A Labour MP has resigned as the UK’s trade envoy to Turkey amid controversy over a visit to Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus. A government spokesman told the BBC Afzal Khan, who represents Manchester ...

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said judges who “bring their own personal politics” to the job need to be removed. Mr Jenrick said tighter checks are needed before judges are appointed to ...

THE team behind popular Stroud cafe, Little Ginger has announced a summer event. Little Ginger on Kendrick Street, Stroud sadly closed last month, with owner Claire Cappell and family now ...

A SCYTHING workshop is taking place in Stroud. The event, organised by the Stroud Valleys Project, will be held on Friday, August 22, from 10am to 3pm. Led by Fred Miller, participants will learn ...

Closer to home for me, the Wotton Community Land Trust, with over 200 members, has a similarly inspiring vision, to secure Brown’s Piece (also known as Hack Hill) on the edge of town, for community ...

A former financial advisor who built his own home in King's Stanley has died. John Millward, originally from Little Aston in Birmingham, died aged 80 on Saturday, August 11. Mr Millward spent most of ...

A RED-brick family home with extensive gardens and a games room is on the market for a guide price of £1.25 million ...

From Lupins to Dahlias, gardening legend Alan Titchmarsh has revealed the five 'showstopping' plants that every garden needs ...

Think you're good at general knowledge or clued up on pop culture? Take this week's pub quiz to see how you score.

Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence. Easy enough, work out the difference between each number, which in this case is 4, and then figure out the difference between that ...

A RARE painting by a tutor with ties to The Beatles is to be auctioned in Wotton under Edge. Arthur Ballard, a Liverpool artist and lecturer, is the painter behind the work. He taught both John Lennon ...

A FOUR-bedroom detached house in Highfields, Bownham Park, is being offered with a Move Ready pack to support a smooth sale ...