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Win at eggstra prize at Dorn
EGGS won't just be for Easter for one lucky visitor to Old Farm, Dorn near Moreton this weekend. Owners Simon and Sarah Righton are offering a prize hamper and a year's supply of eggs - a dozen a fortnight- to the winner of a draw. To enter visitors
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Hundreds ran for sports relief
MORE than 600 runners did their best to raise some charity cash last Sunday when Cotswold District Council hosted four Sport Relief Mile events at leisure centres around the district. Venues at Chipping Campden, Bourton, Fairford and Tetbury all played
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Cake and table top sale
A CAKE and table top sale is being held at Ilmington Village Hall on Saturday from 10.30am to 12 noon in aid of the youth choir of St Mary's Church, Ilmington. Money raised at the sale, will be used to buy choristers their first set of robes. Entrance
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From the Archives - March 20, 2008
100 Years Ago March 21, 1908 THE question of liability to repair the old and now disused road between Winchcombe and Cheltenham was discussed at Saturday's meeting of the Rural District Council; eventually the council decided to deny liability. We are
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Church kept dry with lottery grant
A HERITAGE lottery grant of £27,000 will help ensure that worshippers at St Edmund's Church in Shipston stay warm and dry. The money, announced by English Heritage as part of a £2 million package of grants to churches in the West Midlands region, will
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Bid to preserve boys’ memory
THE curators of a Cotswold graveyard are seeking to preserve the memory of two teenage boys who died in a Boxing Day skating accident 180 years ago. James Joiner, 16, and his friend Charles Pugh, 15, were skating across the large pond in Sarsden near
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Police respond to speeding worries
POLICE are responding to public demands for a crackdown on speeding motorists in the Cotswolds. Speeding hotspots have been identified in Chipping Campden, Moreton, Stow and Bourton by police community panels, set up by the North Cotswolds Safer Community
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Wheelie bins rolled out across Cotswolds
HOUSEHOLDS throughout the Cotswolds were due to start receiving new wheelie bins this week as the district council prepares for the full-scale launch of its new refuse collection service. The service, which has already been rolled out in Birdlip, Cowley
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Police’s icy approach to Cotswold cold callers
DOOR-TO-DOOR salesmen who fail to comply with the law are being warned that they face tough action from north Cotswolds police. Any unsolicited callers to houses in the area face prosecution or arrest if they go door-to-door without first obtaining a
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Life-saving youths praised by the police
A 15-year-old from Chipping Norton who helped save the life of a seriously injured man has been praised by police. As reported by the Journal last month, the teenager came across the man, who had severe lacerations to his throat, in Back Alley, Chipping
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Couple closing on deal for sale of top pub
THE owners of a top north Cotswolds pub have decided to call time on the business. Leo Brooke-Little and his wife, leading chef Sonya Kidney, are selling the Churchill Arms in Paxford, near Chipping Campden. The 17th Century Grade II listed pub, a favourite
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Planners celebrate a key win
A £1.9 million thatched Hollywood-style' mansion in Chipping Campden must be reduced by nearly half, a Government inspector has ruled. Planning inspector Keith Turner said Westington View, formerly Westington Pound, did not represent "a sensitive interpretation
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Youth arrested after street attack
POLICE were called to Byers Chemists in High Street, Moreton at around 3.40pm yesterday after a teenager caused a disturbance, head-butting a man in his 20s. Police gave chase when the youth ran off, eventually catching him and arresting him on suspicion
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Metal thefts campaign launched
A NEW campaign has been launched in a bid to tackle metal thefts in Gloucestershire. The campaign, launched by Crimestoppers, follows the increase in thefts of metal across the county, including a recent case when copper from power cables was stolen
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Winchcombe flower show
INVITATIONS are being sent out to over 60s residents in Winchcombe for the Winchcombe Flower Show free annual dinner and concert. The event takes place on Saturday, March 29 at Winchcombe School, Greet Road, from 4.30am - 8pm, and transport to and from
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Dawn Mass on Dover's Hill
EASTER morning will break early for some north Cotswolds worshippers. But at least those who make the effort to get out of their beds for the special dawn mass on Dover's Hill should be guaranteed a spectacular view. The Reverend Fred Dawson, rector
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Pub affray trial collapses
AN angry judge has condemned the 'scandalous waste of money' spent on prosecuting two Cheltenham Gold Cup racegoers from Leeds who got involved in a pub skirmish in Winchcombe. Part of the expense of the trial was setting up a video link to Australia
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Juniors are red-hot on way to final win
FOUR of Shipston Tennis Club's young stars won last Saturday's final of the LTA Warwickshire Ariel Mini Tennis Red Leagues played at Esporta in Coventry. During the spring term, the youngsters won their box league and then their semi-final before meeting
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Paxford set for a magical Monday
THE North Cotswold Point-to-Point on Easter Monday has always been a magnet for the committed or casual racegoer and that tradition has continued since the meeting moved from Springhill to Paxford in 1997. Visitors to this year's meeting should note
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Tributes to "a brilliant friend"
SCHOOLMATES paid moving tributes to their "brilliant friend", 15-year-old-Natasha Didcote, at her funeral in Moreton yesterday. The ceremony at St David's Church, Moreton, was the first funeral to be held for one of the seven victims of the A429 horror
