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Track Santa with Google Maps and NORAD
With British Airways, Google and NORAD on his case, Santa's got nowhere to hide. Once you could only imagine Santa landing on your roof as you obediently stayed tucked under the bed covers on...
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Gloucester Prison sale: Take a look at past developments by City and Country
Gloucester Prison will be sold to City and Country, it was announced yesterday. City and Country, a development group specialising in the conversion of listed and historic buildings for residential...
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Team America: World Police DVD sales rocket
THE ongoing furore over Sony's pulling of film The Interview has had one unexpected benefit. While the technological giant is counting the cost of having to pull and then release in a limited capacity...
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Man exposes himself to teenage girls in Gloucester
Gloucestershire Police are looking for a man who indecently exposed himself to two teenage girls in Abbeymead Park. The incident happened between 10pm and 10.15pm on Monday in the park which links...
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Bored of Slade and Wizard? Try our alternative Christmas playlist
If you've already had enough of Mariah Carey and the thought of another round of The Pogues is enough to make you reach for the sherry, fear not. Here's an alternative Christmas Day playlist.Michael...
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Best Christmas cocktails according to Tom Kerridge, Jamie Oliver and Mary Berry
TOM KERRIDGE:Mulled cider"At Christmas you could have mulled wine, but I'm a proper West Country boy and cider is more up my street."Ingredients:2 litres of good cider150g soft dark brown sugar150ml...
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Gary Barlow in talks to write music for film about Gloucestershire's Eddie...
Take That singer Gary Barlow is in talks to write the score for a movie about Woodchester's own ski jumper, Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards.Eddie, 51, famously finished last in the 70m and 90m events -...
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Millions converge on Britain's airports to spend Christmas and New Year abroad
Airports have been reported busy across the country this Christmas Eve as many people choose to get away for the festive season.Around four million people are thought to be heading abroad to see in...
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Schools across Gloucester perform carol concerts
IT has been far from a Silent Night in Gloucester recently as children from across the city have been pleasing the crowds with some beautiful Christmas carols.Robinswood Primary School was invited by...
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12 Days of (Gloucestershire) Christmas: A partridge in a pear tree
Louise Partridge, 44, head of education at Cheltenham's Everyman Theatre, loved her pear tree so much that she took it with her when she moved from Up Hatherley to Brockworth.The mum-of-two, married to...
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Nostalgia: Ground work carried out at St Mary de Lode in 1978
This group of photos shows men doing some ground work in July 1978 in St Mary de Lode. The church is based in Archdeacon Street opposite the grounds of Gloucester Cathedral.It is in the Diocese of...
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Fancy a flutter? Latest odds on all the Premier League games for the festive...
Fancy a flutter? Check out all the latest odds on Premier League games here:All 3pm kick-offs unless statedChelsea (4/11) Draw (19/4) West Ham (10/1)Leicester (29/10) Draw (13/5) Tottenham...
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Did you see Santa dashing through the sky last night?
Did it work? Did you see father Christmas - aka the International Space Station - in the night sky last night?The station was due to be visible above Gloucester for a four-minute window at 5.22pm last...
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Transfer gossip: Liverpool and Tottenham interested in Saido Berahino
LIVERPOOL and Tottenham Hotspurs are set to do battle for the signature of England under-21 striker Saido Berahino in January.The youngster is thought to want a move away from West Brom and has been...
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Crashes on M5 near Gloucester leaves woman driver in "serious and very...
A six-vehicle crash on the M5 near Gloucester yesterday evening left a woman in hospital with serious and critical injuries. Emergency services received multiple 999 calls around 7pm yesterday...
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More than 9,000 spending second Christmas without a job, study finds
MORE than 9,000 people in the South West are set to spend their second Christmas in a row on the dole.According to TUC research, the number of unemployed spending Christmas out of work for the second...
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Nostalgia: Forest of Dean, West Gloucester Labour Party, visit Downing Street...
The first picture was taken on March 6, 1978. It shows the members of the Forest of Dean, West Gloucester Labour Party outside number 11 Downing Street. It includes members John Watkinson, who was the...
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Vision for Gloucester 2015: Green Party candidate Jonathan Ingleby
Green Party parliamentary candidate for Gloucester, Jonathan Ingleby, on his vision for Gloucester in 2015.I am hoping that 2015 – an election year – will be a time when we can take a hard look at the...
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Christmas TV Guide: What's on TV this Boxing Day?
Christmas films and television shows continue on Boxing Day with a great mix of classics and new comedy series.Cool Runnings – BBC Two, 11.30amThis comedy tells the true story of how Derice Bannock, a...
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Vision for Gloucester 2015: Labour candidate Sophy Gardner
Sophy Gardner, Labour's parliamentary candidate for Gloucester, on her vision for the city in 2015.Any vision for the future of our City must be a shared one that works for us all. I'm appalled that...
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