Ian Cockbain inspires Gloucestershire in Bristol murk
Big-hitting Ian Cockbain delivered a crucial 13-run victory for Gloucestershire as they completed the double over Sussex in a rain-affected NatWest T20 Blast contest at the Bristol County Ground....
View ArticleRise in footfall in city centre for independents' weekend
INDEPENDENTS' Weekend is in full swing in Gloucester with many customers already taking advantage of the deals on offer. Retailers are also reporting a rise in footfall in the city centre during the...
View ArticleShop in the city: Hidden gem full of unique pieces of furniture, accessories...
A TREASURE chest of gifts awaits visitors to a builders' yard in Gloucester. Yianna is a hidden gem full of unique pieces of furniture, accessories and gifts within Morgan Supplies in Painswick Road....
View ArticleGloucestershire weather: Risk of showers as weather cools this weekend
THERE will be a risk of showers as the weather cools over the weekend. Forecasters say today will be a rather cloudy start with any remaining outbreaks of rain soon clearing through the morning. Some...
View ArticleCrumbling roads could be fixed in a decade if Government invested in fuel duty
THE country's crumbling highways could be brought up to scratch within a decade if the Government invested fuel duty back into road maintenance, it has been suggested. An extra £1 billion a year could...
View ArticleFresh graffiti over Banksy spies mural in Cheltenham...but is it a Beastie?
Rumours are circulating about the identity of an artist behind new graffiti which has been sprayed on hoardings over Banksy Spies work in Cheltenham. Three men have been spray painted on the wooden...
View ArticleHayley's Comment: Time to stop the GBF stereotype
IT is a stereotype that has consumed modern culture for years – the idea that every girl needs to have a gay best friend. So many girls now shamelessly just want a GBF to talk about romantic antics,...
View ArticleStroud fitness trainer puts Gloucester Rugby players Mike Tindall and Charlie...
GLOUCESTER rugby stars Mike Tindall and Charlie Sharples have been flexing their muscles at a gym in Stroud. The England duo joined Fifth Dimension Health and Fitness Club in Ebley last month and train...
View ArticleTeddy bears' picnic to celebrate 25 years of The Family Haven in Gloucester
A CHARITY will celebrate 25 years of helping vulnerable families in Gloucestershire at a teddy bears' picnic next weekend. The Family Haven was conceived 25 years ago to help families with small...
View ArticleAthena tennis girl poster dress sells for £15,500
THE DRESS in one of sports' most famous images, which was made by a Winchcombe woman, has netted £15,500 at auction. The white minidress along with the tennis racquet that features in the Athena tennis...
View ArticleEngland's second string stun Malawi Queens before Commonwealth Games
The Malawi Queens opened their preparations for the Commonwealth Games with a shock 53-51 defeat to England A in front of a packed crowd at GL1 in Gloucester. Ranked fifth in the world, Africa's best...
View ArticleGang who moved in to city centre flat to sell heroin and crack jailed for...
A GANG of drug dealers who moved into a Gloucester city centre flat and set up a heroin and crack cocaine shop have been jailed for a total of 13 years between them. Abdul Magid, 21, Rashid Omar, 22,...
View ArticleChildren rally round to help terminally ill mum after her plant pots were stolen
WHEN thieves stole much-loved plant pots from the front garden of a terminally ill mother in Gloucester, youngsters stepped in to replace them. Beverley James, 55, was diagnosed with terminal cancer in...
View ArticleBeastie not behind new 'Banksy' graffiti in Cheltenham as £115,000 raised to...
Graffiti artist Beastie has confirmed he is not behind new artwork which has been sprayed on hoardings over the Banksy spies painting in Cheltenham. Rumours were circulating yesterday about the...
View ArticleFind out what number baby you were on the NHS
EVER wonder what number baby you were that was born on the NHS in Britain? The likelihood is if you don't know it already you might not even know it was possible to find out. But thanks to a small...
View ArticleHas Banksy struck again? Gloucester artist opens debate over latest street piece
Guerilla street artist Banksy could have followed up his controversial Cheltenham Spies mural with another piece a few miles away in Ledbury. The artwork stenciled onto an alleyway wall off High Street...
View ArticleOne of Gloucester's greatest war poets remembered
HORRORS of trench warfare during the First World War can be recalled through the era's poetry, and Gloucestershire's own Ivor Gurney is rightly regarded as one of the greats. Gurney was sent to...
View ArticleLily Allen asks Google to hide her Gloucestershire home
Singer Lily Allen has had her £3m Cotswolds pile obscured on Google Maps after concerns the star's privacy was being invaded. Lily, who played a starring role at Glastonbury last week, asked for a...
View ArticleA48 closed in both directions following collision involving motorbike
Police have closed the A48 in both directions following a road traffic collision involving a motorbike. Paramedics, firefighters and police officers attended the incident which happened shortly after...
View ArticleReasons to be cheerful with the #100dayshappy campaign
MANY of us live super busy lives. While the speed of life increases, there is less and less time to enjoy the moment you are in. But people across Gloucestershire have joined the latest social media...
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