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On this day: The Cotswolds Archive

The Cotswolds Archive

• War didn't stop cricket

  TWO items in last week's Journal (January 26) are connected by a common theme - cricket and Evesham. read more

• £600,000 revamp for hotel

  A BROADWAY hotel is set to unveil a major £600,000 refurbishment project later this month. read more

• Event fails to draw artists

  ARTISTS in the Shipston area are proving to be a little slow at coming forward to take part in one of Warwickshire biggest art events. read more

• Rats have invaded the panto!

  SHIPSTON is being invaded by a plague of rats for the next few days, when the local drama group stages its annual panto. read more

• Letdown as Faeries fly away

  THE headliners at a Cotswolds folk music festival have pulled out at the last minute. read more

• Consult over the health changes

  Many of your readers may not be aware that the current NHS consultations on the amalgamation of Strategic Health Authorities, the regionalisation of ambulance services and the future configuration of Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are now about half way through their 14 week period. read more

• Gardener Guy runs his truck on chip fat

  AN environmentally aware landscape gardener in Shipston is using old chip fat to run his work vehicles. read more

• Our toilets are disgrace - town

  MORETON Town Council has complained about the state of public toilets in the town. read more

• Road closed in alert over chemicals

  A NORTH Cotswold road was closed for more than three hours last following a chemical spillage alert. read more

• £10,000 reward for Co-op gang

  A £10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of armed robbers who took staff hostage at the Co-op supermarket in Chipping Norton last week. read more

• Friends mourn driver

  STAFF at a village shop were in mourning this week after the man who delivers their newspapers was killed when his van went off the road into a ditch last Saturday. read more

• Cannabis man praised

  A WINCHCOMBE man who runs a website promoting cannabis growing has had his community order revoked because he has made such a success of his community work. read more

• Six pets die in kitchen blaze

  SIX family pets died after they were overcome with smoke when fire gutted the kitchen of a Bourton home last Sunday. read more

• A cut-price solution to parking problem

  COUNCILLORS are to press for time restrictions to be lifted and prices cut at Moreton's shoppers' car park to encourage more motorists to use it. read more

• Last-minute deal saves town centre

  BOURTON'S threatened visitor information centre (VIC) has been saved due to an 11th hour deal between Cotswold District Council and the village Chamber of Commerce. read more

• Meatballs off school menu amid choking fears

  MEATBALLS have been booted off the menu at a north Cotswold school for fear that children may choke on them. read more

• Victory for opera in battle with taxman

  A NORTH Cotswold opera house has won its legal battle against the Inland Revenue over an £80,000 tax bill. read more

• A jewel in the crown is given stamp of approval

  CHIPPING Campden features on a new set of stamps depicting some of the most beautiful and spectacular scenery in England. read more

• Dog owners to protest over docking proposal

  ONE hundred working dogs and their handlers will be lobbying parliament to protest at proposals to ban the docking of working dogs' tails under the Animal Welfare Bill. read more

• Con men dupe elderly couple

  A burglar claiming to be investigating a burst water pipe pushed his way into the home of an elderly couple in Bidford. read more

On this day: The Cotswolds Archive