THEY like history at Lincoln and are justly proud of the Dambusters squadron, who flew from nearby RAF Scampton using the Barnes-Wallis bouncing bomb, to destroy German dams. The match ball had obviously heard about the bomb because it was scarcely
By Niall Halford DAVID Accam’s footballing journey has reached new corners of the globe after signing for Major League Soccer (MLS) side Chicago Fire in America, but he still remembers where it all started. The young West African footballer
FOREST Green Academy are looking for accommodation to help house individual players. The club's full time Academy includes a number of players who live away from Gloucestershire and are in need of a place to stay for four or five nights during
Gloucestershire police are appealing for information following a road traffic incident in Gloucester. On Friday, March 27 at 6.30pm a teenage boy was found by a member of the public in the front garden of house in Estcourt Road, Gloucester saying
A Gloucestershire police officer has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison after pleading guilty to five counts of misconduct in public office. Darren Stephen Heath, 44 and of Taynton near Newent, appeared at Bristol Crown Court
NICK Gregory has been appointed as the new head teacher at Wycliffe College. After a very competitive selection process, the college’s Trustees announced the decision in December. From September 2015, he will replace long standing head teacher
OVER £1,000 worth of power tools were stolen after a van was broken into in Stroud, police have said. The theft took place between 10am and 4.40 pm on March 24 while the van was parked opposite a fish and chips takeaway in Nelson Street, Stroud
THE first concert of the Painswick Music Society's 2015 season was given on March 28 by the international star Sarah Connolly with pianist Eurene Asti at St Mary's Church. After five songs by Gustave Mahler, where she showed us her full range of expressive
THE Times Cheltenham Science Festival (2-7th June 2015) returns with a fantastic line-up of more than 165 events, including talks from Brian Cox, Steve Backshall, Alice Roberts, Robert Winston and Wilko Johnson. Over the course of six days, the Festival
A POLISH man was dragged into an alleyway and assaulted by two men during a drunken late night incident in Stroud town centre, a court heard on Friday. Ladislav Hubinsky hit his head on a metal bollard in the alleyway in Merrywalks as he was thrown
SUE Davie, chief executive of Stroud-based Meningitis Now has welcomed the news that all babies in the UK will soon have a potentially life-saving vaccine against meningitis B under a landmark deal, the Health Secretary has announced. She said:
ST NICHOLAS LADIES 0 FOREST GREEN ROVERS LADIES 7 FOREST Green Ladies are on the brink of the WPL South West Division One title. They hit St Nicholas for seven on Sunday with first-half half goals from Naomi Marshall, Ella Hitchcock, Charlotte
By Will Kelleher, Sportsbeat WHEN Jonny May scored a sensational individual try against New Zealand in November; he seemed nailed on to not only make September’s World Cup squad but also enter the tournament as England’s first choice wing.
YOUNG people from Stroud have elected their chosen representative for the UK Youth Parliament. Alysha Bodman, 16, and Esther Mounce, 15, from Stroud High School will represent the teenagers in the constituency of Cotswolds and Stroud. Alysha
