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Woman found not guilty of arson attack on love rival's home

4:35pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A JURY today acquitted a mother of setting fire to the home of her husband’s other woman.

Police operation launched to prevent violence in Cirencester tonight

2:42pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A HEAVY police presence will be deployed in Cirencester tonight in a bid to prevent violent incidents which have troubled residents of the town over the past few weeks.

...And just before you finish for the weekend

2:10pm Friday 3rd July 2009

FIREFIGHTERS across Wiltshire are urging residents of the county to be responsible in barbecue weather.

Library renewal service unavailable this Sunday

10:40am Friday 3rd July 2009

BOOKWORMS will be unable to renew books online or on the telephone on Sunday due to maintenance work.

Cotswold MP lobbies Prime Minister over National Star College funding cuts

10:00am Friday 3rd July 2009

COTSWOLDS MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown used the Prime Minister’s Questions this week to challenge Gordon Brown over the decision not to provide additional funding for the National Star College.

Gloucestershirer tax-payers are being robbed twice - says police authority

9:36am Friday 3rd July 2009

PEOPLE in Gloucestershire are being robbed twice - once by criminals and then by the Home Office, according to a member of the police authority.

Swine flu spreading across the Cotswolds

5:11pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

SWINE flu is spreading across the Cotswolds with more cases confirmed by NHS Gloucestershire today.

Corston arson case defendant's marriage died "tortuous death"

5:08pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

A SCENARIO played out in court resembled a TV soap opera a prosecutor today told jurors in the trial of a woman alleged to have set fire to her love rival’s home.

Country park price increase 'value for money' say Watermark

Rebecca Holder with children Alexander, 5, Ellen, 7 andWilliam, 10, outside Cotswold Country Park and Beach

12:48pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

THE cost of annual family membership at a Cotswold tourist attraction is set to rocket by nearly 400 percent when the private leisure company which now runs it announces its new price structure.

Bomb disposal team called to unexploded mortar find

10:48am Thursday 2nd July 2009

A BOMB disposal unit was called to a Cotswold village after a resident reported discovering what was thought to be an unexploded mortar bomb.


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Police guard the cordoned off Market Place in Cirencester following the incident in the early hours of Saturday

Jousting at Powell's school fete

Chloe Lees storytelling and busking in Cirencester

Cricklade festival




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