PANICKED drivers called the fire service after a lorry caught on fire on the A417 near Cirencester earlier today. Gloucestershire fire service received around 20 calls to the lorry on fire at the Burford Road junction on the A417 road to Cirencester
FROM Stephen Daldry, the Oscar-nominated director of The Reader, The Hours and one of Britain's best loved films Billy Elliot, comes the multi award-winning production of J.B. Priestley's classic thriller, An Inspector Calls - direct from its fourth West
OSCAR winning silent film The Artist comes to Malmesbury on April 5. The screening at 8pm in the town hall follows Chronicle at 5.30pm. The Iron Lady is also being screened the day before at 8pm. A full programme is available on the town council
CHARLOTTE ELLIS, of Minchinhampton Golf Club, agonisingly missed the halfway cut by one shot in her first tournament as a professional. Rounds of 74 and 73 meant Charlotte sat out the closing stages of the weather-effected Lalla Meryem Cup at Agadir
BOOKIES' favourite Ice Tea melted in the heat, allowing James Pine to romp home in The Pegasus Club Members Race at Siddington point-to-point on Saturday. Ridden by Annabel Roberts, the hunter chaser - who won the Colin Nash Memorial Hunter Chase at
IN THE light of what's been said in your columns recently about the disincentives to visit Cirencester, I wonder if the Cirencester council has a hidden agenda to actually keep people away from the town? Not content to impose high parking charges and
WHAT does "age appropriate" mean, please? I was at Waterloo Station this week when a very striking woman probably in her 40s (though I am a poor judge of age, amongst other things) strode through the concourse on the way to her train. She was head-turning
IN RECENT weeks there have been a number of letters deploring the state of the town and the prevalence of litter. Whilst it may be the case that there are areas that could still benefit from being tidied up more regularly, I would like to express my thanks
MY WIFE and I are keen walkers and enjoy our walks in the beautiful countryside in the Stratton area and beyond. Unfortunately on several occasions we have noticed a blot on the landscape as it were. Why do dog walkers have to do the right thing in
A BARMAID in Cirencester received a top tip during Cheltenham's Gold Cup week when she was left £2,000 by a grateful punter. Stunned Jessica Valentines Peters, 21, had been telling the unnamed customer about her passion for horses during a
OF COURSE, I am sad, but Swindon were pretty toothless in the JPT Final on Sunday. I shall quickly move on. Instead, I rejoice for Forest Green Rovers. High-flying Luton and Wrexham have been beaten. Two different games, but two marvellous results.
IN RESPONSE to Mr Brazier's letter (Standard, March 1) on the Cotswold District Council decision on the Northleach wind turbine and Geoffrey Clifton Brown’s crowd-pleasing remarks last week (March 15), they might like to consider a few facts instead of
ON THIS Budget Day, Cotswold District Council seem to be looking for ways of raising taxes, indirectly if need be. The present cafuffles over car parking fees do not involve me as I gave up driving some years ago. However, I would like to make a suggestion
WHAT have they done to the lovely church in Cirencester? They may have well knocked it down and built a new part to it. I know that’s just the town hall part they have unveiled. It just looks too new and not in keeping with the history of the town. Are
PEOPLE living in Cirencester can find out more about the various projects being run by Cirencester Town Council at a public event on Wednesday, March 28 between 3pm and 5pm at the Bingham Gallery and Conference Suite in Dyer Street. Resident can find
AN EXPLORER in the making has walked 14km from his home in Cherington to Cirencester to raise money for Veterans Aid. Toby Cable, 11, completed the journey along the MacMillan Way in about four hours on March 17, along with his dad Paul and the
MOTORISTS in the Cotswolds could see their old bangers crushed beneath two monster trucks in front of a baying crowd. Organisers of the Cotswold Show is looking for donations of old cars for one of its main arena attractions this summer.
