PLANS for 270 new houses on the outskirts of Cirencester could be given the green light as early as July if officers resolve highways issues with developers Robert Hichens Limited. The application, for land between the London Road and Burford on the
A MAN has been airlifted to hospital after falling from a bridge over the railway line at Cowcombe Hill, Chalford. Police were called to the scene at 2.25pm today after receiving information that a man was lying on the tracks beneath the bridge.
DARKLY humorous and surreal, Sheepskin takes you to the edge of a young farmer's breakdown, through a dazzling account of his intimate life. Jeremy fights his mother, the vicar the British Army, and even God, in order to save his sheep from foot and
A PROJECT to make exploring the countryside easier has boosted visitor numbers at Greystones Farm in Bourton-on-the-Water. The Gravel to Grasslands project run by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust has given the public easy access to the farm and directions
THE Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham is the setting for a Late Night Jazz session this Saturday, May 5, with top saxophonist Art Themen. Themen started playing jazz with the Cambridge University Jazz Group and with blues musicians Jack Bruce and Alexis
GREEN-fingered Stow residents have slammed plans for a new play area next to their allotments which they fear will destroy years of hard work. Stow Town Council wants to turn a children's play area into a site more appealing to older youths. There
A CIRCUS with a purpose is coming to Northleach this month to perform its all-human big top show. Circus Starr is touring the UK whilst raising money for charities like the Children's Hospice South West, the Anthony Nolan Trust and Acorn's Children's
A HIGH-SPEED police chase through the Cotswolds ended in four teenagers being arrested last night. The chase began when a red Subaru Impreza, stolen from an address in Fairford between April 21-22, rammed a police car on Station Road, Bourton-on-the-Water
THE Standard's Charlie Griffin has made her debut for the county's senior ladies' football team. Our advertising sales executive, who plays for Tetbury Town Ladies, represented Gloucestershire against Cornwall away at Liskeard. Gloucestershire lost
Stamford AFC 1 Cirencester Town 2 STAMFORD looked on their pomp early on, easily keeping possession against relegated Cirencester. Feeding in-form Martin Wormall with beautifully timed passes, they sliced through, with control, from the midfield
ACOUSTIC Portrait is a professional recorder quartet from London formed in 2005 to bring the rich repertoire of music for these instruments to a wider audience and to encourage young players. Using a selection of over 30 recorders, the quartet follows
BBC news presenter George Alagiah will speak at the University of Bath in Swindon on Wednesday, May 9, as part of the Swindon Festival of Literature. He will discuss his book, A Home from Home, which he describes as the story of an Asian boy to an
A CIRENCESTER animal rights campaigner joined 15 fellow activists in the dock at Oxford Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Michael Haines, 59, of North Home Road, was charged following offences during a protest against the building of an animal testing
