Randy romp of a 'novel' Fifty Shades of Grey makes people rather up for it of an evening, a shock survey has revealed.

The raunchy book, which has been made into a film and is released this week, has been well documented as getting ladies in the mood.

Nonetheless, Holland & Barrett commissioned a survery on behalf of its Horny Goat Weed product (yes, really) and asked 2,000 adults about their sex lives.

They revealed Fifty Shades fans have sex on average 1.8 times a week, compared with non-readers who manage sex only 1.2 times a week.

Not being part of the Fifty Shades club had a noticeable impact on regular sex, with 35 per cent of non-readers saying they had no sex on a weekly basis.

On the other hand, 76 per cent of people who had read the adventurous title were having sex at least once a week.

The study asked people where the most unusual place they'd had sex was - cars, showers, gardens and planes featured, of course, but others included a haystack, central reservation of the M25, the woodshed and a golf course.

And it asked people how they described sex, with 'making love' most popular, but 'slap and tickle', 'rumpy pumpy' and 'a bit of how's your father' were still surprisingly popular.

And 35 per cent of all adults polled said they've already had the best sex of their lives - but it was with a previous partner.

The research also found the average adult to have had six sexual partners - and has the most sexual fun in their twenties and thirties.

Meanwhile, B&Q have issued a memo to staff warning them about the Fifty Shades effect on their sales of cable tie, rope and tape.

According to The Daily Telegraph, the memo said: "All staff are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the content of Fifty Shades of Grey by reading the novel or watching the film upon its release."

A B&Q spokesperson said: "B&Q remains committed to serving our customers in all their DIY needs and we strive to prepare our staff for any enquiry. Customer satisfaction is always our number one priority."

TOP 10 SEX PHRASES for UNDER 40s

Making love

Get laid

Get it on

Hump

Get some action

Get lucky

Snuggles

Getting jiggy

Doing the deed

Hanky panky

TOP 10 SEX PHRASES FOR OVER 40s

Making love

Nookie

Bonk

Hanky panky

Rumpy pumpy

Get laid

Slap and tickle

Hump

A bit of how's your father

Get lucky

Last month sports reporter ROBERT ILES tried his hand at fencing. Now he's had a go at archery. Here's how he got on...

STANDING upright, eyes on the target, hands trembling.

I slowly pull back the bow back towards my chin while looking through the bow sight, trying to keep my elbow high and my other arm outstretched.

As I release, the arrow goes flying up in the air and over the boss.

Archery is much harder than it looks, although at least I have managed to hit the boss once already.

For those not familiar with the archery terminology, don't worry, the Head of Sport is not my target. The boss in this case is the round straw target on a wooden stand, to which two paper targets with the familiar concentric rings are attached.

Wearing an armguard with a quiver attached to my waist to hold the arrows, I am trying archery after being invited along by the Bowmen of Minchinhampton to one of their indoor training sessions in Stonehouse.

Archery is going strong in Gloucestershire at the moment with Dursley's Kieran Slater and Cheltenham archer Ashe Morgan both part of the Great Britain squad and hoping to make the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Slater took up the sport after his parents bought him beginners' lessons to train with the Bowmen of Minchinhampton for his 11th birthday and he is now an honorary member of the club.

Among those I'm training alongside is Karen Blanch, who is the Gloucestershire indoor and outdoor recurve champion.

After shooting my first three arrows from 10 yards – Olympic distance is 70 metres – without hitting any of the colours on the paper target, my coach Peter Munday asks me what I learned, to which I can't help saying: "that I've got bad aim".

However, Peter reassures me that this is normal for a beginner. What a relief.

"The emphasis on all of this is correct form, it does not matter where the arrow goes," says Peter, who is also the club secretary.

"The archer's more worried about that than we are. If people learn the correct form they won't hurt themselves, they will improve more quickly and they'll enjoy it more.

"You're pulling your head down and that's partly a reaction to pulling the bow. I want you to stand up, tuck your chin in and look straight at the target.

"I'm quite long and bendy, the same way like you're long and bendy so the coaches when I started did exactly the same as I'm doing with you, getting you to stand straight and getting used to the effort of pulling a bow properly.

"You have to be balanced and in a state of neutrality. It's almost like yoga."

As for my shaking hands, that is because I'm "over-bowing", Peter explaining that my draw weight is too heavy.

He has been kind enough to lend me his bow so I can have a go, which weighs about 20lb, but beginners usually start off with one weighing about 15lb.

