Charlton Kings, England News

THE Conservative group on Gloucestershire County Council has retained control of the cabinet despite no longer having an overall majority on the authority.

IF Friday night means takeaway night for you, it can sometimes be worth scouring further afield for something different from your usual fare.

Year 3 and 4 pupils at St Edward's Junior School Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, transported their easels outdoors to work 'en plain air' - with visiting artist Monet, embodied by Paul Priestley.

The festival was set up in September 1991 and the traditional event is now poised for a return in the guise of the Charlton Kings Summer Fete and Craft Fair.

Upton Builders, based in Gloucester, was presented the Cheltenham Civic Society award by Mayor Colin Hay for its work on a home in Charlton Kings.

Emergency services were called at about 10.15am this morning to the B4077 at the Trafalgar crossroads, Upper Swell, after a grey Honda Civic collided with a blue Land Rover Discovery.

Class teacher Louise Seeley has been teaching for 13 years, but has been at the Charlton Kings school for a year.

A HOMEOWNER has hit out at BT after he was offered just 20 in compensation for not having a landline or internet service for three weeks.

Upton Builders was presented the Cheltenham Civic Society award by Mayor Colin Hay for its work on a home in Charlton Kings.

CHILDREN across Gloucestershire as young as five are to be taught about Shakespeare to mark the Bard's 450th birthday next year.