A Cirencester couple are today celebrating being £56 million better off – after winning Britain’s biggest-ever lottery prize.The mystery couple scooped the whopping EuroMillions jackpot on Friday night.Their identity will be revealed when they a... (Read More)

A Cirencester couple are today celebrating being £56 million better off – after winning Britain’s biggest-ever lottery prize. Justine Laycock, 41, from Cirencester, and her partner Nigel Page, 43, scooped the whopping EuroMillions jackpot on ... (Read More)

A law which helps expose paedophiles is to be launched in Gloucestershire.Parents and carers will be able to demand checks on anyone with access to their children to see if they have a record of committing child sex offences.The so-called Sarah’s L... (Read More)

A letter by Princess Diana will go on auction in Cirencester today.The letter hints at her belief in feng shui to help heal after her split with the Prince of Wales and is expected to fetch £600. It was written by the princess in June 1994, the same... (Read More)

Rescue vehicles donated by Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue are in service in earthquake-ravaged Chile.A turntable ladder fire engine was given to Chile in 2004 and is now in service in Temuco, and arrangements have been made for two more fire engin... (Read More)

The red arrows are to return home for two days in a spiritual reunion for charity.The aerobatic ‘Arrows’ will perform at this year’s, newly re-branded, Cotswold Air Show.Money raised by the event will go towards the Royal Air Force Benevolent F... (Read More)

Fortune-seekers could be on their way to Cheltenham as part of a new reality game set to grip the nation – and raise money for charity along the way.But if people want to crack the code and win £30,000 they will have to start thinking outside of t... (Read More)

A well known figure from Albert Square will be in Cheltenham to mark the reopening of one of the town's nightspots.Eastenders star Scott Maslen, who plays nightclub owner Jack Branning in the BBC1 soap, will be on hand to reopen Yates at a special la... (Read More)

A paedophile who “groomed” a young girl so that he could subject her to a string of sex attacks has been jailed for two years and five months.Leslie Compton was said to have committed “persistent, deliberate and manipulative” sexual assaults ... (Read More)

SCHOOLGIRL Shya Pinnock is to swap the surroundings of Tuffley for a tropical island as she embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.Shya, 11, has been chosen from thousands of entrants to take part in the BBC show Escape from Scorpion Island. She will... (Read More)