'Real need' for popular baby and toddler group
FORTY children are piling through the doors of a Quedgeley group each week providing there is a "real need" for support groups for parents.A baby and toddler group, which meets at St James Church every...
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From dens to dressing up... it's fun in the sun
AS the warm and dry weather continued yesterday, families gathered for a Community Play Day organised by Play Gloucestershire.Children enjoyed arts and crafts, making dens, dressing up and much...
View ArticleGang jailed for £500k cocaine ring will pay back £50k
THREE members of a cocaine racket, who between them made nearly £500,000, will have to pay back less than £50,000.Craig King, Matthew Howe and Simon Yates all admitted conspiracy to supply drugs along...
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'Pain and misery' as major road works on three crucial junctions set to start...
MOTORISTS face "pain and misery" in the coming months as roadworks descend on three of Cheltenham's busiest junctions.A major programme of work to improve junctions along Tewkesbury Road will start on...
View ArticleSeven charged with £44k drugs plot remanded in custody
SEVEN men accused of involvement in a cocaine dealing plot have been remanded in custody.All are accused of conspiracy to supply almost £44,000 worth of the class A drug following an operation by...
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World champion Scott Jones takes gold medal
AFTER surviving three stroke-like symptoms and a seizure that left him in a wheelchair, Scott Jones has overcome the odds to be crowned world champion.The 15-year-old, from Swindon Village, collected...
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Attempted burglaries spiral in Tuffley as people leave windows open at night
"I STOOD guard outside my children's door with a heavy vase."Those were the words of a Tuffley mother who suffered a terrifying ordeal during an attempted burglary on Wednesday night.It followed a...
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Pregnant mum refused use of toilet at Gloucester Docks cafe
HEAVILY pregnant Samantha Rees and her family say more needs to be done to help mums-to-be after she was stopped from using a loo in a Gloucester cafe.Samantha, 28, from Stroud, was in urgent need of...
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Davies: Special workouts get us ready for battle
SPECIAL Forces training can help Gloucester's stars smash pre-season strength and speed test records, believes Nigel Davies.Kingsholm's top dogs have battled through severe mental and physical...
View ArticleAre foreign workers 'more dependable' than British ones?
FOREIGN workers are "more dependable" than British workers, according to one county employer.But businesses in the county say they always employ the best person for the job, regardless of...
View ArticleBy Lisa Smith The Gloucester Charities Trust
What's your favourite Gloucestershire day out?A picnic at Beechenhurst in the Forest of Dean with family and friends.And your favourite place to eat out in the county?The Thai Emerald in Cheltenham....
View ArticleDrug addicts in tug-of-way with staff in theft attempt
A HAIR straighteners heist ended in a tug-of-war between drug addict robbers and staff at a beauty supplier.Cerise Theyer and dad-of-six Jamie Lake attempted to steal three sets of hair straighteners...
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Scary time for youngsters at Tewkesbury library
YOUNGSTERS in Tewkesbury got to create their own image of a comedy-horror movie character.The town's library staged a session for children to make face masks on the theme of the film Frankenweenie –...
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Charlie Sharples cuts the ribbon at new Gloucester charity shop
RUGBY player Charlie Sharples made a special appearance in Gloucester to officially open a new charity shop.Footsteps Counselling and Care has just opened its new charity shop in Westgate Street.The...
View ArticleLads' mags told to hide sexy covers or be pulled from Gloucester stores
LADS' mags have been told to 'cover up or else' by The Co-operative.It says photographs of scantily clad woman on the covers of Front, Loaded, Nuts and Zoo are "overtly sexual" and harmful to...
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Five arrested as stab victim dies
FIVE people have been arrested after a man died in a 'brutal' stabbing.The 50-year-old man was attacked just before 8pm on Saturday.He was rushed to hospital with two stab wounds, but later died.Police...
View ArticleCitizens Advice to close in Cheltenham
LACK of funding will force Citizens Advice Bureau to close in Cheltenham.It comes after it lost a key contract with the borough council to provide support and advice to the town.A letter sent to staff...
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Brown backing Hudson to be Kingsholm hit
LINEOUT tactician James Hudson and new specialist coach Alex Brown are already masterminding Gloucester's set-piece strategy.Rugby operations manager Brown will double as Gloucester's lineout coach...
View ArticleChildren race in for robot challenge
GFIRST LEP has teamed up with Moog, the Tewkesbury-based precision motion control producer, to help encourage youngsters into engineering.Primary school children were challenged to build and program...
View ArticleBrewery owner in toll price protest
A FOREST of Dean brewery owner visited Parliament to repeat his call for the toll prices on the River Severn bridges to be reduced to stop traffic diverting through Gloucestershire to avoid paying to...
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