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School children raise crime concerns

LATER buses, more street lights and safer streets were just some of the issues raised by pupils at Thomas Keble School during a special police and community meeting this week. read more
A sign that winter is ending

If there is one sight sure to lift a sagging heart at this time of year it is snowdrops. It's a clear sign that the evenings are drawing out and the icy winds and frosts will soon be over. And this year nature is giving families a half-term treat - the snowdrops are late, meaning they are at their best this week. Claire Forbes visited Painswick's Rococo Gardens - one of the best places in the world to enjoy this hardy flower, described by William Wordsworth as a 'venturous harbinger of spring '. read more

Archive - Thursday, 9 February 2006