Not that strength is important, Peter explaining that it is all about technique and learning to use your back muscles to shoot rather than the shoulders, which is where I feel the strain.

The bow I'm using is recurve with just a single string as used in the Olympics, though some use compound with several strings and pulleys attached.

Thanks to Peter's guidance, I start to feel more at ease and it becomes enjoyable. I even manage to hit the red part of the target with one of my shots.

"With 12 arrows, you only missed the boss twice, which is not bad at all," Peter says reassuringly.

"Part of the development for an archer after doing the beginners' course is letting these muscles relax and getting the elbow right in line with the arrow," Peter says.

By the end of my session I can see the appeal of archery and why members enjoy the mental challenge.

Peter took up archery five years ago. He said: "It was something I thought about on and off through the years and when I retired I had enough time to do it so I took a beginners' course at the club and I've been doing it ever since.

"It's a sport that relies entirely on you. You can buy more expensive equipment, you can buy cheaper equipment but it always comes back to the archer and that's something that appeals to me."

The Bowmen of Minchinhampton was founded in 1975 and won the team recurve competition at the County Championships last summer.

"We're a fairly small club, we've only got 50 members overall," says Peter.

"We want to enjoy archery, get better at it and help everyone else get better at it."

The club's next beginners' course starts on Saturday, February 14, outdoors in Woodchester and I might consider taking my fiancée for Valentine's Day. Cupid always carries a bow and arrow after all.

Gloucestershire Police have thanked the members of the public who came forward to identify a young male running across a row of cars at a local dealership.

The act of vandalism happened on Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham between 5.30pm and 6pm on Sunday 25th January and was captured on CCTV.

The footage showed the youth climbing onto the roof of the first car and then running across the top of five more before leaping onto the bonnet of the seventh car and attempting a handstand.

The CCTV footage was distributed via the media and social media which prompted a huge response from the public - many putting forward a name.

A 15 year old male from Cheltenham has now been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. He has been released on police bail until 06/03/15.  

This driver was photographed reading a newspaper while doing 55mph on the M5.

He was captured  from the passenger seat by Duaine Peacock, 20, who was shocked at what he saw as he went past.

The driver was heading north near junction 11 for the Golden Valley.

Duaine copied Gloucestershire Road Police into his tweet.

@GlosRoadPol Hello all! hope you had a lovely weekend, not a very good picture but reading a paper on the motorway!? pic.twitter.com/lfe9xmFxb1

— Duaine (@duainep1) February 9, 2015

@chrishughes910@GlosRoadPol nope, I'm in the passenger seat. Can't stand people on their phones as anything can happen in a split second!

— Duaine (@duainep1) February 9, 2015

These are the latest rugby-mad children to throw their weight behind a competition which is celebrating one of the biggest events Gloucester has ever seen.

Pupils at Longlevens Junior School are grabbing at the chance to get their design on our Scrumpty – one of dozens of fibreglass sculptures which will form a trail around the city during the build up to the Rugby World Cup.

We are asking children to help come up with the design for our Scrumpty which will take pride of place in the city this summer.

We want a design which brings the city to life. It can be any colour and contain any pattern but it must represent either Gloucester or the Citizen itself.

Each school will be asked to come up with a design and submit it to the Citizen. The first 25 to enter will then be given a mini Scrumpty to decorate with their chosen look. All the little sculptures will be put on display in Gloucester for a public vote.

The winning design will be chosen by the editor out of the top three Scrumpties with the most votes.

Marketing Gloucester has come up with the character alongside the city council in a bid to promote Gloucester as a host city for the tournament.

Marketing Gloucester chief executive Jason Smith said: "We are excited to be able to offer primary schools a chance to take part in designing a Scrumpty for the sculpture trail.

"This is going to be a great community project and a super way of getting as many young people involved as possible from all over the city."

Businesses in Gloucester have the opportunity to produce unofficial Rugby World Cup 2015 merchandise and take advantage of the huge number of visitors set to arrive in the city this year.

Marketing Gloucester wants dozens of firms to get into the spirit of the event and come up with ideas to support the city's very own mascot – the five-foot statue which is based on Humpty Dumpty.

A trail of the sculptures will installed in the city for 10 days this summer and is expecting to bring in 40,000 visitors.

The tourism body wants companies to use their imagination in a bid to emulate the success of Bristol's Gromit Trail, which continues to sell well more than a year after the event.

