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Cancer screening saves livesCancer screening saves lives
2:09pm Thu 10 Apr 08
This month the NHS is celebrating 20 years of the breast and cervical screening programme. Charlotte Shepherd assesses how many lives have been saved by these scans.

Growing your own food is good for the body and soulGrowing your own food is good for the body and soul
11:13am Tue 1 Apr 08
With the spotlight firmly on greener living, allotments offer everyone the chance to get their five-a-day. Charlotte Shepherd pulled on her wellies to talk to the people on the ground about what makes an allotment so special.

Model pupils are launchedModel pupils are launched
1:28pm Tue 25 Mar 08
For the past three years an electronics engineering company in Cirencester, Ultra Electronics BCF, has been offering students at a local primary school lessons in how to make the perfect paper aeroplane. Charlotte Shepherd discovered that there is more to the scheme than just origami.

Opinion split on bovine TBOpinion split on bovine TB
1:08pm Tue 25 Mar 08
The debate about badgers and TB in cattle has been hotly debated for years. Charlotte Shepherd weighs up the arguments as the Government decides whether or not to re-introduce a badger cull.

Red Arrows' last flight from KembleRed Arrows' last flight from Kemble
2:06pm Mon 17 Mar 08
This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Red Arrows leaving their Kemble home. Charlotte Shepherd looks at the world's most famous aerobatic team.

Lieutenant is proud to serve Queen and countryLieutenant is proud to serve Queen and country
12:40pm Thu 28 Feb 08
For the past 15 years Henry Elwes has been working behind the scenes as the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Charlotte Shepherd met the man who is the Queen's ceremonial representative in the county.

Cutting out the middle manCutting out the middle man
1:23pm Thu 14 Feb 08
FOOD miles and traceability are the new buzz words in shopping thanks, in part, to celebrity chefs. Charlotte Shepherd visits some of the farm shops in the Cotswolds who have for many years been quietly getting on with the business of selling good quality and, most importantly, local food.
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Schools ahead of the game for cooking in classSchools ahead of the game for cooking in class
11:25am Thu 7 Feb 08
The Government plans to make it compulsory for all secondary schools to offer cooking from 2011. Charlotte Shepherd looks at what primary and secondary schools in the area are already doing to get their students cooking.

Lead theft leaves churches feeling exposedLead theft leaves churches feeling exposed
12:43pm Fri 1 Feb 08
Metal theft has reached epidemic proportions in the South West culminating in one and a half tonnes of lead being stolen from Tewkesbury Abbey in November. Charlotte Shepherd investigates this growing problem.

Looking for treasureLooking for treasure
1:32pm Sun 27 Jan 08
UNEARTHING buried treasure is the stuff of story book fantasies but for many metal detectorists a night-time shadow has been cast over their hobby. Charlotte Shepherd went in search of gold with one of the Cotswolds best-known detectorists.

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