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• Wade's wonders to the manor re-born

  SNOWSHILL Manor is a typical, traditional Cotswold house, built of golden yellow local stone and set on a hillside above the Vale of Evesham. read more

• Warwickshire plotters with deadly intent

  IN the same year that Evesham was granted a Royal Charter, traitors were gathering at nearby Alcester to plot the King's downfall. read more

• Lives and loves of a Victorian clergyman

  THE life and loves of a remarkable Victorian rector and his extensive family will be unravelled in a new book based in the Cotswold village of Little Rissington. read more

• Brian's music lives on for wife Maggie

  NOTHING can fill the empty void left by the sudden death of a loved one and no-one knows that better than Moreton resident Maggie Padley, whose husband died from a rare lung disease at 57. read more

• Now you don't have to put up with potty pot plants

  YOUR Yucca's looking yucky, your Ficus is funny and your Flaming Sword has drooped - who you goin' to call? read more

• Linda's proud to walk for life

  HUNDREDS of people stepped out for the All Walk Together in the Cotswolds event at Batsford Arboretum to raise much-needed funds for Cancer Research UK. read more

• How Tony gave Stephen a voice

  A STAMMERER who says he cured himself after years of unsuccessful speech therapy is coming to Moreton in a bid to help other sufferers. read more

• Pets benefiting from Tina's healing hands

  CHIROPRACTORS are not just for people anymore. The hands of qualified Naunton chiropractor, Tina Hamer, are now weaving their magic over animals in distress too. read more

• New life is a silver lining for Sander

  FROM Cleopatra to Elizabeth Taylor and Queen Nefertiti to Liz Hurley, gleaming silver has been the adornment of choice for beautiful women down the centuries. read more

• Facelift for the victim of King Henry's purge

  EVERY year thousands of people flock to a once-celebrated pilgrimage site in Winchcombe on the western fringe of the Cotswolds. read more

• `First Responders saved my life' -- now they need help

  WITHOUT the dedication of the First Responders team, Shipston resident Jerry Warren may not be alive today. But the two-man team is struggling and are calling on kind-hearted residents to help them in their fight to save lives. read more

• Book tells of rich history of three villages

  THE rich history of three pretty, adjacent and independent parishes nestled deep in the heart of the Cotswolds will be told in a new book out this autumn. read more

• Illness provided impetus for poet to publish work

  A CHIPPING Campden author is set to bring his memories, thoughts and experiences alive in a new poetry book, Emily & Other Poems: Reflections of a Man Born in the Cotswolds. read more

• Helping Monty beat the Nazis

  THE life of the legendary Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery who helped lead the Allies to victory in the Second World War will be told in a new book called Watching Monty. read more

• The show goes on for thriving drama society

  CELEBRATIONS are well and truly under way as Shipston Amateur Dramatic Society mark five decades of fun, music, drama and comedy. read more

• Restoration reveals rare medieval paintings

  MEDIEVAL wall paintings uncovered during restoration work at St Michael's Church, Buckland, near Broadway, have been restored as part of a £48,000 scheme. read more

• How riding gives a new lease of life to disabled

  FOR many people living with a disability, pursuing an active hobby can prove difficult and to many it must seem like a dream. However, with the help of the Riding for the Disabled Association every person across the country can learn a different skill, gain independence and seek a new lease of life. read more

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