Army medic save's pals life twice – exactly one year apart
SUSPICION tells us to beware of Friday 13th, but for one soldier, it's another day of the year he dreads.In 2011 while fighting in Afghanistan, Lance Corporal Craig Turley nearly lost his left hand in...
View ArticleWill James: Sione Kalamafomi is a big man and he's willing to get around the...
RAMPAGING Sione Kalamafoni is just the tip of a brutal ball-carrying iceberg at Gloucester, believes Will James.Loose forward Kalamafoni produced his finest Cherry and Whites performance yet in...
View ArticleCheltenham College pupil found dead in bedroom
A 16-YEAR-OLD Cheltenham College pupil has been found dead.Staff discovered his body in his room at the £30,000-a-year school yesterday morning.A flag at the school was flying at half-mast in tribute...
View ArticleCheltenham Town video: Goal-hungry Shaun Harrad is setting standards high
SHAUN Harrad says he is hungry to end his 'goal drought' for Cheltenham Town at AFC Wimbledon this afternoon.The Bury loan striker has scored five times in nine League Two starts this term, but so high...
View ArticleDrunk who crippled policewoman at a Gloucester hotel walks free from court
A DRUNKEN man who crippled a policewoman when he fought to stop himself being arrested at a Gloucester hotel has walked free from court.PC Catherine Fletcher suffered a spinal fracture as she and three...
View ArticleTeenager in custody after alleged rape in Cheltenham
POLICE were last night questioning an 18-year-old man following a suspected rape in a Cheltenham car park.A 22-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted in the early hours of yesterday morning in the Bath...
View ArticleEnjoy the weekend weather while it lasts
Gloucestershire started off glorious this morning but cloud is already building up across the county.There'll be showers in some parts this afternoon by 3pm, but there'll be a reprieve for...
View ArticleGloucester Rugby's Andy Hazell: I'd like to turn clock back
EMBARRASSSED Andy Hazell admitted he wished he could replay Thursday's Mont de Marsan clash – and wipe out his first-ever red card. The evergreen Gloucester flanker lost his temper under the most...
View ArticleFirefighters tackle Cheltenham van blaze
A van was found ablaze in Cheltenham last night. At 6.42pm Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service received a call to a van on fire on Shurdington Road. Two fire engines were sent from Cheltenham East...
View ArticleHurley and Warne splash out on £6 million love nest
It's a long way from their more modest childhood homes.Having sealed their unlikely union with an engagement, former Gloucestershire-based model Elizabeth Hurley and ex-cricketer Shane Warne can now...
View ArticleShoppers flood into B&M bargain store on launch day
By the end of Saturday thousands of Gloucester shoppers will have stepped into the city's new B&M Bargains store.The store opened its doors at 9am on Southgate Street and already shoppers are...
View ArticleCinderford's Ridler escapes playing ban over twitter drug comments
Cinderford Colt player Chance Ridler will have to go on anti-doping courses after admitting posting comments on twitter about using and distributing performance enhancing drugs.A nine-month playing ban...
View ArticleVirus fears for Gloucestershire's horses
A stallion in Gloucestershire is the first to contract an exotic virus in two years.It is fighting the Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA) - the first time the disease has been seen in the UK since December...
View ArticleFinal flight for popular Vulcan aircraft
Next year Britain will say goodbye to the beloved Vulcan aircraft for it will never fly again.The charity that got the Vulcan into the sky and over the heads of Gloucestershire people last month in a...
View ArticleThat's it.. the entries are in for 2012's cute baby competition
Who is the cutest baby and toddler of them all?Well, the entries are in for the Baby and Toddler of the Year competition and the voting is about to commence in The Citizen on Tuesday, October 30.The...
View ArticleMansfield Town 1 Forest Green 0 - full time
MANSFIELD TOWN 1 FOREST GREEN ROVERS 0FOREST Green suffered their third straight Blue Square Bet Premier defeat at Field Mill to slip six points off the summit.A mostly drab game was settled in the...
View ArticleHurley and Warne splash out on £6 million love nest
It's a long way from their more modest childhood homes. Having sealed their unlikely union with an engagement, former Gloucestershire-based model Elizabeth Hurley and ex-cricketer Shane Warne can now...
View ArticleM5 crash in hail storms
Motorists were temporarily trapped inside their vehicles following a collision on the M5, amidst treacherous driving conditions.Fire fighters were called out to the accident, which took place between...
View ArticleBadger cull 'should be reconsidered' say 30 animal disease experts
The badger cull should be reconsidered by the Government.That is the view of a group of professors from leading universities and zoological institutions across the UK who are urging the Government to...
View Article18-year-old rape suspect released, "no further action" say police
An 18-year-old man arrested in connection with an alleged rape in Cheltenham town centre has been released by police. Police cordoned off the car park off Bath Road, near the junction with Bath Parade,...
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