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Fire fighters called to garage fire in Malmesbury
FIRE fighters were called to an incident in Malmesbury earlier this evening. Crews attended the fire, which was in the garages on Holloway Hill, at 5.40pm. The blaze was put out using a hose reel jet.
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BOEING 747s: More of your pictures of iconic planes at Cotswold Airport, Kemble
MANY thanks to Mike Russell who took these photos this afternoon of three Boeing 747s lined up at the Cotswold Airport in Kemble, ready to be scrapped. The planes are being stored at the Kemble site, which includes a business scrap facility.
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Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Aldi, Lidl and Morrisons urgently recall these items
Supermarket chains such as Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Lidl, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Iceland, Spar and Waitrose have urgently recalled a number of items. We've rounded up the latest products to be recalled. If you have bought any of the items
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PLANNING: Planning applications put forward in the Cotswold District this week
HERE is a round-up of the planning applications put forward in the Cotswold District this week. All of the applications can be viewed via the planning section of Cotswold District Council’s website. Yew tree behind house - to raise the canopy
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'Dangerous drivers' who kill others could get life sentences under new legislation
Motorists who kill others due to dangerous driving could be given life sentences under new legislation due to be introduced in 2021. The change to the law will see motorists who kill while speeding, racing or using a handheld phone facing a life
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Man accused of heroin and cocaine supply in Cirencester
A 46 year old man accused of having Class A drugs in Cirencester with intent to supply has been sent for jury trial at Gloucester Crown Court. John Goscombe of Grove St, Cheltenham, appeared before Cheltenham Magistrates on October 13, charged
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LETTER OF THE DAY: Covid restrictions make us like a tin pot police state
How disappointing and depressing that the government has felt the need to introduce another raft of restrictive measures on covid 19, at a time when hospitalisations and deaths are so low (and far outweighed by those caused by flu, pneumonia and conditions
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The five biggest crime stories in Gloucestershire this week
Here are five of the biggest crime stories that have featured in the SNJ, Gazette Series or Wilts Glos Standard over the past few days. Police are appealing for information following an assault on farmland near the South Gloucestershire/Wiltshire
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New payment available for self-isolating residents in the Cotswolds
The government has launched a new payment to support those who are unable to work whilst self-isolating. The Test and Trace support payment is a one-off payment of £500 to support those on low incomes who are unable to work while they self-isolate
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IN MEMORIAM: Death notices in the Standard this week
Here are the death announcements carried in the Standard this week. John Galpin Dodds Peacefully on October 5, in Fairford, aged 95 years. Much loved husband of Dawn and father of Ken, Chris, Nigel, Peter, Jeremy, Philip, and Julia. The
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NOSTALGIA: Cirencester Magistrates Court opens in 1965
It was recently announced that the old Cirencester Magistrates Court is to be reopened as a so called ‘nightingale’ court in order to clear the backlog of cases awaiting justice, writes Robert Heaven. Before the courts were centralised in 2012 when