A bold headline saying “SCRAP IT!”, and a hard-hitting page one comment, was the Gloucester Citizen’s reaction to news that a planned TV dramatisation of the Fred and Rosemary West story was on hold. Channel 5 first announced plans to
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FULL-TIME FOR PUPILS: Lunch was being served with a football theme today for pupils in Cambridgeshire schools. Twenty four hours before Chelsea were due to face Aston Villa in the FA Cup, the youngsters were tucking into turkey footballers, mini
The night I nearly died
Tim Lezard with his wife Ruth, and daughter Charlie. Picture: Paul Nicholls, courtesy of Gloucester Citizen The Gloucester Citizen is urging readers to become blood donors so that the county’s blood banks can be kept topped up for emergencies. As
Bug answer in Gloucestershire
At the Gloucester Citizen, Annelisa Macaulay-Lowe, got a good angle on the love bug virus from a local computer expert. Her story is reproduced below: It’s way too late for last minute Valentines, but the malicious e-mail “I Love You”
Love bug strikes newspaper offices
A computer virus, which paralysed computer networks across the world, provided copy for the regional press – but few real problems. Warnings about the “ILOVEYOU” virus were sent to newsrooms by many of their own IT departments soon after work
Smoker since 11 takes the pledge
Parliamentary reporter Kirsty Buchanan is among the latest to sign up to the Hull Daily Mail’s Trash the Ash campaign. Kirsty (30) says she’s quit the weed after 19 years as a smoker. The Northcliffe Newspapers parliamentary correspondent had planned
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SURF-INN THE NET: One of England’s oldest pubs – Nottingham’s famous Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem – has set up its own website. The Nottingham Evening Post reported on the ancient inn’s step into the 21st century and told how
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A REAL HANDFUL: Pensioner Godfrey Hill has been called The Messiah, an alien and a freak – because he has a thumb and five fingers on each hand. The 72-year-old retired engineer has hexadactyly. The condition is said to affect
Who's that in my seat?
Columnist and journalist George Henderson, of the Gloucester Citizen, had to share “his” bus with hordes of strangers this week – and he wasn’t impressed. This column first appeared in the Citizen and is reproduced with its permission. Fuel crisis,
Surprise surprise!
The Cheltenham Town football manager has been sacked – read all about it (and some other choice stories) below… Gloucester Citizen: Gloucestershire Echo: A Lucky Dip and two Thunderballs, please… Surely it wasn’t that bad? See our previous headlines… If
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC
Reader’s concerns are addressed with follow-up article – plus more news from the PCC
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC
Woman complains to PCC over reporters’ actions – find out how this and other complaints were resolved
Two newspapers are thanked for blood donor drives
Spencer Feeney, editor of the Gloucester Citizen, has received a certificate of thanks from the National Blood Service in recognition of the newspaper’s recent campaign to recruit more blood donors. The paper’s target was to attract 500 new donors in
Explosion prompts public inquiry call
An explosion at a waste handling depot at Sandhurst has prompted the Gloucester Citizen to lead a campaign for a public inquiry into the site. A public meeting into the Cleansing Service Group depot revealed it has held BSE-infected waste
Citizen's anti-drugs stance
It was crime reporter Dennis Apperly’s third drugs bust with the police – but the tension was still high as they waited for the “all systems go”. He took part in the swoop with the Gloucestershire Constabulary as an invited
Keep Your Lid On safety message
The safety-minded Gloucester Citizen is awarding £20 prizes for cyclists snapped wearing protective headgear. Their pictures are being published in the paper for the Keep Your Lid On campaign. It has been relaunched in conjunction with the Gloucester’s Safer City