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• Rising Stars FC

  Nikki Laine interviews Ayoob "Ginge" Moolla about Rising Stars FC after 50 years of growth of the club.A group of young boys come to the UK in the Summer of 1966. They go to the park at the weekends to play cricket but their heads are turned by the nationwide obsession with football.The boys save up to buy a football and start playing in the park — 25-a-side, they have dreams of starting a club and joining the Sunday League.Fifty years later Rising Stars FC takes the county championship.

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• Dispatches from the anti-war movement

  Terrorism charges are being increasingly used against activists and protestors - but this wasn’t always the case. Amplify writer Roma Robinson spoke to Dave and Juliette, two veteran anti-war activists about their experiences organising through the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, tracking the changes in policing and government response through that time.

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• Stroud's next Labour MP? w/Simon Opher

  The race to be selected as Stroud Labour's new prospective parliamentary candidate has been chequered with significant controversy, after well respected local candidates were blocked from the shortlist by the national party.However, in local GP Simon Opher there is one candidate with the potential to win at the next election and be a genuine champion for Stroud in Parliament. So, we spoke to Simon to find out more about him, and why he's standing to be Stroud's next Labour MP.

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• Stroud's Black Boy Clock w/Stuart Butler

  For over 200 years, the Black Boy Clock, modelled upon a racist caricature, has stood over Stroud. Recently, however, people of colour have been speaking out about the impact of the clock on their experiences over decades of growing up and living in Stroud.Yet the reaction to the Council's consultation on the Clock's future has been hugely divisive, particularly after the intervention of Stroud MP Siobhan Baillie.So we decided to catch up with local peripatetic historical Stuart Butler, to understand more about the history of the clock and its impact.

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• Local Election Special w/ George James - Liberal Democrat

  Ahead of the local elections on May 6th, Amplify Stroud has interviewed leaders and representatives from all of the major local parties.In this episode, we talk to George James from the Liberal Democrat Party. We cover a variety of topics, from house building and and the climate emergency, to the local developments such as the Five Valleys shopping centre. In doing so, we put questions to him submitted by residents of the Stroud district and other local parties.For upcoming summaries of these discussions, and the other interviews with candidates, keep an eye on Amplify Stroud's social media and website.

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