Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Champion Donates Prize Cheese to Charity Saturday, June 7, 2025 cheeserolling gloucestershire charity refugees homelessness doublegloucester volunteer fundraising tradition community Ava Sender Logan, 20, a biochemistry student and first-time competitor at Gloucestershire’s famous cheese rolling event, has turned her hard-won prize into a powerful gesture of kindness. After tumbling down Cooper’s Hill in … Read More
'End of an Era' as Beloved Cheltenham Playgroup Closes After 30 Years Friday, June 6, 2025 playgroup cheltenham pata earlyyears closure community childcare funding preschool education A cherished playgroup in Cheltenham, PATA @ Winchcombe, is set to close its doors at the end of the academic year in July 2025. After more than 30 years of nurturing young children in the Winchcombe community, the Board of … Read More
Suspected Arson in Cotswolds Leaves Neighborhood Shaken Thursday, June 5, 2025 arson fire nailsworth gloucestershire investigation emergency police suspicious damage community In the early hours of Saturday, May 31, a suspected arson attack devastated part of a neighborhood in Nailsworth, near Stroud, in the Cotswolds. Reported to police at approximately 3:25 a.m., the fire destroyed a shed and … Read More
Heroic Couple Rescue Six People, Including Baby, After Boat Explosion on River Thames Thursday, June 5, 2025 heroism rescue riverthames boatfire explosion emergency survival community courage accident A brave couple from Wales have been hailed as heroes for saving six people—including an infant—after a boat exploded on the River Thames. Josh Hobbs, 35, and Hannah Lloyd-Hobbs, 34, acted immediately when they witnessed the … Read More
'Sad day' as popular Harvester restaurant closes for good Thursday, June 5, 2025 harvester bradleystoke willowbrook restaurantclosure southgloucestershire dining hospitality renovation localnews community The beloved Harvester restaurant at Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke, South Gloucestershire, has closed permanently as of Sunday, June 1. After years of welcoming patrons, the venue said its emotional farewell this week. … Read More
Concerns Raised Over Safety as Sunflowers Festival Approved Near M5 Thursday, June 5, 2025 festival charity safety m5 churchdown music community security noise environment The Sunflowers Festival, a three-day charity music event scheduled for October 3 to 5 near Churchdown, has been granted approval by Tewkesbury Borough Council. Monkey Bar Events Ltd received a premises licence to host the … Read More