Jason Smith, chief executive of Marketing Gloucester, said: "This is a real opportunity for businesses to generate new sales and grow existing sales by using the Scrumpty brand.

"We are confident there is going to be a huge demand for Scrumpty-branded products and are keen to work firstly with companies on the Scrumpty Trail to maximise the economic benefits for Gloucester and the region."

As well as providing 2D images to merchandisers, Marketing Gloucester will make available 3D printable versions of Scrumpty in the relevant STL format.

PEOPLE across Gloucestershire are being urged to back a new fundraising campaign as latest research reveals that one in two people in the UK will develop cancer at some point in their lives.

The figures were released by Cancer Research UK to coincide with World Cancer Day last Wednesday.

To tie in with the campaign the charity is urging people to buy a 'Unity Band' from Cancer Research UK shops like the one in The Oxbode.

The wrist band, which is available in a range of colours, is made of two parts which form a knot to represent strength in unity.

Thanks to research, the UK's cancer survival rate has doubled over the last 40 years and around half of patients now survive the disease for more than 10 years.

But, as more people benefit from improved healthcare and longer life expectancy, the number of cancer cases is expected to rise.

The new research which estimates lifetime risk shows that one in two people will be diagnosed with the disease.

When Tracy Rowley from Gloucester went to the doctor about a lump, she was told – 'people under 40 don't get cancer'.

Six months later she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Thankfully, following treatment, Tracy recovered.

Now she and husband John, the rock who got her through it, are joining forces to ask people to show their support for cancer patients with the World Cancer Day campaign.

Tracy, now 44, and John, aged 46, are hoping others will want to wear the band with pride too.

For them, it represents the power of people joining together to support research and crucial new discoveries which will help more people like Tracy survive.

"That's why we both support Cancer Research UK and are now encouraging everyone to get a Unity Band," said Tracy.

"John lost his mum to stomach cancer and my dad has recently been diagnosed, so we wanted to acknowledge them in the message on our arms."

Currently in the South West around 30,200 people receive the devastating news that they have cancer every year.

Cinderford Town Colts Under-11s 2

Broadwell Youth Under-11s 1

Cinderford   moved joint top of the league with a win at Forest Academy.

Cinderford started the brightest with Jake Wassell getting plenty of the ball and using it well, twice releasing Harry Wilkins down the right hand side and producing great balls into the box, but on both occasions there was nobody able to get the decisive touch.

Jason Heaphy produced an individual moment of magic, cutting in from the left and beating three players with a series of clever step overs but was unable to get his shot away and the attack was eventually halted.

Fifteen minutes in Broadwell took the lead against the run of play, when a good corner was headed home. Cinderford were on the defensive but with captain Holly Brown and Oliver Stamp-Dunstan both in excellent form Tom Phipps was rarely troubled in goal.

The introduction of Aaron Singleton, Taylor Blaby and Liam Wilkins before half time gave the home team the initiative and within 10 seconds of the start of the second half it was 1-1.

Straight from kick off Taylor Blaby played the ball to Liam Wilkins on the right and his powerful run and cross was finished off by Taylor Blaby.

With 10 minutes to go it was 2-1 to Cinderford thanks to some quick thinking from keeper Tom Phipps who spotted striker Taylor Blaby in space and his quick kick put Blaby through one on one to produce a stunning 15-yard lob over the onrushing keeper.

Broadwell pushed for a late equaliser but found defender and player of the match Holly Brown in inspired form.

Cinderford: Tom Phipps, Holly Brown (capt), Oliver Stamp-Dunstan, Jason Heaphy, Harvey Edwards, Harry Wilkins, Jake Wassell

Subs: Taylor Blaby, Aaron Singleton, Liam Wilkins.

Player of the Match: Holly Brown

Student Izzy Pain will speak from personal experience when she launches a safe driving event at her Gloucestershire school on Wednesday.

The 17-year-old sixth form student at Katherine Lady Berkeley's School, Wotton-under-Edge, lost her brother Oliver, 18, when the car he was driving crashed on a country road at Wick in November 2012. His friend Harry Smith, 17, who was a passenger, also died in the crash.

Like Izzy, Oliver and Harry were pupils at the school in Wotton-under-Edge. They were the first of four former students who were killed in road traffic collisions from 2012-2014.

In memory of their former pupils, and to spread a safer driving message to the next generation of drivers, the school has agreed to host Gloucestershire's latest 'Drive for Life' event.

