POLICE are warning North Cotswold residents to beware a suspected con man who has been asking people in the area for money and fuel. He drove a red Rover 216 car onto a farm on Moreton's Evenlode Road and asked the farmer for petrol, claiming a cash
THE Wychwood's junior team suffered its first defeat of the season when they faced Chipping Norton on a day when the first four players were giving 27 shots to their opponents! Rob Knight lost his unbeaten record to Claire Reynolds (2 &1) but Rob Gunn
CHIPPING Norton's fifth annual Lido Fun Run will take place on Sunday, July 20. Runners will leave the Lido, in Fox Close, at 10.30am to run just over five kilometres through the countryside around the town before returning to the open air public swimming
LOCAL bus services could be at risk because of the continuing increase in oil prices, Gloucestershire County Council has warned. The cost of diesel has doubled since contracts for services were last negotiated making it very difficult for the county
BOURTON residents were put on alert yesterday (9) as heavy rain caused a flood alert on the River Windrush. The river was put on flood watch yesterday afternoon with Bourton residents asked to be prepared for low lying areas and roads to be flooded.
A PICKPOCKET stole a purse, containing about £50 cash and miscellaneous items, from the pocket of a 64-year-old Lancashire man while he visited Moreton's weekly market between noon and 1pm on Tuesday. The pink, leather Tula purse belongs to his wife
CRICKETERS will bat for an appeal aimed at raising about £25,000 in memory of a three-year-old Ilmington girl who died earlier this year. Ilmington Cricket Club's annual cricketing carnival will be held in-aid of local charities, including the appeal
THE companies proposing to construct the controversial eco-town near Mickleton have hit back at criticism of the project by the Cotswolds' MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. The St Modwen and Bird Group companies retaliated when Mr Clifton-Brown wrote a letter
THERE'S a couple of super Sundays on offer at Stratford Racecourse starting this weekend with the annual Birmingham Evening Mail Family Day. Gates open at 11am for what promises to be a great day both on and of the course. The National Festival Circus
