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• Eckington

  SCOUTS AND GUIDES: A jumble sale will be held on Saturday, June 24, at 2pm at headquarters, Pershore Road and donations will be welcome. The AGM will be on Wednesday, May 17, at 8pm at headquarters. read more

• Road surfacing warning to drivers

  DRIVERS have been warned to look out for their cars and pedestrians when the county council begins its annual surface treatment work on next week. read more

• Police prepare for Stow's spring horse fair

  POLICE have reported a couple of minor incidents in the run-up to the annual Stow Spring Fair today. read more

• Hundreds pack church to celebrate Luke's life

  HUNDREDS of mourners packed the church and spilled out into the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul in Blockley for the funeral of a promising young swimmer who died in a tragic accident two weeks ago. read more

• Police assaulted in 9-hour chase

  A 41-YEAR-OLD man admitted leaving a trail of destruction and assaulting four police officers after a nine-hour chase in North Gloucestershire when he appeared before Gloucester Crown Court. read more

• Turnout high for elections

  A HARD-FOUGHT election battle saw Conservative Philip Seccombe hold off Liberal Democrat Richard Cheney to hang on to the Brailes ward on Stratford District Council - but only by a margin of 100 votes. read more

• Guitarist Giltrap tops bill at spring festival

  TEWKESBURY'S Roses Theatre will play host to an eclectic mix of music, theatre and dance as part of the Tewkesbury Spring Festival, Awaken Your Senses. read more

• Farcical look at world of fashion

  THE Broadway Players' tenth anniversary later this month looks like being a bit of a farce. read more

• Pupils in art centre debut

  EVESHAM Arts Centre has another varied program of events lined up for June. read more

• TV favourites in nail-biting thriller

  WITH breath-catching moments and nail-biting suspense, the thriller Dangerous Obsession comes to Malvern this month. read more

• Toddlers miss out after thieves steal windscreen

  TODDLERS at Greenfields Nursery School in Shipston lost out on their favourite swimming class last week after thieves stole the windscreen from the nursery's minibus. read more

• Residents rally to help fight crime

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE's Crimestoppers initiative has seen a record number of offenders arrested over the past year as the public has helped police tackle drug-related crimes in particular. read more

• Community station better off to tune of £2,750

  RADIO Winchcombe is celebrating a £2,750 grant from the National Lottery's Awards for All programme. read more

• Evesham

  ART SOCIETY: At the April meeting, members and guests enjoyed an evening with wildlife artist Chris Jones, who demonstrated the techniques and materials used in painting wildlife subjects in acrylics. The subject he chose was an exotic and colourful squirrel, species of which will be difficult to find in the Evesham area. The next meeting on May 17 will be a demonstration of landscape painting in oils by artist Ray Hedger. read more

• Honeybourne

  WEDNESDAY CLUB: Members met on May 3 when Mrs M Boath presided. Birthday cards were distributed. The quiz held by Honeybourne School was won by: Mrs Humphries, Mrs Wadhams, Mrs Jennings and Mrs Innes, the team representing the club. read more

• Ilmington

  PARISH COUNCIL: At their April meeting, chaired by Cllr Tony Wilkins, the parish council heard from Mrs Ribbans that the parish plan steering committee had had its last meeting. She said that the parish plan was now on the district council web site - www.stratford.gov.uk. read more

• Willersey

  WEDNESDAY CLUB: Recent talks have continued the popular programme of speakers. Following the talk with slides on Chipping Campden Town Walks by Ann Colcomb, members then heard a talk by Marion Beagley on The Village Shop when she related some of the experiences of she and her husband when they ran the village shop in Sands, Surrey, in the early sixties. Her reminiscences of long gone items sold in a village shop, and the often amusing exchanges with her rural customers, were much enjoyed. read more

• Offenham

  FLORAL ART SOCIETY: The society held the yearly open meeting at the Arts Centre on Wednesday, May 3. This was a sell-out. The two demonstrators, Bob Harris and Andrew Lloyd delighted the members with their arrangements. There were 25 separate arrangements. All these were raffled. Sales were brisk at the various stalls, with the home-made cakes being another sell-out. The chairman, Mrs Chris Parkinson, hosted the event, with Mrs Sheila Hand giving the vote of thanks. Everyone had an enjoyable evening. During the year there will be visits to various places, usually with coach places paid for by the club. This year sees a further visit to Longhope, the home of Bob Harris and family. Also still to come is the yearly garden party - this year to be held at the chairman's house - in August. New members/visitors are always welcome at the monthly meetings - first Wednesday each month. Subs are £14 (over-60s £12), per year. Visitors £3.50 per meeting. read more

• Winchcombe

  FOOD FOR THOUGHT LUNCH: on Thursday at Methodist Church Hall, at 12.30pm. No booking required, £1 for soup. The speaker will be Elon Newton when the topic will be Christians in Prison. read more

• MPs' rage as cuts hit town hospitals

  COTSWOLD MPs have blasted plans to cut health services across Gloucestershire which would see Winchcombe Cottage Hospital close down after more than 70 years. read more

On this day: The Cotswolds Archive