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  • Cirencester road cleared after car fire

    A car fire partially blocked a Cirencester road earlier this morning There was slow traffic from the A429 Swindon Road to The Whiteway after the incident on the A435 Grove Lane westbound. The road has been cleared and traffic has returned to

  • Council tax set to rise 3.99% in Gloucestershire

    Residents in Gloucestershire will be paying at least an extra £34 in council tax from April. Gloucestershire County Council’s cabinet approved proposals to increase residents’ council tax bills by 3.99 per cent on Wednesday, which includes two

  • Malmesbury's last bank to shut as Lloyds announces closure

    RESIDENTS in Malmesbury have been hit by a "body blow" after the announcement that the last bank in the town will close down. Malmesbury will soon be left without a single high street banking branch after Lloyds Bank announced it will be closing

  • Drug-driver stopped on the A429 in Stow handed driving ban

    A 21-year-old has been banned from driving for 12 months after he was charged with drug-driving in Stow-on-the-Wold. Ewan Waddington, of Eden Grove, Bristol, pleaded guilty to the offence when he appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on January

  • IN PICTURES: Fairford & Lechlade Business Club Award winners

    THE brightest business sparks from in and around Fairford and Lechlade were honoured on Saturday night at the Fairford & Lechlade Business Club (FLBC) Business Awards, sponsored by the Lakes by yoo. Held at Sudbury House Hotel in Faringdon, businesses