill - better known as the Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide bill - is back in parliament and local SMP Dr Simon Opher is - once again - supporting it - but there's still a lot of opposition.

GENOCIDE CASE AGAINST KCIII

An Aboriginal in Australia has filed a court case against King Charles - representing the British Crown - for genocide. Aboriginal people were murdered - their children taken - and classed as animals until 1967.