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  • Clifton-Brown: rail service hold-up is unacceptable

    COTSWOLDS MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has joined commuters in criticising the time it will take rail managers to upgrade services from the redoubled Swindon to Kemble rail line. Despite the official opening of the line by Princess Anne on Friday

  • GOLF: Goodwin back in the winners circle

    CIRENCESTER head pro Ed Goodwin won the latest Gloucestershire & Somerset PGA Medal at The Kendleshire with a one under par round of 70. Goodwin was joined at the top of the leaderboard by David Haines who became head pro at Burnham and Berrow

  • Stow welcomes thousands to popular biannual horse fair

    STOW-ON-THE-WOLD has welcomed thousands of travellers to a field near Maugersbury Road today to celebrate the 538-year-old biannual horse fair. Stow Horse Fair is held twice a year, in May and October, and sees members of the gypsy community attend

  • Minety school table top sale in Malmesbury

    Minety Pre-School & Forest School is to hold a table top sale in the Market Cross in Malmesbury on November 8 from 9am-12pm. There will be a range of cakes and second hand children’s clothing on offer. All proceeds will go towards the school

  • Goodbye to the Hare Festival!

    A HUGELY popular Cirencester festival will be hopping out of town for good tomorrow night, as more than 50 colourful hare statues go under the hammer for charity. The Cirencester March Hare Festival 2014 has seen the town decorated with a drove

  • Men arrested in connection with child sex images

    POLICE arrested six Wiltshire men in connection with possessing and making indecent images of children via the internet yesterday. The arrests were made as part of Operation Harness, a long-term collaborative project tackling issues which matter

  • Second year of history festival a smash hit for Malmesbury

    TOURISTS and history enthusiasts flocked to Malmesbury to hear talks from famous historians, authors and politicians during the second BBC History Weekend. The second year of the festival took place from October 16 to October 19 and featured twice