CIRENCESTER looks a little brighter thanks to some green-fingered community group members. Volunteers from the Cirencester Park Group and the town’s civic society have bought a number of number of large metal plant tubs and were out earlier this
PEOPLE living in the Cotswolds are being asked to help map mobile reception strength across the UK this summer after a number of rural businesses and individuals complained of extremely poor signal. Members of the Countryside Alliance are asking
A SUCCESSION of brief but heavy storms, followed at night by a steady downpour from about 9 o'clock onwards and a far from June-like cold wind accompanied the celebrations of Her Majesty's Coronation in Cirencester and district. But it would have taken
AS IF BY MAGIC, the story of Cotswold District Council spending almost £19,000 on a stage magician has been pulled out of the hat once again. The Taxpayer’s Alliance last week published the Bumper Book of Government Waste, shining a light on extravagant
TOWNSPEOPLE have rallied round in a bid to help Malmesbury avoid a repeat of last winter’s flooding. Photos, news reports and memories have been pouring in to the team of local councillors and volunteers working with the Environment Agency on a
A BUSINESSMAN from Stroud has been banned from being a company director after an investigation by the Insolvency Service. Jeremy Grant Norman, former director of Stroud-based Norman Machine Tools Ltd, was banned following news that he issued two
THE boys are back! Jamie Oliver and Alex James present The Big Feastival for the second year - bigger and better than ever. With music from Basement Jaxx, Rizzle Kicks, Lianne La Havas, Mark Owen, KT Tunstall, The Feeling, Laurence Fox, Bernhoft
CIRENCESTER'S father and son mayoral team have hit out at plans that could swamp the district with housing saying residents are not being given enough time to digest them. The Cotswold District Local Plan will see 2,660 homes built in Cirencester
