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  • Annual Cotswold food and Drink Fayre this weekend

    The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway’s popular Cotswold Food and Drink Fayre takes place this weekend. Taking place at Toddington and Winchcombe train stations, the event boasts more stands than ever with more than 50 artisan food and

  • Northleach care home undergoes transformation

    A care home in Northleach under new ownership has been refurbished, modernised and redecorated. Since acquiring Northleach Court care home in February 2019, Geoff and Zo Butcher have been working hard alongside daughter Hannah and son Michael.

  • Library for Cotswold foodbank users scoops £5000 prize

    A project which brings a library to foodbank users in the Cotswolds has been awarded £5,000. North Cotswold Library Cluster were named winners of the David Vaisey Prize 2019 for their initiative, The Little Library, which provides books to users

  • Meet guide dogs for a cuddle at annual fundraising event

    Cirencester Guide Dogs is holding its annual fundraising event at the Community Centre in Fairford on Saturday, October 26, from 10am to 1pm. The event will include lots of Christmas cards and gifts, local crafts, Christmas decorations, raffle and

  • New roll of honour board for Lechlade Memorial Hall

    A new roll of honour board has been unveiled in Lechlade Memorial Hall to replace the board destroyed in the fire that devastated the hall three years ago. The new board lists all those from the town who died in the Great War, the Second World

  • Firefighters called to reports of car in ditch

    FIREFIGHTERS from Cricklade and Malmesbury rescued a driver from a ditch. Crews were called shortly before 9pm on Monday to reports of a crash involving a single car on the B4040 near Minety. Pictures showed the car on its right-hand side.

  • Van driver suffers life-threatening injuries in A419 crash

    A van driver was seriously injured in a crash on the A419 yesterday. Police were called shortly before 2.50pm yesterday to a single-vehicle collision on the southbound carriageway just before the Honda South turning near Swindon. A white Volkswagen

  • Four men spotted trying car door handles in Fairford

    FOUR men were reportedly caught by a resident tying to break into several cars in Fairford. Police received a report in the early hours of October 8 of four men in the area acting suspiciously by trying numerous car door handles. A spokesman

  • Remains of cannabis farm and caravan flytipped at Sapperton

    THE remains of a cannabis farm has been found dumped in the Cotswolds. A large pile of waste containing the residue of a cannabis farm was reported to Cotswold District Council by the police and a member of the public last week in a 'Green Lane