New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to 25 of Cotswold’s establishments, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows – and it’s good news for them all.

1. ON FRIDAY the 11th, Good Friday, a fittingly grey, damp day, was the traditional walk of witness. It began, as always, at St Mary's VA Primary School, as many gathered with a welcome, a prayer, ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change. The Argentine pontiff listened, breaking some ...

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

The first match ever held at the County Ground site on Nevil Road was in 1889 Gloucestershire cricket has signed a non-binding heads of terms agreement to explore a new site in Swanmoor Stoke on ...

Parking charges across nearly two dozen South Gloucestershire car parks are expected to come into force in a matter of weeks. It was revealed last year that 22 council-owned car parks across the ...

A Gloucestershire county councillor obtained loans of £150,000 for a social club by lying about documents and forging signatures, it is alleged. Senior members of the Carlton Club in Stroud claim ...

Tucson police are investigating allegations that a longtime member of the Golden Dawn Tabernacle molested a boy in 2012 and the church’s pastor covered it up. He admitted to molesting a boy.

Gloucestershire cricket has signed a non-binding heads of terms agreement to explore a new site in Swanmoor Stoke on the edge of Bristol. The county club announced in December 2023 that it was ...

The scene on Lancaster Road in Yate near Bristol, where a property has been damaged following an explosion. Picture date: Tuesday April 29, 2025. Picture: Alamy Three people have been injured in a ...