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  • Council prepares for snow overnight in Gloucestershire

    With snow predicted overnight tonight, Gloucestershire County Council is preparing its team of gritters for action. Gritters will be out treating the roads this afternoon ahead of evening rush hour and again after midnight. The 34-strong army will

  • Tributes flood in for former Mayor of Chipping Norton

    TRIBUTES have flooded in for Gina Burrows, former Mayor of Chipping Norton, who died last week. Councillor Burrows, who was Mayor for between 2006 and 2008, including the time of the town’s Charter celebrations when she greeted Prince Charles, died

  • Man arrested after van ends up in ditch

    A BOURTON man was arrested and taken to police cells in Cheltenham after the Citroen van he was driving came off the road and ended up in a ditch on the A429 Fosseway near Northleach around 10.30pm on Saturday.

  • Staddlestones worth £1,000 stolen

    THREE Cotswold staddlestones worth at least £1,000 were stolen from a driveway of a home in Westington, Chipping Campden some time between 4.30pm last Thursday and 12noon the following day.

  • Drivers shaken but unhurt in Moreton collision

    TWO cars - a Hyundai driven by a man from Sheffield and a Mercedes lorry from Cheltenham - were in collision on the A429 Fosseway near the Swan Inn, Moreton at just before 9.30am last Friday. Both drivers were shaken but unhurt.

  • Police take steps to tackle equine crime

    HORSE owners in the Cotswolds are being encouraged by police to help them prevent crime. Gloucestershire Constabulary is working with Horse Watch and Rural Watch to tackle equine crime. Officers will be on hand at Phipp Feeds in Wyck Beacon near Upper

  • Three north Cotswold villages receive flood work honours

    THREE north Cotswold communities have been honoured for their outstanding work in protecting their neighbourhoods from flooding and other emergencies. Willersey Stream Team, Weston-sub-Edge Parish Council and Naunton Flood Group have all received