KLB Deputy Head Hannah Khan said: "Many of our students are either new drivers or will be starting to learn to drive soon. In the light of recent events and the worrying statistics that highlight that many young drivers are involved in car accidents, we want to do all we can to improve our students' skills, knowledge and awareness.

"Most of all, we want to help them stay safe on the road and drive responsibly and respectfully".

'Drive for Life' is organised by Gloucestershire's Road Safety Partnership which is made up of the county's fire and rescue service (GFRS), Gloucestershire County Council, police and police and crime commissioner. Following the successful impact of two similar events at Hartpury College, KLB students are being given a day off studies in the hope they will learn a lesson that could save their lives.

Director of Operations for the Road Safety Partnership, Steward Edgar, who is also Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service's Chief Fire Officer, said: "I've been in my job many years and I've seen the heartache and tragedies arising from unnecessary risks and poor decision-making caused by inexperience.

"Nobody means to harm or hurt anybody while driving and this day aims to give students the tools to ensure it does not happen to them or their friends."

"Being confronted with the reality and hearing from those who have lost loved ones can be tough but it's the most effective way to help students understand the consequences of making poor driving choices."

Gloucestershire's Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl, who will open the event, said: "I know kids may not find 'Safe and social driving' very cool but it is something I care deeply about and is one of the priorities of my police and crime plan.

"I speak from personal experience as both my children were involved in crashes which thankfully they survived but could easily have been much worse. Sadly, people connected with KLB know from personal experience the extent to which things can go wrong. I hope the lessons they learn will help keep them and their friends safe from harm."

As part of a day of activities and educational workshops, students will learn from members of the emergency services how an investigation develops. Police Family Liaison Officers will talk about the 'ripple effect' as they break the news to the victim's family.

A number of outside organisations will also support the day, including the Institute of Advanced Motoring, the AA, NHS and Stroud District Road Safety Liaison Group.

KING'S Stanley missed the chance to go level on points with Gloucestershire County League leaders Cheltenham Civil Service as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by lowly Bishop's Cleeve Reserves.

The first 20 minutes of this game was controlled by the visitors and they deservedly took the lead on 25 minutes with a class strike from Ed Major. Stanley came out firing on all cylinders at the start of the second half and pushed the visitors hard.

The pressure paid off in the 65th minute when Danny Chandler levelled the score with a 25-yard free kick.

With the home side pushing for the winner, Cleeve had a great chance to steal the three points on 75 minutes but the final shot on goal went wide.

This result moved Cleeve out of the bottom two, while Stanley look up on it as two points dropped.

Civil Service's home game against Southmead was postponed due to the overnight frost but they remain one point clear of Chipping Sodbury, who were beaten 2-0 at Hanham Athletic with Adam Grinter and Jack Baber grabbing the goals.

Berkeley Town remain bottom after they lost 1-0 at local rivals Kingswood.

In the 54th minute the game changed when Berkeley keeper Lee Thomas brought down Gary Simmons just outside the box and, with no other player between him and the goal, he was sent off for denying a goalscoring opportunity.

Veteran goalkeeper Lee Mason took over in goal for Berkeley but from the resulting free kick struck by Clark the keeper only managed to parry the ball and Simmons was on hand to slip the ball home.

Thornbury Town's home form has been good of late and a 2-1 win over AEK Boco keeps them near the mid-table.

Town took the lead on 56 minutes through Craig Lancastle and Mark Viner's overhead kick on 80 minutes looked to have the points wrapped up, but four minutes later a Charlie Stevens penalty set up a tense finish.

Rockleaze Rangers beat Henbury 2-1.

Barnaby Watson opened the scoring for the home side but Henbury hit back two minutes later from an Ed Wright header.

The home side got the winner just three minutes from the end when Ed Freeman coolly dinked the ball over the keeper.

Results: Cheltenham Civil Service P Southmead CS Athletic P; Frampton United P Ellwood P; Hanham Athletic 2 Chipping Sodbury Town 0; King's Stanley 1 Bishop's Cleeve Reserves 1; Kingswood 1 Berkeley Town 0; Rockleaze Rangers 2 Henbury 1; Thornbury Town 2 AEK Boco 1.

Fixture for Wednesday : Yate Town Reserves v AEK Boco.

Fixtures for Saturday: AEK Boco v Hanham Athletic; Berkeley Town v Thornbury Town; Bishop's Cleeve Reserves v Patchway Town; Bristol Telephones v Kingswood; Chipping Sodbury Town v Frampton United; Ellwood v Kings Stanley; Gala Wilton v Rockleaze Rangers; Yate Town Reserves v Southmead CS Athletic.

