Cocaine dealer jailed after being snared in Sicily
A RELENTLESS man hunt ended yesterday when the final offender of a Cheltenham drugs ring was jailed for eight years. Vanja Crepuljar was the "last piece of the jigsaw" for Gloucestershire police, who...
View ArticleNew sports store moves into JJB site in Cheltenham
THE former JJB Sports superstore in Gloucester Road has reopened as DW Sports. And the new bosses have insisted that it will be a success, despite JJB falling foul of hard financial times. Mel...
View ArticleGloucester Rugby new boy Matt Kvesic rated one to watch by Stuart Lancaster
NEW Gloucester recruit Matt Kvesic can lead a return to the Day of the Jackal for both club and country, believes England boss Stuart Lancaster.Openside flanker Kvesic is a natural turnover hunter and...
View ArticleCheltenham Town video: Jamie Edge on verge of league chance
Jamie Edge has his sights on a Football League breakthrough after experiencing the extreme highs and lows of football since leaving Cheltenham Town.Both Manchester United and Arsenal were chasing the...
View ArticleDog mess and litter blight Hempsted Meadows site
COMPLAINTS about litter and dog mess strewn across Hempsted Meadows has seen Gloucester City Council draft in a new cleaning team.The purpose-built site hosts a market and car boot sale every Wednesday...
View Article'Inadequate' Gloucester Academy on the up, inspectors say
JUST six months after being labelled 'inadequate' and branded as having 'serious weaknesses' Gloucester Academy is on the up.On May 8 the Cotteswold Road school was visited by education watchdog Ofsted...
View ArticleWilkinson checkout worker Adrian voted star of Cheltenham
AFTER 15 years behind the checkout serving thousands of people a week, you would be forgiven for not greeting every customer with a beaming smile.But Adrian Hannis gives 100 per cent to every single...
View ArticleRapper tweets about crash as he is rushed to hospital
RAPPER Professor Green was injured in a road crash on his way to Hartpury College's summer ball.The London musician, real name Stephen Manderson, tweeted his apologies to the college, and posted...
View ArticleGloucester's Tall Ships Festival attracts thousands in the sun
THE sun shone down as thousands of intrigued revellers basked in a gloriously successful Tall Ships Festival.Grand vessels took pride of place in Gloucester's Docks, while hordes of people lapped up...
View ArticleCirencester drink driver 'showing off' before he hit motorcyclist at 70mph
DRINK driver Matthew Rose was "showing off" in his car before he smashed into a motorcyclist at nearly 70mph, a court has heard. The 24-year-old, from Drift Way, in Cirencester, was jailed for a year...
View ArticleCheltenham mum can't hug her kids after cancer treatment
A 27-year-old Cheltenham mum is undergoing rare treatment for thyroid cancer that means she cannot cuddle or kiss her children because she is radioactive. The iodine treatment Emma Day has had means...
View ArticleGeek's guide to GCHQ in IT magazine
SPIES at GCHQ have come under scrutiny – from 'geeks' at an IT magazine. The Cheltenham listening post was the focus of an article on the technology website, The Register. A former employee, Bob...
View ArticleFreddie Burns ready for key England role with Billy Twelvetrees
GLOUCESTER axis Freddie Burns and Billy Twelvetrees have set the standard for England's South America tour, believes Stuart Lancaster.Head coach Lancaster hailed the Cherry and Whites duo for guiding...
View ArticleWilkinson checkout worker Adrian voted star of Cheltenham
AFTER 15 years behind the checkout serving thousands of people a week, you would be forgiven for not greeting every customer with a beaming smile. But Adrian Hannis gives 100 per cent to every single...
View ArticleYoung continue to aspire to home ownership
Young people in the county and across the world continue to aspire to home ownership, despite economic conditions that have made it difficult to do so.On a recent trip to South Africa, I took a tour of...
View ArticleMan left brain damaged after attack outside Moo Moo's
ONE punch in an unprovoked attack outside a Cheltenham nightclub left a man brain damaged and "within a whisker" of losing his life. Thomas Barry, of Wellington Terrace, Moreton-in-Marsh, has been...
View ArticleMan left brain damaged after attack outside Moo Moo's
ONE punch in an unprovoked attack outside a Cheltenham nightclub left a man brain damaged and "within a whisker" of losing his life. Thomas Barry, of Wellington Terrace, Moreton-in-Marsh, has been...
View ArticleStar Wars fan makes life-size Jedi master Yoda
STRONG in the Force, one man from Tewkesbury has proved to be. Roy Hooper has created his own version of Yoda, the Jedi master from the Star Wars saga. And the life-size model is not the first sci-fi...
View ArticleCyber attack warning to thousands of county businesses
CYBER security companies are urging thousands of businesses in Gloucestershire to consider their IT policy after reports more than a third could have been victim to online crime. More than 40 per cent...
View ArticleVideo: Harry Potter actor comes to Stroud to support charity event
HARRY Potter actor Rupert Grint turned up in Stroud yesterday to watch his sister's band perform at a charity truck pull. Samantha Grint's band Ghost of Samantha performed with other acts on a...
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