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  • UPDATE: Heavy rain forecast for Sunday in the Cotswolds

    FOLLOWING the weather warning for today, the Met Office has issued a yellow alert of a several hours of heavy rain for Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire for tomorrow. The alert is effective from 0005 on Sunday, November

  • Tetbury churchyard wall to undergo emergency repairs

    A PROMINENT churchyard wall in Tetbury is in desperate need of repair work. At Monday’s meeting of Tetbury Town Council, members heard stones forming the top of the wall between St Mary’s Churchyard and Barton House have fallen off over time, leading

  • Foodbank collection points set up around the Cotswolds

    WITH Christmas approaching and cold weather closing in, foodbank collection points have been set up in leisure centres around the Cotswolds for needy families in need of supplies. Residents are being asked to donate non-perishable, in-date food

  • Kemble railway improvements welcomed

    LONG-AWAITED improvements at a Cotswolds train station have been widely welcomed. Although Kemble station provides a crucial link between the Cotswolds and the wider area, there is only a single track to Swindon, severely limiting the number of

  • Bid to help John play with his friends

    THE parents of a nine-year-old boy with a severe condition have launched a fundraising campaign to buy him a special wheelchair that will allow him to join in with his friends. John Dickson from Bledington, near Stow-on-the-Wold, was just a year