MEMORIES came flooding back for a group of rugby players who held a reunion in Gloucester recently.

Brian Wiggins, former chairman of the Tredworth Rugby Club, organised the event which saw more than 20 old players come together.

Tredworth Rugby Club was formed in 1904 but folded in November last year.

The club needed to raise £8,000 and submit a planning application to Gloucester City Council to build a new rugby community centre on the Lannett playing fields.

Brian's association with the team dates back more than 50 years and as well as playing he has a variety of roles within the club such as fixtures secretary and chairman.

He said: "Tredworth is not the only club struggling. Most clubs in the area are only running two sides and some only one.

"About 10 or 15 years ago all Gloucester clubs had three teams, some even had four.

"The rugby union should be addressing the reasons before another Gloucester side folds.

"The changing rooms that are on the Lannet fields and the lease which was granted in the 1950s for 100 years is still an asset."

The reunion was held at the Regal Pub in Gloucester on Friday.

Brian, from Corse, is holding another event on March 6 at the pub in St Aldate's Street. All former players and their partners are welcome to attend.

Finding a decapitated pig's head in his drive is just one of the stories former Gloucester MP Parmjit Dhanda reveals in his new book.

My Political Race is Mr Dhanda's memoir about his time in politics including the two terms he served as MP for the city between 2001 and 2010.

In the book Mr Dhanda reveals that as the Labour MP for Gloucester when things were good for him they were very good.

He tells out he would be rolled out at party conferences and for TV appearances as a poster boy for his party, a shining example of a new Britain, where white constituencies chose ethnic minorities as their candidates and elected them.

He was a feel-good story, and telling the other side of the story not only would have jarred with the narrative but would also have brought to light issues that neither Mr Dhanda nor his colleagues would be comfortable addressing.

In his book Mr Dhanda talks about the time someone left a decapitated pig's head in the middle of his driveway following his defeat in the 2010 election.

He tells about the fact that after nine years' service people didn't even realise he was actually a Sikh and not a Muslim.

In the book Mr Dhanda speaks out for the first time about some of the uncomfortable issues in politics, in the hope it helps present a smoother path for others in the future and makes it easier for those in the game now to speak out too.

AFTER being diagnosed with cancer, Joanne Sutherland's family were left devastated and felt completely alone.

Joanne, who had six months of chemotherapy and three months of radiotherapy for breast cancer, has been in remission for 10 years now. There is a double celebration for Joanne who is also celebrating the first birthday of her support group, Charlies.

The group, which meets monthly at Capital Venue in Quedgeley, was named after Joanne's grandfather. It aims to provide cancer patients and their family with relaxation and beauty therapies.

Mum-of-two Joanne said: "It is not just the person going through cancer that is affected, but their families, too. They need support as well because they are going through it also while they look after you. There was no support around for my mother who looked after me at the time, there was no outside support. When you step away from the doctors and clinical team at the hospital you feel alone. My mum suffered a nervous breakdown after my treatment."

Mum, Edith Williams from Tredworth, said: "It felt as a family we were just coming and going when Jo was ill. We were just there for each other. When she was going for her treatment there was just no one for her to talk to.

"The worst thing for me as a parent was having to shave her hair off. It was heart breaking to see her like that. Eventually I had to start getting back to work. It has been very tough as a family as my other daughter suffers from multiple sclerosis.

"Charlies has gone from strength to strength with many new members each week. We are immensely proud of Jo. When she wants something, she will go out and get it."

Every month between 20 to 30 people attend Charlies where they can enjoy treatments including reiki, Indian head massage, manicures and have a chat over tea, coffee and cake.

Joanne added: "We have some patients who have terminal cancer. Sometimes it can get emotional but overall it is not depressing and everybody has a good time. Some people come to get away from it all, while some need a chat and a good cry."

Brockworth parish councillor John Clarke, 86, attends Charlies every month. He said: "In 2002 I was diagnosed with mouth cancer and I was in the operating theatre seven times. They told me I would only live for four months but 12 years on I am still here. It was a very tough time. If it was not for my late wife, I would not have survived; support is so vital. It was a traumatic experience. Nowadays I enjoy watercolour painting, poetry and writing novels to keep my mind active.

"When people come to Charlies many look very down but I always try to talk to them. Jo has done a great job with the group. We now want to get into the centre of Gloucester."

Jo is looking to open a permanent basis in the city so people can drop in regularly.

