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Health team takes two-wheeled tour
Jul 03, 2009 ... Not content with discussing Tewkesbury's new health pro- grammein a boardroom, its leaders jumped into the saddle for a meeting ontwo wheels. The team of 12 experienced the town by bike to see at first handwhat needs to be done to improve it for cyclists and how commuterscan be ...
Mike has done a corking job as town clerk
Jul 03, 2009 ... Retiring Stow Town Council clerk Mike Corker compared his job tothat of a centre-half in football. Mr Corker, 61, who is stepping down after nearly a decade'sservice, said he had relished being at the heart of the community. Mr Corker (pictured), who has retired early following ...
Tools sent to the Ukraine
Jul 03, 2009 ... Poverty-stricken res- idents in the Ukraine have been sentmechanical tools for the first time by a Cirencester aid worker. Bleddwyn Evans packed tools, which will help with constr- uctionand repair projects, with household items for the 19th lorry sent bythe Cotswold- Ukraine ...
Rail users facing line disruption
Jul 03, 2009 ... Roadshows are being run to tell rail users of impending temporaryclosures of the Cotswold Line. Passenger are set for delays as a long-awaited pounds72 millionmodernisation scheme is set to start. First Great Western and Network Rail bosses will be on hand toanswer questions ...
GP wants to mend car park rift
Jul 03, 2009 ... A Doctor hopes a proposed new surgery could help heal a deep riftin Chipping Campden. Dr Giles Bointon is appealing to the community to support a bidfor a desperately-needed medical centre at Wolds End Orchard. Residents have been at loggerheads for years over a scheme ...
Village post office to close after 52 years
Jul 03, 2009 ... The Remmer family will have to close Forthampton Post Officeafter more than half a century. The news has been greeted with sadness by Fred Remmer and hissons, Richard and Peter. Fred and Richard still live at the site, which has been a shopand post office since ...
We'll act on speed zone
Jul 03, 2009 ... Speed humps could be used to stop motorists flouting limits atBourton-on-the-Water. The parish council has pledged to review traffic calming measuresthroughout the town. Station Road, the main entrance into the tourist village, is ahotspot. New traffic and footpaths ...
Uni embraces social networking sites
Jul 03, 2009 ... Facebook and Twitter are just two of the ways the University ofGloucestershire is reaching out to students in the 21st century. University bosses have embraced the popular social networkingsites as a way of engaging with students and applicants, using themto promote open days and ...
'Keep it tidy' appeal as judges plan visit
Jul 03, 2009 ... Tewkesbury people are being asked to help make the town look tidyahead of a visit by Heart of England in Bloom judges. Officials from the annual floral competition will inspect thetown centre on the morning of July 28. Pete Aldridge, chairman of Tewkesbury in Bloom, wants ...
Staff join race crowd
Jul 03, 2009 ... Employees from a Tewkesbury firm will be putting their best feetforward to help find a cure for cancer this weekend. Eight women from Thomson & Bancks solicitors will be taking partin the Race for Life. Cancer Research UK's flagship event brings together thousands ofwomen ...
Forces link up to fight leisure bid
Jul 03, 2009 ... Opposition has grown to a proposed leisure development at analready contentious site near Chipping Campden. Fourteen parish and town councils have signed a letter objectingto developer St Modwen building 500 homes at Long Marston, where aseparate 6,000-home eco town is also ...
Ale should make festival hearty
Jul 03, 2009 ... A Special beer has been brewed to mark this year's TewkesburyMedieval Festival. Event spokeswoman Peggy Clatworthy said Winchcombe- based Goff'sBrewery had agreed to produce the Tewkesbury Festivale for thisyear's event, off Lincoln Green Lane on July 11 and 12. The beer has ...
Help at hand for unruly kids
Jul 03, 2009 ... Parents who fear their children could be excluded from schoolhave a new lifeline. An informal parent support group has been set up at Moreton-in-Marsh. Maureen Wyss founded the group, which meets at 7pm every otherWednesday at the White ...
Kate sends a cuddly gift to help charity
Jul 03, 2009 ... Hollywood film star Kate Winslet (inset) has donated a cuddlyprize to a teddy bear's picnic. The 33-year-old, who has a home at Nether Wescote in theCotswolds, has given one of her teddy bears to be auctioned at theChicks event. The Titanic star is a patron of the children's ...
Damien turns down offer from academy
Jul 03, 2009 ... Controversial artist Damien Hirst has turned down an offer tobecome a Royal Academician. The Royal Academy in London was founded in 1768 by King GeorgeIII. Mr Hirst's refusal was revealed by secretary and chief executiveDr Charles Saumarez Smith, who told the Evening ...
Blooms are creating a colour riot
Jul 03, 2009 ... The clematis are blooming at Sudeley Castle. The popular plants are in full flower at the stately home inWinchcombe and creating a riot of colour. Wild clematis is clambering over the Tithe Barn ruins andoriental clematis has purple flowers out in the east garden. This ...
Skipper made to watch his flock
Jul 03, 2009 ... Woodmancote skipper Karl Sheppard faces the anguish of watchingfrom the sidelines when his team face Bredon in the GloucestershireDivision at Bushcombe Close tomorrow. Shepherd aggravated a hamstring injury when bowling 11 overs inlast Saturday's defeat in the reverse fixture and ...
Powell has recipe for success for Dumbleton
Jul 03, 2009 ... Dumbleton captain Andrew Powell says putting Fairford under earlypressure will be the key to beating them again tomorrow. Powell's side will be looking to follow up their thumping 177-run away victory over the Gloucestershire Division strugglers lastSaturday when the sides meet ...
Yiend hails Hatherley's never-say-die approach
Jul 03, 2009 ... Hatherley and Reddings skipper Matt Yiend says team spirit hasbeen the key to their fantastic start to the season. The Gloucestershire Division leaders put their 100 per centleague record under threat when they tumbled to 93 for six againstTewkesbury last Saturday. But a ...
We are ready to make return for Lord's final
Jul 03, 2009 ... It would be pretty special to beat Sussex on Sunday and get backto Lord's for a showpiece final in the Friends Provident Trophy. We've not been involved in a Lord's final since 2004 and I thinkthere's only myself, Craig Spearman, Chris Taylor, Alex Gidman andSteve Adshead left at ...