THE hugely popular Cirencester March Hare Festival hopped out of town with a bang tonight, raising more than £100,000 for charity. Hares of all shapes and sizes gathered in the Bingham Hall this evening for the Grand Finale of an eight month festival
TETBURY'S past was recently celebrated through an age old tradition. Adults, children and even dogs turned up for the Beating of the Bounds on September 27. The event is an Anglo-Saxon ceremony associated with harvest time and has taken place
TWO men from Dudgrove, near Fairford, have denied stealing industrial skips and are to be tried at Gloucester crown court in the New Year. Keith Mileham, 32, and David Ham, 37, both of the Old Dairy, Dudgrove Lane, pleaded not guilty today to theft
THERE were delays on the B4040 just outside Cricklade on Friday, October 25 due to an incident that is being dealt with by Wiltshire firefighters and officers from Cricklade and Royal Wootton Bassett. Chris Wise, a spokesman for Wiltshire Police
SHOPS and bookmakers across Gloucestershire have been targeted by thieves brandishing a hammer In five seperate incidents which are being linked by police each, staff and customers have been threatened with a weapon. The first incident occured
A mum of two who claimed State benefits despite having a fortune in a Swiss bank account and putting her children through top fee-paying schools was convicted yesterday of four fraud offences. Caroline Foxley, 59, was bailed for three weeks for
A FOURTH man has been arrested for causing death by dangerous driving following the death of a cyclist, from Gloucestershire, near the St Barnabas roundabout on Friday September 26. The 24 year old male from Gloucester has been bailed to appear
I AM researching my Griffiths family history. I have discovered that I have (had) a cousin: Patricia Griffiths (date of birth 14.10.26). She married John Walton on 17.9.47 in Swindon Parish Church. They had five children, I believe, all registered
THERE used to be a zeal for things happening in Fairford’s Town Square. Our market town status was established in 1135 — our church, as it stands, was consecrated in 1490, I think. Commerce enabled the town to flourish and the church to be
AFTER spending considerable time and effort producing a detailed response for your newspaper in the light of the Planning Inspector’s decision to allow new development in Fairford, I was dismayed to read your coverage of the issue (Free rein for home
A WOMAN had to be taken to hospital on Friday with back and neck injuries after her Volkswagon golf car collided with an off-duty ambulance on the A433. The road was closed between 9.45am and 10.30am following the incident which took place near
OVER the past four decades, Cotswold Canals Trust has been working hard to restoring the Stroudwater Navigation and Thames and Severn Canal. Teams of volunteers from the Trust have been busy clearing towpaths, renovating bridges and helping to
SITES for housing across the Cotswolds have been thrown into the melting pot by a government inspector. When plans for 120 homes in Fairford went to appeal last month the inspector decided that Cotswold District Council’s five-year land supply
A MAN was killed in a three vehicle collision on the A429 near Kemble business park on Thursday afternoon. The 38 year-old driver of a a blue Audi died as a result of his injuries at the scene of the incident, which also involved a white Ford
TO launch this year’s Royal British Legion Gloucestershire County Poppy Appeal, around 1,400 GCHQ staff, both civilian and military, have worked together to create a giant poppy in the centre of the iconic GCHQ ‘doughnut’ building in Cheltenham.
