Suicide prevention charity Samaritans is planning to close more than 100 branches across the UK and Ireland, it has been reported. According to the BBC, the organisation’s chief executive, Julie ...

Lions move in for the kill. A flawless record of seven wins since arriving Down Under has placed the Lions on the brink of an achievement that has only been managed twice before i ...

Wilson, Australia’s captain and number eight, believes his team will grow stronger having faced the Lions once already.

A GRANDFATHER is preparing for an epic run to raise funds for a special needs school in Stroud. Stan, 72, plans to run 121 miles in aid of Sladewood Academy. He will be running from his home in ...

A PLAYGROUP leader who stepped in to save a village preschool from closure has said an emotional goodbye. Bev Fowler took charge of Woodchester Playgroup in 2016 after a parent knocked on her door ...

OXFAM is marking 60 years in Stroud. To celebrate the milestone, the King Street shop is planning an anniversary event for later this summer and is appealing for stories, photos and memories from past ...

Cirencester Male Voice Choir concert raises £2,555 for Severn Freewheelers, supporting NHS hospitals with vital volunteer-run medical ...

Work is under way on a new housing development. Stonewood Homes has begun construction at Worwell Rise in Tetbury, where 27 timber-framed houses are being built to exceed current building regulations.

Football Association chief Mark Bullingham insisted Sarina Wiegman will lead England at the 2027 World Cup in Brazil.

Oasis will return to the capital to play their first gig there in more than 16 years. After a run of homecoming gigs in Manchester’s Heaton Park, the group, fronted by Gallagher brothers Liam and Noel ...

The 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 electric guitar was the prize in a competition run by New Musical Express magazine.

Sir Keir Starmer is facing pressure to immediately recognise Palestine as a state amid growing calls from MPs and a commitment from France. The Prime Minister condemned the “unspeakable and ...