Charity needs race marshals
THE Door Youth Project is searching for volunteers to help out at its 5k run across Minchinhampton Common.The charity, based at the top of Stroud High Street, is hosting the event on June 9 to raise...
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Petrol heads go wheely nuts for classics at show
SO many petrol heads wanted to display their pride and joy at the Wheel Nuts car show that organisers had to turn some of them away.More than 400 gleaming entries lined up in the grounds of St Rose's...
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Snooker blog: Sublime Ronnie O'Sullivan takes charge of World Championship...
By Matthew Thomas at the CrucibleDefending World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan stormed into a 7-1 over Stuart Bingham in their quarter-final match. In his most clinical performance of the tournament so...
View ArticleCoffee shop plan for Gifts Direct site in King's Square
PLANS for a new coffee shop in King's Walk have moved a step closer.Proposals to knock the former Gifts Direct shop into the vacant store next to it have been approved by Gloucester City Council's...
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Dogs raise alarm after mum's accident at home in Stroud
DEVOTED dogs Tilly and Coco sounded the alarm when their owner Michelle Aylmer collapsed unconscious in her kitchen in the middle of the night.The concerned cocker spaniels made such a racket barking...
View ArticleMy Life in Gloucestershire: Richard Edgerton of Sperm Creative
What's your favourite Gloucestershire day out?Cycling through lots of local Cotswold villages in between Cirencester and Cheltenham in the summer is pretty hard to beat.And your favourite place to eat...
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Willie Carson leads Home-Start Cotswolds fundraising walk
HORSERACING legend Willie Carson led the charge as around 150 people took part in a fundraising walk.The Hike for Home-Start Cotswolds sponsored 10k walk took place through Coln Valley yesterday, with...
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Lonely turkey, George II, turns to internet to find love
BLACK Norfolk turkey, aged 10 months, good sense of humour, seeks female.George II arrived at the City Farm in Tredworth two weeks ago.And now, in the middle of the mating season, he finds himself all...
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Is Beastie the Gloucester Banksy?
IS BEASTIE Gloucester's very own Banksy?City MP Richard Graham thinks so – and the graffiti artist is building quite a portfolio.His latest creation is on hoardings off Brunswick Road opposite the...
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Asbestos means block at Cheltenham Racecourse block to be vacated ahead of...
ASBESTOS has been found in a block at Cheltenham Racecourse which is set to be demolished as part of a major redevelopment.Bosses at the venue have written to box holders in the A&R block to tell...
View ArticleGovernment "tantamount to condoning the death penalty", death row gran...
DEATH row grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has criticised the Government's decision not to pay for her legal fight, claiming the decision is "tantamount to condoning the death penalty".The 56-year-old...
View ArticleReturn of market
STREET markets will return to Cheltenham's Promenade from today. The market, with 24 stalls, will give the town a continental feel until Monday.
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Battle begins to save Gloucestershire greenbelt again
A RENEWED attempt to build thousands of homes on green belt land north of Cheltenham is set to begin.Developers are currently preparing plans which could see as many as 4,500 homes built on 1,000 acres...
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Pregnant nursing assistant escapes jail for £20K fraud
CHEATING nursing assistant Keira Lowe walked free from court after fiddling the NHS out of £20,000.Pregnant Lowe, 21, was paid for 180 bank shifts she had not done at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital,...
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Beautiful May Day morning
MAY Day morning was one of the most beautiful for years as Morris men and ladies around the county danced to welcome spring.On top of Painswick Beacon, Gloucestershire Morris and Stroud Morris were up...
View ArticleCouncil seats up for grabs as voters hit polls
THOUSANDS of voters will journey to the polls today to elect a new look Gloucestershire County Council.There are only 53 seats up for grabs this time around, compared to 63 in 2009, and surprises have...
View ArticleJobs fear over housing scheme
STAFF at a Cheltenham industrial estate fear their jobs could be lost if plans for new housing goes ahead.Martin Scott Homes LLP wants to develop a 2.3 acre parcel of land at the Leckhampton Road...
View ArticleTourism targeted
TOURIST numbers in Gloucestershire could be boosted by 70,000 extra visitors a year as part of a project aimed at encouraging more people from overseas to the county.FULL STORY, P9
View ArticleDeath penalty is condoned by ruling: Sandiford
DRUG smuggling gran Lindsay Sandiford has accused the Government of condoning the death penalty.The 56-year-old, who lived for a time in Warden Hill, has spoken of the Foreign Office's decision not to...
View Article'We will never know what happened to Vandana'
HEARTBROKEN relatives of a brilliant student who died after being struck by a car in Oxford said her death has left them with more questions than answers.Vandana Singh, 21, died instantly when she was...
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