Numerous year groups at Farmor's School in Fairford have been told to work from home after further Covid cases. On Friday year 11 students were sent home after a positive case of coronavirus was confirmed. Year 12 students have now been told
Gloucestershire driver Zak O'Sullivan has missed out on the British F4 Championship title in dramatic circumstances at Brands Hatch. O'Sullivan, 15, was leading the final race of the season, and on course for the title, before rain resulted in
So the government has succumbed to a huge amount of moral pressure to extend the free meals for children scheme. The trouble is if the government responds to special pleading for particular groups, this again puts up to stratospheric levels the
Here are five of the biggest crime stories that have featured in the SNJ, Gazette Series or Wilts Glos Standard over the past few days. Police are investigating after a man hurled a brick through the window of an autistic pensioner's Gloucestershire
STAFF at care homes across the Cotswolds have been chosen as winners in The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT) Shining Stars Employee Awards 2020. The trust, which employs over 5,200 staff across its homes and offices selected 48 winners from
The kebab van visit at the end of a night on the town is no longer an option due to lockdown restrictions. A possible alternative is being billed as, ‘the poshest kebab in the Cotswolds’. An organic lamb doner kebab, served on homemade flatbread
THERE is a vacancy at Down Ampney Parish Council (PC), writes Melanie Fouracre. The PC is sorry to announce that Cllr Karen Dangerfield has tendered her resignation and will be leaving the council in the New Year. Karen was responsible for footpaths
A 36-YEAR-OLD from Moreton-in-Marsh has admitted assaulting two woman in the town earlier this year. Crystal Cowley, of Halifax Way, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on November 6. Magistrates heard how
The Cirencester Corn Hall has been in constant use since it was first opened in 1862 with Hunt Ball, on January 21, 1863. Many bands and small orchestras have played at the Corn Hall since then, including the Stax Club events in the late 1960's.
Here are the death announcements carried in the Standard this week. Elaine Elizabeth Ashwin Late of Tarlton near Cirencester, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 2, aged 60 years. A loving wife and proud mother, she will be sadly missed
