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  • ATHLETICS: Endurance ace Hindson conquers Mont-Blanc

    ANDY HINDSON admits to a ‘Steve Redgrave moment’ after completing the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, the world’s most prestigious and difficult foot race. “I remember saying after I had finished that if anyone hears me considering anything similar

  • Wiltshire Police band to raise the roof at Malmesbury Abbey

    On Saturday 28 September, the Wiltshire Police Band will be taking part in a concert at Malmesbury Abbey. Local band ‘Ten in a Bar’ is also supporting the event, which promises to be an evening to remember. All proceeds from the evening will support

  • Find out about restorative justice in the Cotswolds

    Victims and offenders who have used Restorative Justice in both Cheltenham and the Cotswolds will be explaining how the process worked for them, and can work for others too, at a special conference to mark the roll out of Restorative Justice across

  • Police ask for help on Twyning quad bike theft

    Police are appealing for information regarding the theft of a quad bike from a farm in Twyning near Tewkesbury. The red Honda quad bike (pictured), which is valued at more than £2000, was stolen from a shed on the farm at Hillend between Sunday

  • IRONMAN: Lidbury out of luck in Vegas

    EMMA-KATE LIDBURY finished 14th in the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in a wet Las Vegas on Sunday. The Cricklade triathlete, who now trains permanently at Santa Monica in California, emerged from the swim in sixth place and was part of a small

  • GOLF: Little earns place in PGA play-offs

    FORMER European Tour player Stuart Little (Minchinhampton New) has a chance of returning to the tour for selected events next year after qualifying for the PGA Titleist Play-Offs in Turkey. After a nerve-wracking wait in the final event of the

  • EQUESTRIAN: Marlborough's Nicholson hits jackpot in defeat

    ANDREW NICHOLSON’S defence of his Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials title came up just short – but the Marlborough-based world No.1 still ended up smiling all the way to the bank. Nicholson, 52, was in pocket to the tune of £174,000 despite finishing

  • Tortoises stolen from Cotswolds garden

    A TRIO of tortoises have been stolen from a Noth Cerney home. Police believe the offenders will have walked up the driveway of the property on Churnside and into its garden before removing the male and two female tortoises from an enclosure.

  • Fancy dress cycle ride raises money for cancer charity

    A GROUP of 20 friends from Cirencester have taken part in a charity cycle ride across the Cotswolds, stopping at every public house along the way. The cyclists set off at 11am on Sunday, August 25 and rode from the Marlborough Arms in Cirencester