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• Battle of the ages

  VALE racers Dave Loudoun and Amy Chambers were in track action at the opening round of this year's inaugural ELF Renault Clio Cup at Donington Park. read more

• Harvington

  WYCHAVON PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING: The meeting of the Wychavon Planning Committee held last Thursday, at which the reapplication by the Evesham and Pershore Housing Association or Rooftop to build affordable housing in Leys Road was due to be heard, was attended by parish councillors Lewis, McClymont, Mobberley and Seager together with chairman Clive Allen who was scheduled to speak on behalf of the village. Also present, and scheduled to speak, was Martin Lawton of Leys Road whose work on behalf of the complainants is well known and greatly appreciated, but when it was found that their total presentation time was three minutes, it was decided that Mr Allen should speak on behalf of both. He spoke very well, focusing his remarks on Rooftop's failure to make a case for the Leys Road plot being treated as a Rural Exception site and pointing out the weaknesses, and errors, in the remarks made by the planning officer who had just done the presentation of the application and its history. He was followed by Rooftop's agent who again rehearsed their reasons for choosing this site and this was accompanied by a surprise showing of a plan for a leisure area alongside the housing development. read more

• Take pew for fashion show

  FUND-RAISING to improve the fabric of St Edmund's Church in Shipston is set to continue with a fashion show. read more

• Tsunami helper vows to go alone

  A COTSWOLD woman will go to help Sri Lankan communities devastated by the Boxing Day tsunami - whether or not anyone is prepared to join her in the mercy bid. read more

• Shipston

  MUSIC SOCIETY: The society offers a wide variety of mainly live performances to its members. This months entertainment was a concert by Julia and Shane Day from the band Part Thyme on violin and accordion covering two main themes of dance music. In the first half of the programme they discussed the parallel developments of dance music in the English Courts and on the village green from the 16th century onwards. Members heard a good selection of tunes by Purcell and some used in the film Pride and Prejudice. This was followed by some lively jigs and reels in which there was much tapping of feet amongst the audience. This session was completed with a demonstration of clog dancing by Julia much to the delight of the audience. read more

• Roadworks warning for motorists

  COTSWOLD motorists are warned that road surfacing works are due to start this week and last until July. read more

• Sedgeberrow

  BRITISH LEGION WOMEN'S SECTION: Held their meeting in the village hall, Betteridge Room. After the business Marie Gladstone was introduced, who displayed some beautiful dresses of the Arab World and explained there customs, a very enjoyable time was had when members modelled the dresses. Marie was thanked by Mrs Kearsey. read more

• Police take action to stop banned lorries

  POLICE and trading standards officers have answered the call of villagers to stop lorries driving through their community illegally. read more

• Pershore

  ARTS THEATRE CLUB: Held its annual meeting on April 15. Pat Morris who had been treasurer for 14 years, had decided to step down and was presented with a garden token with the club's thanks for all her work and helpfulness over the years. Members were delighted that she had, however, agreed to remain on the committee as a general member. Miss A Buckley was re-elected as chairman and Mrs D Chapman as secretary. Mr D Granville-Jolly joined the committee as treasurer, and Mrs P MacLaren-Humphrey as a general member. The evening closed with a short entertainment of music and poetry provided by members. The last meeting of the season will be held on Friday, May 20 at 7.30pm when the speaker will be Mary Croxson, her subject being William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement. read more

• It's time to give church a hand

  BOURTON'S parish leaders have agreed a £250 grant in a bid to stop time standing still in the village. read more

• Caravan owners on alert

  CARAVAN owners have been warned to take extra precautions following the theft of two caravans in the Cotswolds. read more

• League title finds a home with Nomads

  NOMADS made sure of their ninth consecutive league title last weekend in the Tewkesbury Pool League as they beat second placed Hayward's Army 8-7 in a match that went right down to the wire. read more

• It's downhill all the way for budding star Nicola

  LONG Compton ski-racer Nicola Sole, aged 14, had a successful week at the British Land National Junior and Children's Ski Championships which took place in the 1992 Olympic resort of Meribel in France. read more

• Double joy for school

  STUDENTS at Shipston High School have achieved the remarkable feat of winning two mid-Warwickshire basketball titles. read more

• Bidford have the edge as top three triumph

  THE three title-chasers in the Stratford Alliance's Herald Division Two kept up the pressure on Saturday but Bidford still look favourites. read more

• Oedipus in London

  A DEPRESSING London is the setting for Steven Berkoff's version of the Oedipus myth, on stage at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, tonight. Box office: 01608 642350. read more

• First step to Lord's final

  THE road to Lord's gets under way for a number of local sides this weekend when opening group matches take place in the 2005 npower Village Cup. read more

• Back on stage with Back to Back show

  FOR anyone who loves a bit of traditional entertainment, in the form of a music hall or variety night, the return of a popular show will be welcome. read more

• Toys are having a party

  POLLY Parrott, Brer Rabbit, Anansi Spider and Ajapa the Tortoise are having a tea party in Malvern next week. read more

• What would Jesus do?

  IT'S 3.30am and I cannot sleep! I've been lying in bed for quite a while, thinking about the young families living down the road, between the very fast road to Bredon and the busy main-line railway track. read more

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