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  • 'It was the biggest handball I've ever seen,' says Griffin

    Cirencester Town boss Charlie Griffin was frustrated with some of the decisions in their 2-1 defeat to Yate, particularly the one to allow Yate's equaliser to stand after the 'biggest handball' he's ever seen.  The Centurions had a goal disallowed

  • Fallen tree blocks main Tetbury road

    A fallen tree has closed a main road through Tetbury. The A433 London Road is currently shut between the roundabouts for Shepherds Mead and the Audi garage. A spokeswoman for Gloucestershire Police confirmed the tree had fallen into the road

  • Cirencester 1-2 Yate - Late drama as Andre Jr saves penalty

    BEN Whitehead had a penalty saved in the 90th minute as Yate Town won a controversial game at the Corinium Stadium.  Whitehead gave the hosts the lead before the game seemed to turn on it's head within the space of a minute.  Cirencester had

  • Do you remember when there was a phone box on every corner?

    Nostalgia by Robert Heaven IT SEEMS like only yesterday that “telephones” as they were called before “mobile” was coined as the name existed only in a glass and metal cubicle dotted around the estate or Market Place, or at the end of the hallway

  • Traffic moving again after horse rescued from M5

    A broken down horsebox bought traffic to a standstill on the M5 this morning. Traffic was stopped in both directions between junctions 14 and 15. This was to allow the horse to be safely transferred before the vehicle itself was recovered.

  • Main route through village to close for resurfacing works

    A road that runs through Upper Rissington will temporary close to allow for resurfacing work. The road that runs through the village will be closed from its junction with the A424 to its junction with A P Ellis Road. A closure will be in place

  • How the S106 money for Malmesbury Waitrose was spent

    Details of the S106 agreement for Waitrose in Malmesbury has been revealed after residents complained that the money had 'not been spent very transparently'. After Aldi was granted planning permission for a new superstore in Malmesbury earlier

  • Our sporting heroes deserve recognition says John Light

    I have been properly taken to task this week, and I can understand why. What about WG Grace? He is one of our own. Was he not the best all-round cricketer the world has seen? Why all this fuss about Gary Sobers? My critics certainly