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Get your skates on – new offers from No Child Left Behind and Visit Cheltenham
Hundreds of free ice rink holiday sessions on offer for children as part of the Winter Holiday Activity and Food Scheme.
Free parking at Town Centre East for Christmas shopping in Cheltenham
Shoppers can enjoy free parking at Cheltenham’s Town Centre East car park on Thursdays on 7, 14 and 21 December, from 12noon to 8pm.
Year of M5 and M50 restriction in Gloucestershire among this week's road notices
Motorway restrictions will begin after Christmas
'Scared stiff' over £45k salary threshold plans for foreign staff which would 'kill' health and social care sectors in county
County Councillor David Drew said he was terrified by the impact a cap on foreign workers health and social care services
Live: Call 999 if you see Shane Walsh who is wanted by two police forces
Both Gloucestershire Police and Avon and Somerset Police are searching for Shane Walsh, from Cheltenham
Disabled Cheltenham man reflects on his world changing over 40 years
'I distinctly remember 'spastic' collection boxes outside shops, which always made me feel very uncomfortable, it was a derogatory term often used as an insult'
Two old Cheltenham buildings including former nightclub could become blocks of flats
They both date back to the early 1800s
Cotswold people fear they will die before an ambulance arrives as response times worsen in rural parts of Gloucestershire
It takes moret than 14 minutes for an ambulance to respond to cardiac arrests in the Cotswolds while its 7.8 minutes in Gloucester
The Gloucestershire stories you may have missed in the past seven days
As ever, Community Reporter Will Luker rounds-up seven stories from the county
Brave Gloucester woman who battled breast cancer twice now helps others
'I did not like the idea of being flat so I opted to have immediate reconstruction of my breast'
Gloucestershire braced for sub-zero weekend weather as chill continues
The Met Office says that temperatures are set to drop to -2C in some areas this weekend. There is also likely to be mist across the county
Lorry carrying tonne of shredded paper catches fire in Cheltenham
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service said blaze broke out shortly before midday yesterday (November 30)
Man suffers broken eye socket after being bottled in Cheltenham street attack
Gloucestershire Police are appealing for help to identify a man in connection with the attack. It reportedly took place on High Street in the early hours of Friday, August 25
Two-vehicle crash in Cheltenham sparks emergency service response
The crash took place on Park Place earlier this morning (December 1). The road was blocked but is now cleared
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CHELTENHAM STUDENT JAILED FOR SIX YEARS
A 25-year-old Cheltenham man who was found guilty in September of twice raping a young woman in Cirencester has been sentenced to a prison term of six years. In sentencing Matthew Dickens, of Greet Road, Winchcombe, Judge Rupert Lowe told him: “You ignored her when she asked you to stop. As you...
£7m contributed to Cheltenham community
Award-winning Spitfire Homes is committing over £7m to the local community at Bishop’s Cleeve, with contributions going towards education, sports facilities and public transport. With 90% of homes already sold in Phase One at Fairmont, the Midlands-based homebuilder has now launched Phase Two....
Innovation Centre at Cyber Park receives £20m boost
Cheltenham council is excited that £20m has been provisionally awarded to help super-charge the first phase of the national cyber innovation centre at the heart of the Golden Valley Development. This funding is from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.Cllr Max Wilkinson, cab...
New £7.5m Warden Hill school officially opened
The brand-new primary school building for 420 pupils replaces the old building on the same site in Durham Close in Cheltenham.Designed by architects Roberts Limbrick and built by E. G. Carter, it has indoor and outdoor classrooms, outdoor play and dining areas, sports pitches, a daily mile track, a ...
40 year celebration for Gloucester Carpet Outlet
In the heart of Gloucester, a milestone celebration is underway as Gloucester Carpet Outlet, business owners and long-time school friends turned brothers-in-law, Dan and Ben, turn 40.Their business journey began 11 years ago when the dynamic duo decided to venture into the world of carpeting, and...