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January 2009 News

Free parking at church

A proposal to introduce free parking for Christians heading for church on Sunday mornings could be alienating other faiths in one Gloucestershire town. Councillors in Tewkesbury are currently looking at the plans – with those against saying it is discriminatory

Dying trade is no barrel of laughs

England’s last remaining master cooper is looking for an apprentice amid fears his profession could go the grave with him. Alastair Simms, 45, who works in Wiltshire, began life as an apprentice cooper (barrel maker) on his 16th birthday but