WITH several players absent preparing for international duties, Gloucester Rugby Head Coach Bryan Redpath rings the changes for the LV= Cup match at home to Worcester Warriors on Saturday (3pm). There are changes to both the backs and the forwards yet
Police from Gloucester South Deliberate Action Team have carried out a series of drugs raids in the area. The team, which is part of Gloucester South’s Safer Community Team, executed the warrants on Thursday January 21, Monday January 25 and Tuesday
THE future of Nailsworth Recreation Centre hangs in the balance after councillors voted to go forward with plans to stop funding the facility. At a meeting of Stroud District Council’s cabinet on Thursday members agreed with proposals to hand
Following a thorough investigation by Gloucestershire Police a Cirencester man has today been sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of two counts of indecent assault against a male under 16 and two counts of gross indecency involving
Police in Stroud made two arrests and seized class B drugs from an address in the town yesterday, Thursday January 28. At around 3pm officers carried out a warrant at an address in College Road, Stroud and seized an amount of cannabis, believed to
AUSTRALIAN cake Lamingtons have become a surprise favourite of Minchinhampton residents. Dianne Bunt, owner of popular cafe The Kitchen, organised an Australia Day on Tuesday, January 26, which coincided with the country's national holiday. Mrs Bunt
THIEVES who stole a white wrought iron gate from outside a house near Minchinhampton are being sought by police. The gate was lifted off its hinges and taken from the front of a home in Brimscombe Hill, Burleigh, near Minchinhampton, around 4pm on Tuesday
THE battle to win one of the UK’s most marginal seats in the general election will be fought in a Stroud pub. Stroud’s current Labour MP David Drew holds one of the smallest majorities in the country over his Conservative party rival Neil Carmichael.
Stephen Harley-Sloman Dreaming of spring... DESPITE the energetic antics of a group of four squirrels in the tree opposite my window I cannot yet muster any happy thoughts about snowdrops and hellebores, let alone spring or summer. The squirrels are
ARMORED (12A) ONE wonders what goes on in the famous pitch meetings that you hear about in Hollywood. Thirty seconds to convince the money men that your film is going to be a sure fire hit. Of course it’s not as simple as that. There are treatments
Police have released a CCTV image of two men they want to speak to in connection with an incident of criminal damage at a Cheltenham shop last year. At approximately 12.45am on Sunday November 1, the glass of the front door at Wilkinsons on the lower
Gloucestershire County Council’s Trading Standards is asking people to drop scam mailings in collection boxes across the county as part of a national campaign to tackle scams. An estimated 3.2 million adults in the UK collectively lose around £3.5billion
Fixtures for Saturday, January 30 Blue Square Premier: Forest Green v Mansfield Town(3pm). Hellenic Premier: Shortwood United v Carterton Town (3pm). The Surridge Gloucestershire County League RESULTS for Saturday, January 23: Axa 3, Bishops Cleeve
FORMER Forest Green captain Chris Giles has joined fellow Blue Square Premier side Salisbury City from Crawley Town. Giles,27, will sign a deal keeping him at the Ray Mac until the end of the current season. Giles began his career with
Police are investigating a ram raid at a Winchcombe petrol station. At approximately 1.15 this morning, Friday January 29, unknown offenders drove a vehicle into the front of the petrol station on Broadway Road before driving from the scene.
