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Naunton trainer triumphs in classic Gold Cup

3:52pm Friday 19th March 2010

NAUNTON race horse trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies will be celebrating long into the night after his horse Imperial Commander triumphed in this afternoon’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Stow man died from rare cancer

2:07pm Friday 19th March 2010

A STOW man died from a rare and aggressive form of cancer, an inquest heard.

Five arrests made on Ladies Day of festival

9:48am Friday 19th March 2010

FIVE arrests were made on Ladies Day at the Cheltenham Festival yesterday.

Famous Cotswold author honoured

7:20am Friday 19th March 2010

ONE of the Cotswolds most famous authors, Joanna Trollope has been honoured at a glittering awards ceremony in London.

Residents chance to improve energy efficiency

6:00am Friday 19th March 2010

WEST Oxfordshire District Council is offering residents a chance to improve the energy efficiency of their home while keeping costs down.

Think you could do better than Gordon Brown?

5:50am Friday 19th March 2010

STRATFORD-on-Avon District Council is urging would-be Gordon Browns and David Camerons to step forward.

Pilot cleared over gyrocopter death

4:30pm Thursday 18th March 2010

PILOT Bryan Griffiths has been cleared of manslaughter following the death of a Warwickshire hunt supporter who was struck by the blades of a gyrocopter.

300 festival tickets stolen

1:30pm Thursday 18th March 2010

ABOUT 300 Cheltenham Festival tickets were stolen from the site this morning.

Peaceful St Patrick's Day at Cheltenham Festival

1:10pm Thursday 18th March 2010

ST Patrick’s Day at Cheltenham Festival passed off with only a small number of police incidents.

Watching history in the making

12:32pm Thursday 18th March 2010

FEW people have the chance to travel the world and witness history in the making.

Come and meet our baby lambs

12:21pm Thursday 18th March 2010

VISITORS can see what goes on behind the scenes when Overbury Farms opens up its lambing sheds.

Currying favour with judges

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12:19pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A CHIPPING Campden sous chef cooked up an incredible curry to win a national award.

Chamber’s plea for new members

12:13pm Thursday 18th March 2010

THE Bourton Chamber of Commerce urgently needs new members.

Hotels are buzzing for festival

12:16pm Thursday 18th March 2010

HOTELS and guest houses across the Cotswolds have been buzzing this week as guests flooded in for the Cheltenham Festival.

‘Sir’ heads for pastures new

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12:17pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A COTSWOLD headteacher is sprinting off to pastures new.

Man died following operation to his heart

12:13pm Thursday 18th March 2010

AN elderly man died following an operation to replace a valve in his heart, an inquest was told.

Safe car parks in Shipston

8:40am Thursday 18th March 2010

MOTORISTS can be assured that car parks in Shipston and Bidford remain as safe as they can be. Thirteen car parks in and around the Stratford district have retained their accreditation of the Safer Parking Awards. These awards are given under the Safer Parking Scheme managed by the British Parking Association (BPA) in conjunction with the West Midlands Police.

Cotswold MP gets health answers

7:20am Thursday 18th March 2010

FOLLOWING the recent news of the cuts of between 150-200 hospital beds across Gloucestershire, Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has received answers to a number of questions he has raised in Parliament on the issue.

Moreton residents invited to flood meeting

3:50pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

MORETON residents are being invited to a public meeting arranged by Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown on Friday.

Wife pays tribute to Scotts of Stow founder

3:33pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

THE American-born founder of Scotts of Stow, who has died aged 70, was an Anglophile, according to his wife.




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