Jackie White, from Quedgeley, also suffered breast cancer and said: "I have attended every meeting. Last year I had reconstructive surgery and it is now nice to be pampered here. It is a lovely place to come."

Charlies will be holding birthday celebrations on March 27 at 7pm at the Capital Venue Snooker Club, Edison Close, Quedgeley.

CINDERFORD Town's move to sign striker Bobbie Dale on loan from Cheltenham Town has fallen through – but manager John Brough has not given up hope of resurrecting the deal.

It was announced last week that Dale had joined on a month's loan but he has instead opted to try and find a club at a higher level.

Brough said: "He wants to give it a week but if he can't find another club the offer is still there for him to join us."

Despite a delay in the paperwork, James Bowen has completed his loan switch from Cheltenham, and is set to make his debut in the home game against Evesham United in Division One South and West of the Southern League tomorrow night.

The race is on to get a drug approved on the NHS for two brave brothers who suffer from a rare genetic condition.

Five years ago, Archie, 13, and Isaac Eaton, 12, began weekly trials of a pioneering drug which was proven to stabilise their degenerative condition.

They suffer from the growth-restricting Morquio A disease which affects only 3,000 people in the developed world.

The treatment replaces a missing enzyme and without it their growth is severely limited.

Archie stands at just over one metre while Isaac is just under a metre.

The trial ended in May last year and since then the boys have been receiving the drug, marketed as Vimizim, on a compassionate basis.

But according to the boys' mum Anna, 43, from Longhope, the company has written to say that this free treatment will be withdrawn later this year.

"If Archie and Isaac were to stop receiving this drug, the consequences would be devastating," said Mrs Eaton.

Enzyme replacement therapy Vimizim received marketing approval for treating the disease which is a lifelong condition with no cure.

The majority of people rarely live beyond their 30s and as well as skeletal changes and mobility issues, it can cause respiratory problems and heart failure.

Vimizim has shown, through a worldwide clinical trial, that it improves walking and the ability to bath, dress and live independently.

Before the treatment can be used by the NHS, it has to be approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

However, the process used to evaluate whether certain drugs are signed off proved to be fundamentally discriminatory against treatments for very rare diseases forcing the Government to scrap the system and come up with a new one in December last year.

Mrs Eaton, whose children go to Dene Magna School, explained that due to the rarity of the condition it is treating Vimizim has a very high cost per patient.

"The boys have an injection every week with the cost estimated to be around £20,000 per child per week," she added.

"People have said to us can we do fundraising but unfortunately it is the sort of figure that can only be funded at national government level."

The race is now on for Mrs Eaton and the families of the 80 or so patients in the UK with this condition to get the Vimizin approved on the NHS before the drug company withdraws the treatment.

"It should not be the case that the rarity of the condition makes it harder to get treatment approved," she added.

"The treatment is life extending and life enhancing for Archie and Isaac and all the other patients, meaning they can live a fuller, healthier life without pain and reduced risk of life-threatening illness such as severe chest infections."

Mrs Eaton has contacted her MP Mark Harper and is one of many parents across the country who has written to the Prime Minister stressing the urgency for him to make a decision on the process of evaluating treatments.

She has also launched a Facebook campaign, Archie & Isaac's Fight for their Future, to raise awareness of the ongoing fight to get the boys treatment.

"We urgently need a decision before parliament breaks for the general election at the end of March not just because time is running out for the boys but also because it could be a brand new MP and a brand new Government in place meaning we would have to start the process all over again," added Mrs Eaton. 

The 14th Ultimate Impact (UI) Event will be held at GL1 in Gloucester on Saturday, February 21, with a total of 15 fights showcasing some of the best mixed martial arts and K1 kickboxing fighters in the country.

There will be two mixed martial arts (MMA) title fights with Gloucester's own Marc Allen taking on defending lightweight champion Terry Doyle and London's Adam Bousiff defending his welterweight crown against Swansea's Shane Riley.

Another highlight will be the local match-up between Gloucester's Steve Smith and Stroud's Dave Colon, who will meet in a MMA welterweight title fight eliminator.

The first UI event took place almost five years ago at Liquid nightclub in Gloucester and they have also held competitions at Leisure at Cheltenham, with the last four taking place at GL1 as it has become more popular.

Paul Sutherland, co-owner and matchmaker, said: "I first started UI Events in 2010 as a platform to

showcase some of the best UK prospects.

