Win a designer Heidi Klein bikini or swimsuit from Verite Louise in Cheltenham
Celebrate next week's FAB 2013 events in Cheltenham with this great competition from lingerie and swimwear boutique Verite Louise.Tucked into the corner of The Courtyard in Cheltenham's Montpellier,...
View ArticleCheltenham's Brian Shepherd sells painting for Cancer Research UK
Artist Brian Shepherd has helped raise £50 for charity by selling his latest painting.The 68-year-old from Hester's Way, sold his picture of a child and a dog peering over a fence and secured the cash...
View ArticleMuggers hit victim with brick or stone in Stroud
A man has been assaulted in an attempted robbery in Stroud. The incident happened between 7.20pm and 7.40pm on Friday April 12 on the car park of a shop on Westward Road. The victim, a 50 year old man...
View ArticleGloucestershire police prepare for national BikeSafe event
BIKERS from across the country will be gathering at Castle Combe for the national BikeSafe event.Those with a love of two wheels are being invited to the event on April 20, which organisers say will be...
View ArticleRacing editor Jonathan Herbert's tips for the first day of the April Meeting...
CHELTENHAM (WEDNESDAY): 2.10 PUFFIN BILLY (BEST BET); 2.45 Hunters Lodge (NEXT BEST); 3.20 Top Of The Range; 3.55 Champion Court; 4.30 Moorlands Mist; 5.05 Goulanes; 5.35 Mr Mole.BEST BET: Puffin Billy...
View ArticleNew drive-thru McDonald's planned for Gloucester
THERE are already four McDonald's in Gloucester, but now the golden arches are coming to St Oswald's as well.The popular fast food franchise is planning to build a new drive-thru takeaway next to...
View ArticleChannel 4's Come Dine with Me filming in Cheltenham store
A FILM crew from the hit Channel 4 show Come Dine With Me is filming in Cheltenham. The show, which has amateur chefs competing against each other, started filming at Tivoli Wines in Andover Road at...
View ArticleThieves stole trailer from Cheltenham driveway
THIEVES have stolen a trailer from a driveway of a Cheltenham home.Gloucestershire Police are appealing after the silver 4ft by 3ft Erde trailer was taken from Milton Road, near Gloucester Road,...
View ArticleGloucestershire County Council Elections 2013: Hester's Way and Springbank...
Today we meet the candidates contesting the Cheltenham division of Hester's Way and Springbank Elizabeth Fox, Conservative A lifelong Conservative, Elizabeth has lived in Cheltenham for the last eight...
View ArticleChildren in Gloucester play outdoors for just six hours a week - a survey has...
CHILDREN in Gloucester are spending just half the time playing outdoors than their parents did when they were young.The average number of hours that children in the UK play outdoors stands at five...
View ArticleGloucestershire County Council Elections 2013: Lansdown and Park
Today we meet the candidates contesting the Cheltenham division of Lansdown and Park Mark Daniels, Ukip Mark Daniels is the author of 41 internationally acclaimed books and thousands of columns and...
View ArticleCotswold residents to have say about future developments
RESIDENTS, landowners, agents and parish councils in the Cotswolds are being invited to identify potential lnad of building which could be used for housing. It is part of a process by the Cotswolds...
View ArticleCheltenham Duo raise money for SPANA
A DUO from Cheltenham have raised more than £2,000 after completing a marathon in donkey costumes. Simon Coulthard, 36, and Mark Newcombe, 47, wore the costumes, which weighed about two and a half...
View ArticleCleeve Harmony conducts first performance
WOMEN singers in Bishop's Cleeve are celebrating after a successful first concert. Cleeve Harmony, a ladies-only chorus which only formed in January, held their first concert in the Tithe Barn in the...
View ArticleCheltenham Borough Council bosses say "no" to rickshaws in the town - for now
THE "torturous" process of trying to bring licensed rickshaws to the streets of Cheltenham is over – for now.Borough council bosses have said they will not be adopting a policy which would allow them...
View ArticleInjury-ravaged Gloucester City defeated by Gainsborough Trinity
Gloucester City 1 Â Gainsborough Trinity 2TWO first-half strikes from Gainsborough Trinity saw a scratch Gloucester City side defeated at Whaddon Road, writes Simon Clark.A Darryn Stamp header and a...
View ArticleYoungsport: Cheltenham Spa Ladies FC host girls football festival at All...
TWENTY-four young girls took up the offer of a free football festival organised by Cheltenham Spa Ladies FC on Saturday at All Saints' Academy.Former Robins captain Shane Duff was on hand to offer some...
View ArticleWEEKEND columnist Nikki Owen is in awe of Taylor Swift
The subject of role models is big in our house. When I say 'in our house' I mean with me. The kids, our girls, couldn't give two hoots about who they are or aren't supposed to look up to.As long as...
View ArticleRacing editor Jonathan Herbert's tips for the second day of the April Meeting...
CHELTENHAM: 2pm Ma Filleule; 2.35 Violin Davis; 3.10 Prima Porta; 3.45 Cedre Bleu; 4.20 Aaim To Prosper; 4.55 Mister Matt (NEXT BEST); 5.25 Fabrika; 6pm Arbeo.BEST BET: Ma Filleule (Cheltenham 2pm)...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bombings: Cheltenham runner, 72, speaks of her narrow escape
Less than half a mile from completing the Boston Marathon, pensioner Virginia Pawlyn was swept to safety after two bombs exploded at the finish line. The 72-year-old mother from Cheltenham was around...
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