Nikki Laine interviews Ayoub "Ginge" Moula about Rising Stars FC after 50 years of growth of the club.

A group of young boys immigrate to the UK in the Summer of 1966. They come to the park 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.

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.

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.

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 Doina Cornell from Stroud Labour Party who is the current leader of Stroud District Council. We cover a variety of topics, from the possibilities of a green post-covid recovery for Stroud, to housing and the affordability of the area, local democracy and governance, racism and more. In doing so, we put questions to her 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.