"Alongside Dan Richards (co-owner) we have elevated the promotion for starting at a small venue to the state of the art GL1 Leisure Centre."

The evening will feature 10 MMA fights, while there will also be five ladies contests

Standard tickets for the event that starts at 5pm costs £25, while cage-side seating is £35, and VIP table seating is £45, and can be bought from www.ultimateimpactevents.com, GL1 Reception or Trojan Free Fighters Cheltenham Gym.

Doors open at 4.30pm for a 5.30pm start.

Glow in the dark posters are being installed in play areas in Brockworth to encourage 'thoughtless' dog owners to pick up their mess.

Brockworth has joined the ranks of dozens of parishes across the country to use these signs as a way of urging dog owners to pick up their litter and humiliate those that don't.

The signs, which charge up during the day show illuminated human eyes with the words "Thoughtless dog owners – we're watching you!".

Brockworth Parish Council agreed to use the posters at a meeting last month as a way of dealing with the dog mess problems at their play areas.

Chairman Jim Hunt said: "We are trialling the posters for a month in the parish's problem areas.

"Unfortunately people take their dogs walking in the big playing fields and let them run around and don't bother trying to find and pick up their dog mess.

"Our local football teams have to go out before their games and clear up the dog mess that has been left before they can play every week.

"It's a real problem and we are hoping these posters will prove to be effective in dealing with it."

As part of the trial members of the council will be going to the playing fields and painting a line around any dog mess that has been left behind.

"We will use a different colour every day in order to see if the signs are working and the amount of mess being left reduces.

"Hopefully this will shame those few dog walkers into doing what the majority of people do and clean up their mess."

According to Keep Britain Tidy, the charity behind the signs, dog fouling increases during the winter, when the days shorten and more people walk their dogs in the dark.

Phil Barton, chief executive of Keep Britain Tidy, said: "The vast majority of dog owners are responsible people, who habitually pick up after their dog and dispose of the poo bags correctly, either in the nearest bin or by taking home to dispose of in their own household waste bin.

"But our most recent research tells us that people see dog fouling as, by far, the most unacceptable and dirtiest type of litter, and the biggest concern in environmental quality."

The posters, the first glow-in-the-dark signs to be used in a national advertising campaign, use cutting-edge materials to capture enough light during the day to show for around 10 hours each night.

They are waterproof and can be attached to lamp posts, fences or wherever local councils feel is appropriate.

Some concerns have been raised by members of the public avout the use of the signs claiming they are 'too scary'. 

Ben Morgan has turned to using an oxygen chamber in his bid to be fit for the Rugby World Cup.

The Gloucester number eight is currently side-lined after suffering a spiral fracture to his left fibula and damage to ankle ligaments against Saracens last month.

He went under the knife the following day and received a plate and eight screws to fix the damage suffered in a tackle.

Morgan has been ruled out of the Six Nations and will miss the entire season but has reported back to Gloucester this week to begin his extensive rehabilitation programme.

And he has today been using a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to aid his recover and race to be fit for the showpiece tournament in September.

First trip of many, to the oxygen chambers #healmybones #100%oxygen pic.twitter.com/jSRX3G84yD

— Ben (@Ben_J_Morgan8) February 10, 2015

Research suggests increased levels of oxygen speeds up the recovery from ligament and muscle injuries.

If all goes to plan Morgan should be fit and firing in July, giving him the opportunity to play in England's QBE World Cup warm-up matches.

Read Ben Morgan's exclusive interview with the Gloucester Citizen on his recovery and race to the World Cup here.

A GP said he would be "more anxious" prescribing the contraceptive pill to the overweight after a Cinderford woman suddenly died from a blood clot on the lung, an inquest heard.

Elizabeth Waite, 36, had been taking the Yasmin pill for five years but collapsed and died at home in Trinity Way, in June 2013 from the undiagnosed clot caused by a Deep Vein Thrombosis.

The inquest heard that national medical advice to GPs on prescribing the Yasmin pill differs but one authority recommends it is not given to women over 35, especially if they are overweight. Mrs Waite was at the low end of the obesity scale just over 30.

But Gloucestershire coroner Katy Skerrett said she was satisfied that Mrs Waite had received the correct care from the GP practice as far as contraception was concerned.

A month before her death she had been examined in hospital after complaining of chest pain, breathlessness and a cough and was diagnosed with pneumonia.

She was prescribed antibiotics, an anti-inflammatory and painkillers and by May 9 she told her GP at the Drybrook Surgery she was feeling better.

