Local Soroptimist International Group chooses GDA as their Charity of the Year
Gloucestershire Deaf Association (GDA) are delighted to announce that the Cirencester and District Soroptimist International Group have decided to support deaf and hard of hearing people in...
View ArticlePolice warning for Bradford City fans ahead of Cheltenham Town game
BRADFORD City fans are being urged not to travel to Whaddon Road for Saturday's football match without a ticket. The Robins take on Bradford in a crucial final day of the regular season tie. However,...
View ArticleCheltenham Literature Festival line up announced
CHELTENHAM Literature Festival has announced a line up full of famous faces for this year's event.Renowned authors, politicians, actors, comedians and TV presenters make up the list of speakers for the...
View ArticleGulp, pause, stop, engage!
FRESH from watching Newent Ladies train earlier in the week, it was time for me to lace up my boots, pull up my socks, grab a rugby ball and crack on with some rugby training myself.Just two days after...
View ArticleSnooker blog: New lease of life sees Robert Milkins defeat Neil Robertson at...
Well that was a shock! Robert Milkins has knocked out one of the tournament favourites, writes Matthew Thomas.You cannot write a script better than this. To be trailing 5-2 at one point and to turn...
View ArticleCircus themed fun day in Gloucester city centre
A CARNIVAL style street party is being planned to draw people into the city centre.Circus performers will wow the crowds at The Big Event.It will be held on June 8 in Westgate Street and College...
View ArticleCelebrating Royal Marines' service
A SPECIAL performance by the Royal Marines Association Concert band will celebrate the long service of some of Gloucester's elder statesmen next month at Gloucester Cathedral.The 50-strong band will...
View ArticleMystery behind white line along Up Hatherley road
RESIDENTS have been left puzzled over the placements of road markings in Cheltenham after resurfacing works.Cold Pool Lane and Hatherley Road in Up Hatherley were recently resurfaced by Gloucestershire...
View ArticleGarden party celebrates 50 years of Cheltenham Samaritans
CELEBRATIONS will take place at Barnsley House Gardens to mark 50 years of Cheltenham Samaritans.A garden open day and plant sale will take place at the venue in Cirencester on June 4 from 11am to 5pm...
View ArticleGang rifled through pockets of unconscious attack victim in Abbeydale
YOBS rifled through the pockets of an unconscious man who was punched in an unprovoked attack.William Salcombe, 22, knocked out mortgage advisor Paul Bantock, leaving him bleeding from his head and...
View ArticleMy life in Gloucestershire: Simon Rickards, Over resident and music promoter
What's your favourite Gloucestershire day out?We are blessed with some wonderful walks around the county.No one better than those around the Forest. So that wins for me – a day in the Forest with a...
View ArticleNando's is closed down for revamp
CHICKEN lovers in Gloucester will have to find somewhere else to get their Portuguese flame-grilled peri-peri treats from over the next few weeks.Restaurant Nando's, at Gloucester Quays, has closed...
View ArticleStudents work to regenerate Marle Hill Parade in St Paul's
VISIONS of turning a busy road in St Paul's into a landscaped paradise were put on display for residents yesterday.Students from the University of Gloucestershire have been working on regenerating...
View ArticleCash will aid communities
COMMUNITY groups across the city are being urged to take advantage of a pot of council cash made available to improve neighbourhoods.Groups can receive between £500 and £2,000 to help them carry out...
View ArticleRobinswood pupils spend a day on the farm as part of 'Grow For Life' project
EAGER-to-learn children from Robinswood Primary School have been feeding donkeys and riding tractors as part of a new project.Teachers at the school are running a Grow For Life scheme with the...
View ArticleWhitechapel actress Hannah Walters gets mother's ashes tattooed on her foot...
STAR of Whitechapel Hannah Walters winged into Gloucester to get her mother's ashes tattooed on her foot.The actress, married to Snatch actor Stephen Graham, stopped off at new tattoo studio Gods of...
View ArticleJunior Cheltenham College choir singer, 12, makes early step up
PEOPLE will go to great lengths for the things they love.But talented singer Izzy Kemp has been taking a 100-mile round trip from Cheltenham to Warwick every week to follow her hobby.The 12-year-old...
View ArticleWoman robbed at knifepoint in Kingsholm
A WOMAN has been robbed at knifepoint in Kingsholm.The terrifying ordeal took place on Wednesday at 10.40pm in Edwy Parade when the attacker put an arm around the woman's shoulder and then wielded a...
View ArticleNew white lines painted in Longford - straight through huge potholes
PERHAPS potty highways workers who painted fresh white lines through massive holes thought no one would notice.But several people did – and their error has at least led to some hasty repair...
View ArticleCocaine found in boxer shorts of man stopped for having no MOT
COCAINE worth £2,400 was found down the boxer shorts of a Cheltenham man after he was pulled over by police for driving without an MOT.Andrew Walsh avoided a prison sentence after pleading guilty to...
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