Matty Taylor earns Forest Green a point at Luton Town
LUTON TOWN 1 FOREST GREEN ROVERS 1FOREST Green are still waiting for their first Blue Square Bet Premier win at Kenilworth Road after this spiky encounter.The teams traded early headed goals from Andre...
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Kier Construction's duel development scheme looks set for go-ahead
PROPOSALS for a Cheltenham-based building firm to turn its base into 33 new homes look set to go ahead after getting the backing of town planners.Kier Construction has submitted an application to...
View ArticleYoung bookworms can join library club
BOOK clubs for babies, toddlers and pre-school children are springing up across Gloucester.The Bookstart Bear Clubs are running at libraries in Bishop's Cleeve, Churchdown, Gloucester, Hucclecote and...
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Mum pays tribute to Newent's 'bright and popular' Bethan Rosetta
MUM Yvonne Rees-Colemanhas paid tribute to her 'bright and popular' daughter Bethan Rosetta.The 20-year-old's family and friends are still reeling after she was found dead at Newent Lake on...
View ArticleMy life in Gloucestershire by Charlotte Morris , marketing manager at the...
What's your favourite Gloucestershire day out?New Year's Day at the Racecourse – a great way to get rid of your hangoverAnd your favourite place to eat out in the county?The Langton in Charlton Kings,...
View ArticleOld Whitminster school classrooms demolished
CHILDREN will come back to their school next week to find their classroom has been demolished.Whitminster Endowed Primary School has said farewell to its Elliot buildings, which housed Year 4 and a...
View ArticleJail terms given to Connors family for forced labour were 'too light', court...
SENTENCES handed out to four members of a traveller family who forced vulnerable men to work for them were "too light", a court heard.Attorney General Dominic Grieve urged appeal judges yesterday to...
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"Amazing" response to appeal in memory of Cheltenham schoolgirl Abi Owen
GRIEVING parents of Cheltenham schoolgirl Abi Owen say they have been overwhelmed by the level of support, after charity donations in her memory topped £5,000.Kelly and Mark Owen, from Bishop's Cleeve,...
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Deprivation report for Cheltenham
HIDDEN deprivation in the town centre of Cheltenham is likely to be the subject of a new lifting-the-curtain report.An 'increasing awareness' of issues in the central area of the town has led...
View ArticleTV role for Prince
PRINCE Charles will guest edit a 25th anniversary broadcast of Countryfile.The Prince of Wales hosted film crews at his organic farm at Highgrove near Tetbury recently.Filming for the episode, which...
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Happy ending for 'haunted' pup Tinkerbell after she was abandoned in Stroud...
PLUCKY pup Tinkerbell was found chained to a gravestone in a Stroud cemetery with just a bowl of water and biscuits to keep her alive.A week later, she's enjoying the luxury of a warm bed and a cooked...
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Knife-point robbery at Cheltenham Ladbrokes
TERRIFIED staff at a Cheltenham bookmaker have been left shaken after a knife-wielding masked robber burst through the door and stole £800.Two employees at Ladbrokes in Montpellier were confronted by...
View ArticleLee denies fixing
SNOOKER ace Stephen Lee faces a battle to save his career after he was told he had a case to answer over four allegations of match-fixing yesterday.The 38-year-old was told by the World Professional...
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Cheltenham couple admit running four brothels in the town
A 33-YEAR-OLD Cheltenham man and his wife have admitted managing brothels at four addresses in the town.Barry Champion and his wife Ailing Zhuang, 41, of Berkeley Street, Cheltenham, both pleaded...
View ArticleRepublic will no longer accept vouchers
CLOTHING retailer Republic is no longer accepting gift vouchers after going into administration.Shops in Gloucester's Eastgate Street and Cheltenham High Street are among the 121 branches which could...
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After 222 years, HMP Gloucester's last prisoners leave
AFTER 222 years, the last prisoners have left HMP Gloucester.History is being made today as the jail shuts its doors to visitors for the last time.Gloucester city MP Richard Graham said: "My...
View ArticleStargazers in Gloucestershire might be able to spot an asteroid the size of a...
A near-Earth asteroid – called 2012 DA14 – will pass very close to Earth today. Astronomers estimate that, at its closest, it'll be within the orbit of the moon and even closer than some communications...
View ArticleChimney fire in Lydbrook, Forest of Dean
Firefighters were called to a chimney fire in Lydbrook last night.A crew from Coleford were scrambled to Camomile Green at 8.05pm after reports of a smell of burning.On arrival, crews found a chimney...
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VIDEO: Slutwalk marches through Gloucester
Campaigners against rape and violence against women took to the streets of Gloucester for the city's first Slutwalk last night.Slutwalk is an internationally recognised march which sees people donning...
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Man arrested on suspicion of rape in Gloucester
POLICE have cordoned off an alleyway in London Road and arrested a man on suspicion of rape.Officers were called out at 1.55am this morning after a woman was sexually assaulted in an area between...
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