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  • FOOTBALL: Bibury battle back to claim point

    Glos Northern Senior Div 2. Soudley 2 Bibury 2. BIBURY battled back from two goals down to claim a point at Soudley on Saturday. Bibury had the first shot on target but James Keylock’s effort was saved and at the other end Bibury keeper

  • Elderly woman targeted by bogus caller in Cheltenham

    POLICE in Cheltenham are appealing for witnesses and reminding residents to protect themselves from bogus callers after a Charlton Kings woman in her 80s was targeted. On Wednesday, September 4 a man approached awoman at her home and told her that

  • Colin the Crocodile Copper coming to Stonehouse

    COLIN The Crocodile Copper will be helping pupils and parents keep safe this week as his tour of local schools stops on Stonehouse. Colin, along with his colleagues at Gloucestershire Police, Gloucestershire County Council and Stroud District Council

  • Cotswold Airport company in court over fire chief's death

    THE company behind Cotswold Airport is to be prosecuted following the death of its fire chief in a gas explosion. Steve Mills, a retained firefighter at Malmesbury and fire chief of Cotswold Airport, died on April 8 2011 when a gas cylinder discharged

  • GET HOOKED: Turning my attention to perch

    I WAS chatting last week to Brian, the chap who runs our carp syndicate. We were watching a shoal of big specimens cruising in the warm upper layers, wholly indifferent to my baits, when he mentioned that the lake once had a reputation for good perch

  • Police renew hunt for Valentine's Day shoplifter

    OFFICERS with Gloucestershire Police investigating a Valentines Day shoplifting offence on the Bath Road in Cheltenham have renewed their CCTV appeal. At around 10.10am on Thursday February 14 a woman stole an unframed print of gun cartridges and

  • Pensioner missing in Stroud

    A PENSIONER who was last seen as she enjoyed a drink in Stroud has gone missing. Police are appealing for help to trace Denise Derbyshire who was last seen at a pub on Slad Road in Stroud. The 67-year-old is white, around 5ft 6ins tall and

  • M4 reopened following early morning accident

    TWO people have been seriously injured in a crash involving two cars and a lorry which closed the M4 motorway. The eastbound carriageway was shut from junction 15 for east Swindon and junction 14 for Hungerford after the collision at about 05:30

  • Blue light spectacular a hit with families

    THE runway at Hullavington Airfield was a mass of emergency service vehicles yesterday as firefighters rescued injured people from crashed cars, police dogs arrested criminals and paramedics took off to save lives. The Emergency Services Show proved