That was the last time she was seen by a doctor before she collapsed at home on June 1st and could not be revived.

At the end of a three-hour inquest Gloucestershire coroner Katie Skerrett ruled that the hospital diagnoses of pneumonia was probably correct.

"It is more probable than not that she presented with a mild pneumonia at that stage and so I do not find that there was a missed diagnosis or a missed opportunity," she said.

"The only appropriate conclusion, therefore, is natural causes. It was a very tragic and sad death."

The coroner had been told that UKMEC, the UK Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, says it is acceptable for women up to 40 years old to use the Yasmin pill. But the BNF, the British National Formulary, recommends 35 as the upper age limit.

Dr Christopher Good, of Drybrook Surgery, said: "In the practice, after her death, we had a significant event analysis. We looked at what had happened and we looked at the guidelines.

"We are now slightly more anxious about ladies who are overweight. If she were to come to us today we would talk to her more severely about stopping the Combined Pill.

"My nurses still follow the UKMEC guidelines but we are now aware of the disparity.

"The UKMEC guidelines are quite clear – but the BNF guidelines are also clear, and they are different. They give a different view of the safety or risk."

The coroner asked him "Could anything have been done differently for her care?"

Dr Good replied: "In retrospect, if she came to us now we would probably be saying 'stop the pill at 35 and go onto the mini pill'. That is what we have learned from her death."

Pathologist Dr Linmarie Ludeman gave Mrs Waite's cause of death as a pulmonary thrombosis embolism due to deep vein thrombosis.

At her funeral her family asked mourners to wear bright colours.

Bosses at the Dowty Propellers factory will have almost half the workforce from its gutted Staverton base back in business today.

Parent company GE Aviation has established a 'command centre' to run the core function of the factory, which was almost destroyed by a blaze in the early hours of Thursday morning. An 'infrastructure' for 40 administrative and support function employees has been set up at its Bishops Cleeve facility.

Staff started moving in and it is anticipated that another 60 people will be housed today.

The news comes as welcome reassurance to the 250 workers at the Staverton facility, who were last week told they would be paid while a temporary site was sought for them.

Members of union Unite, which has 150 members among the staff, were concerned about their long-term future. Bosses said they are also exploring the possibility of getting some of the Staverton production up and running at its Dowty Propellers Repair & Overhaul facility in Gloucester by putting in a second shift.

There could also be portable trailers and a couple of buildings available at its Anson site.

A spokeswoman said: "We are looking at a number of options for short-term production capabilities.

"GE is reviewing and evaluating a number of temporary production quarters that may meet our specific plant requirements, both for administrative and production employees."

The spokeswoman added that staff were being kept up to date on developments.

She said: "We held a briefing with all Dowty Propellers employees last Friday morning and shared as much information as we know and reassured them of our commitment to them and the business.

"We plan to have another employee meeting on Wednesday morning to provide the very latest information."

A fire which started in the roof space just after midnight last Thursday ripped through the factory, leaving it completely destroyed. Firefighters managed to save the offices but the flames gutted the roof in just 20 minutes.

Father Samuel Moulder has narrowly escaped jail after launching an attack on his estranged partner and a good Samaritan who came to her rescue.

Samuel Moulder, 26, of Bristol Road, pleaded guilty at Gloucester Crown Court to assault, affray and possessing a bladed article on September 26, last year, in Cheltenham High Street.

"When he saw his ex-partner and her friend he approached them and shouted 'I want to see my baby'," prosecuting barrister Julian Kesner told the court.

"They argued, he became increasingly aggressive and he grabbed her. A man, who was in a passing car, stopped to help. He returned to his car but the defendant hit him on the back of the head.

"When arrested the defendant was found to be in possession of a Stanley knife, spanner and two drill bits. He was wearing his work clothes."

Mr Kesner said that the defendant had a previous conviction for assault and for robbery for which he had received a custodial sentence.

Defence solicitor Paul Trotman said: "My client and his ex-partner wish to resume their relationship – she does not support this prosecution. 

"He produced the Stanley knife to the police straightaway and made a full and frank admission. They bumped into each other that night by coincidence and she was preventing him from seeing his child. He had been drinking heavily."

Judge Euan Ambrose told Moulder said this was not a planned meeting and his "pent-up thoughts flared up".

He said: "You were in a poor state of mental health and you are remorseful; that is clear."

Moulder was given an eight-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months, 18 months supervision and ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work.

He was also ordered to pay £250 compensation.