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Burns injury scare, Knight kicked in the head...but still Gloucester secure...
GLOUCESTER 36 MONT DE MARSAN 16 FREDDIE Burns suffered a knee ligament scare, Shaun Knight was kicked twice in the head – and Gloucester had a seriously messy first-half. But despite all the bluster –...
View Article4 chimney fires in day
SAFETY advice has been given out by the fire service after a series of chimney fires in the cold weather.There were four chimney fires in the county on Thursday, in Daglingworth, Brockweir, Cheltenham...
View ArticleExercise is back after quick break
EXERCISE classes have started up again at the Wheatpieces Community Centre in Walton Cardiff on Thursday afternoons.The weekly sessions ceased for a temporary midwinter break, but are now back in full...
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Campaigns to cut speed in Gloucestershire's villages
SPEEDING kills.It is an assertion that Garry Handley is only too ready to stand by.And the road safety officer from Gloucestershire's Road Safety Partnership is determined to get the message across to...
View ArticlePenguins are right at home
Snow may be an occasional blip in the weather for most people in the UK, but for some birds in a Cotswold park, it was a taste of home. Penguins at Birdland, in Bourton-on-the-Water, were in their...
View ArticleMy Life in Gloucestershire: Sue Wilson, chairman of the Gloucestershire...
What's your favourite Gloucestershire day out?Racing at Cheltenham on a sunny day with my husband, Pete, and 14 year old niece, Molly.And your favourite place to eat out in the county?White Horse...
View ArticleNeighbours pull together to clear snow and ice
FAMILIES cheerfully took matters into their own hands when ice and snow marooned them in their homes at Paganhill.Resident Denise Godfrey said householders armed themselves with spades and shovels and...
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'Blue Monday' hits as experts predict big freeze will last until Saturday
ICE warnings have been issued for today and the cold weather now looks set to last until at least Saturday.The Met Office says temperatures will not go above freezing today and will plunge as low as...
View ArticleMan, 29, faces an attempted murder charge
A CIRENCESTER man faces an attempted murder charge after stabbing a woman on Christmas Eve.Lee Farrell had initially been charged with grievous bodily harm and wounding with intent.But Gloucester Crown...
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Ungritted roads left "like ice-rink" as snow and ice wreak havoc
TREACHEROUSLY icy road surfaces in Cheltenham have raised fears the town is being left behind in the county's ongoing gritting operation.Dozens of residential streets and minor roads in the town were...
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Update: Cheltenham's national water polo champions celebrate victory
This was a moment 42 years in the making for the Cheltenham water polo team.They are pictured with their medals after winning the British Water Polo League's Super 5s competition at the weekend.It was...
View ArticleUpgrading M5 junction 10 'would cost more than £13m'
TRANSFORMING junction 10 of the M5 from a two-way into a four-way junction would cost more than £13 million, it has been estimated.The bid, backed by an Echo campaign, was prompted more than a year ago...
View ArticleHigh street under "transformation" according to county finance experts
MAJOR businesses have failed to adapt to changing markets and advances in technology and indicate a "transformation" of the high street.This is the view taken by several finance experts in the wake of...
View ArticleMannan looks to expand business empire in the county
BORN in Bangladesh and raised in London, Mannan Abdul has built a small business empire in Gloucestershire and shows no sign of stopping yet.Mannan, 36, owns more than 20 businesses in the county...
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Snow makes Cheltenham's pavements like 'an ice rink'
PACKED ice has been left covering pavements in Cheltenham, making them lethal to people of all ages.Pedestrians have been risking nasty falls and broken bones as many of the town's walkways have been...
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Cheltenham woman Lindsay Sandiford sentenced to death
Cheltenham woman Lindsay Sandiford has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking.The 56-year-old was arrested in May after Bali police found 4.8kg (10.6lb) of cocaine in the lining of...
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Snow: School closures in Gloucestershire
Snow and icy weather has forced the closure of some of Gloucestershire schools on Tuesday morning.The schools currently closed (in alphabetical order) are:Berry Hill Primary SchoolBream Primary...
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Photo finish as Baynham-Williams helps Team GB to rowing bronze at Youth...
Former Newent Community School pupil Morgan Baynham-Williams insists the future of the women's eight is in safe hands after she coxed them to a podium finish at the Australian Youth Olympic...
View ArticleECHO COMMENT: Cheltenham YMCA'S work matters now as much as 150 years ago
THE year 1855 might not seem particularly significant in modern-day Cheltenham. A meeting took place that year in the Old Town Hall which established Cheltenham YMCA, just 11 years after the...
View ArticleECHO COMMENT: Another year, more roadworks in Cheltenham's Bath Road
IS it any wonder traders in Bath Road are furious major roadworks are headed their way again? Severn Trent needs to carry out sewer repairs between Grosvenor Street and Bath Street for two weeks next...
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