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• Dave shines in seasonal panto

  DESPITE summer being barely behind us, thoughts across the county are already turning to panto season and stars of TV are popping up in their droves to don fancy dress for some thigh-slapping fun. read more

• Hidcote - Gardening is second nature to green fingered man Glyn

  IT is wet, damp and chilly but head gardener Glyn Jones looks as hardy as the plants he carefully tends at the National Trust's Hidcote Manor Gardens. read more

• Chipping Norton - Tory leader fears NHS cuts political

  CHIPPING Norton MP and Tory leader David Cameron is tackling the Government over indications that political considerations may play a part in the distribution of NHS funding. read more

• Chipping Norton - New award will be presented to town's distinguished citizens

  An honorary title will be awarded to the great and good by Chipping Norton Town Council. read more

• Chipping Norton - Sky no limit for plucky 90-year-old

  THE sky was no limit when Peter Mond decided to do a parachute jump for the Lawrence Home Nursing Team. read more

• Blockley - Get a flavour for home cooking

  ORCHARD Bank sheltered housing for the elderly in Blockley aims to be hot lunchtime stuff for all the pensioners in the village. read more

• Entrepreneur cheated £200k

  A Cotswolds businessman who promised to sell horse boxes for their owners on a commission basis cheated them out of £200,000, a judge was told. read more

• Give your plants a bit of nip and tuck

  KEEN gardeners looked sharp for some valuable advice on the autumnal chore of pruning at a special weekend of workshops at Fosseway Garden Centre. read more

• Plastic recycling idea heading for the dump

  HOUSEHOLDERS in the North Cotswolds need not hold their breath for the introduction of doorstep collections for recycling waste plastic. read more

• Children's art to promote first aid

  PRIZES including a bike or an MP3 player are up for grabs in a poster art competition for youngsters. read more

• Ilmington - Grassroots

  PARISH Council: At the September meeting, chaired by Cllr Tony Wilkins, the parish council heard from Mr Charles Barlow, the rural housing enabler at Warwickshire Rural Community Council, about the progress of the Ilmington housing scheme. He explained the occupancy restrictions meant only people with local connections could apply for the housing, but if one was empty and no one with a local connection wanted it, then it would be offered to someone in a neighbouring parish. These were the conditions which already operated with regard to the affordable houses in Cross Leys. With the private houses to be built, if after being on the market for three months, no one with a local connection wanted to buy one of the houses, then anyone in the Stratford district could buy it. Mr Barlow said negotiations were proceeding with landowners for the purchase of suitable land, and four sites were being looked at. One landowner has said he would consider it, and the county council would also consider selling some land. The other two landowners, who lived adjacent to the land being considered, were concerned about the effect new housing would have on the value of their own houses. Mr Barlow said the houses would be of a high standard, comparable with those built recently at Long Compton, and there might be two smaller schemes instead of all the houses being together. He would like to have a public consultation at the end of the year, with three or four sites to put to the village, and a possible venue could be the bazaar to be held in the village hall on December 2. It was stressed no decision had been made. read more

• Longborough - Villages with few children are doomed, says council

  LONGBOROUGH will be doomed as a thriving village if a suitable scheme for affordable housing there isn't put forward soon, says the chairman of the parish council. read more

• Winchcombe - Station to net more listeners

  RADIO Winchcombe will reach out to the world during its broadcast this weekend as programmes will be going out simultaneously on the internet. read more

• Winchcombe - Crackdown success

  CANNABIS was found and a man arrested when police raided a house in Winchcombe as part of a massive crime crackdown involving 150 officers from around the county. read more

• Shipston - New teacher hopes to work his magic on students

  HE has the same name as late actor and Harry Potter star Richard Harris - but no-one has called Shipston High School's new assistant headteacher Dumbledore yet. read more

• Shipston - New centre means business for many

  BUDDING entrepreneurs in Shipston have got off to a flying start with their new businesses thanks to an initiative started in January. read more

• oreton - Pub's place on the hobbits' long road to Mordor

  MORETON'S Bell Inn has been officially recognised by the J R R Tolkien Society as the inspiration for the Prancing Pony in the author's much-loved Lord of the Rings. read more

• Moreton - Organisers hope energy advice session will be real turn-on

  FREE low-energy lightbulbs may prove a turn-on at an advice session in Moreton on Thursday, November 2. read more

• Moreton - Family travels from Canada for birthday

  IT was a great family affair when Vera Lucas celebrated her 100th birthday - with her daughter Mary travelling from her home in Canada for the occasion. read more

• Moreton - Community groups to face uncertain future

  Community groups in Moreton fear for their future as uncertainty hangs over the building they use as a base. read more

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