Stroud & District Div One Didmarton 4 Avonvale Utd 5 A JAMIE PACKER hat-trick gave Avonvale the edge in a nine-goal thriller against derby rivals Didmarton. For the second game running, Vale struggled defensively to contain their
A BID to stop Wiltshire Councillors from taking up increased allowance failed this week.The vote followed a sometimes heated extraordinary meeting at County Hall on Tuesday where a motion to rescind November’s decision in favour of a 22 per cent
CIRENCESTER Swimming Club hosted and won the first Cotswold League gala of the season in magnificent style. Cirencester Swimming ClubCotswold League Gala Swimmers aged between nine and 18 competed and won 32 of the 52 races.Molly Stephens started in fine
POLICE are appealing for information after a man was robbed in Gloucester at the end of last week. A 33-year-old man was walking with friends on Stratton Road between 10.20pm and 10.35pm on Thursday, January 30 when four men stepped out from behind
IT'S THE end of an era at Gloucester Rugby, as Andy Hazell, who is destined to go down as one of the club's true legends, has confirmed that he is to retire from the game with immediate effect. Gloucester born and bred, Hazell has spent his entire
A CAR crash in Stow-on-the-Wold happened in early January and police are appealing for information. On Friday, January 10 at around 7.25am two vehicles, a blue Audi A3 and a grey Audi A4, crashed into each other. If anyone has any information
ONE of the most recognisable hotels in the Cotswolds has been taken over by a business from across the Pond. The Four Pillars Hotel, located in the heart of the Cotswold Water Park near South Cerney, has been acquired by the American investment
A MAN posing as a stranded motorist on the M4 is thought to have scammed Good Samaritan drivers out of hundreds of pounds. A 44-year-old Bristol man has been arrested and Wiltshire Police are investigating reports of the elaborate fraud, which
A LARGE amount of jewellery was taken after burglars broke into a Tetbury bungalow last week. On Thursday, January 30 between 11am-7.15pm burglars climbed through a window at the back of a bungalow in Cutwell, Tetbury and took the jewellery.
CHARLOTTE ELLIS is fully focused ahead of her assault on the Ladies Access Series in 2014. Ellis, from Cockleford and a member of Minchinhampton (New) Golf Club, feels she failed to do herself justice in two years on the full Ladies European Tour
BURGLARS attempted to break in to a pub at Arlington near Bibury on Tuesday this week. On Tuesday, February 2 at 4am burglars broke in to the pub through a window. They set off the burglar alarm and left the scene quickly after. Nothing
MALMESBURY residents were this week given their first glimpse of proposals by the town’s biggest employer for a major expansion at its Tetbury Hill headquarters.The expansion has been welcomed, but concerns about parking in Beutell Way by Dyson
AFTER a difficult few weeks of cup action, Cirencester U16s hosted Oxford Harlequins in a club match. Cirencester U16s 48 Oxford Harlequins U16s 14 With a number of long-term absentees returning Ciren put out a more settled and balanced
SWINDON ROBINS speedway team begin their final season at the Abbey Stadium in March – as a new era dawns in the sport as a whole, with live daily streaming of race meetings. The building of the new venue for both speedway and greyhound racing at
FOUR tries and two conversions saw Bassett Colts retain top spot in their division with a 24-0 victory at Marlborough. Marlborough Colts 0 Royal Wootton Bassett Colts 24 Two tries from winger Corey McLaran-Hunt, one from centre Josh Lewanituva
THE Cheltenham Trials race day went ahead but unfortunately none of the horses from Fergal O'Brien's yard ran in the end. The ground was just too heavy so we’re saving them for another day. With less than five weeks to go, there were some great
CIRENCESTER mobile games company Neon Play is helping disabled students keep in touch with technology. The company came to the rescue when it heard that students from National Star College were missing out on using emerging technologies such as
A PROJECT to build a number of sheltered apartments for the elderly in Cirencester has been thrown into jeopardy after Cirencester Town Council’s planning committee objected to it. The development, submitted by Churchill Retirement Living, would
