Stately garden is open for CAB
A RARE opening of the private gardens at Ozleworth Park will benefit the Stroud and District Citizens' Advice Bureau.Thanks to owner Michael Stone and his wife, the landscaped grounds near...
View ArticleTeen takes gun to bowling alley 'as protection against Muslims'
TEENAGER took a handgun to a bowling alley in Barnwood and told colleagues it was 'protection against Muslims'. Armed police burst into tenpin bowling centre on Sunday afternoon after the 17-year-old...
View ArticleSpotted Gloucester Facebook page gets a good deed feed
ACTS of kindness which light up everyday life are being championed in the face of internet hate.While some Spotted pages on Facebook and Twitter have been inundated by hateful and bullying remarks, one...
View ArticleReal cheese set to roll down the hill next year
REAL cheese could be rolling down Cooper's Hill again next year after one man made an offer to pay for it. After about 5,000 people gathered on the slopes on Monday for the 'unofficial' event which...
View ArticleTravel agent shuts - but pledges holidays are safe
SPECIALIST travel agent Tailor Made Travel has closed. Bosses of the firm, based in Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham, decided to shut the firm after deeming it no longer profitable. There were 30 members...
View ArticleUniversity Sex League 2013: Gloucestershire ranked number 15
Students at the University of Gloucestershire are among the most sexually active in the UK, having slept with an average 4.74 partners since enrolling. That is according to a survey by student website...
View ArticleBurglars steal £200 - and Henry the vacuum cleaner
BURGLARS cleaned up after taking a vacuum cleaner in a raid at a Winchcombe shop. Steve Meredith, who owns Rapport Interiors, was bemused when he realised the thieves had taken his Henry machine as...
View ArticleKing's replica head tour expanded to include Gloucester
A UK tour by the reconstructed head of King Richard III has been expanded to include another city with historic links to the king. The city of Gloucester has now been added to the tour of English...
View ArticleVolunteer plea for children's charity
CHILDREN'S charity Action Medical Research is seeking help in Gloucester.June 1-7 is national Volunteers' Week and the charity is appealing for people to get involved and help it raise vital...
View ArticleHappy 2nd birthday to Millie Healey - the little girl who defied the doctors
THIS time two years ago, Graeme and Kerry thought they would lose their youngest child.But today, Millie will be celebrating her second birthday, much to the surprise of everyone involved in Millie's...
View ArticleMy life in Gloucestershire: Chris James, Chris James Deputy District...
What's your favourite Gloucestershire day out?A car ride around the Forest of Dean.And your favourite place to eat out in the county?We tend to go to a Toby Carvery with the grandchildren.What's the...
View ArticleDriver jailed for smashing car into pedestrian
DRIVER James Pugh-Jones, 24, who smashed his car into a pedestrian while chasing after another man, has been jailed for 20 weeks.Last year he avoided prison for the dangerous driving offence and was...
View ArticleWoman critical after a collision
AN elderly woman is in a critical condition after a collision with a car which had crashed into two other vehiclesPolice are appealing for witnesses to the collision which left the elderly woman...
View ArticleElectric fence stolen from Tetbury farm
A LARGE electric fence has been stolen from a farm in Tetbury.Thieves removed the fence from the perimeter of a farm just off the A433 Bath Road at Doughton at some point between midnight on Monday,...
View ArticleMary's still on a mission at 90
SHE is a 'shining example' to those decades younger.Dedicated Mary Stormont is still working to help people in need – at the age of 90.The pensioner, who has just celebrated her birthday, volunteers...
View ArticleGnome sweet gnome: is it the end for bearded garden guardians?
HANDS off our garden gnomes!The brightly-coloured bearded guardians of the British garden are seemingly under threat.A new Ikea advert which shows the massacre of dozens of the garden favourites has...
View ArticleThree tonnes of food waste spill onto M5 from tanker
THREE tonnes of food waste spilled out from a tanker on the M5 yesterday.A two-hour operation by firefighters from Gloucester North fire station saw a clean-up operation along the motoroway between...
View ArticleMulti-million pound police cell plans to be discussed in live online broadcast
THE future of a proposed multi-million pound cell block is to be discussed by police chiefs in a meeting that is to be broadcast online.Gloucestershire's police and crime commissioner Martin Surl will...
View ArticlePatients vote for GRH care
PATIENTS can recognise the efforts of hospital staff by voting for the service they have received at Gloucestershire Royal.Nominations for the Patient's Choice Award are open until July 31. The awards...
View ArticleArmed police in Brockworth were on training exercise
SHOPPERS in Brockworth watched on as armed police descended on Tesco yesterday.But they did not need to worry – it was all part of a training exercise.Eyewitnesses took to Facebook to question why they...
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