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Cheltenham sign Nurse and Bickerstaff
Thursday 8th January 2026Cheltenham Town sign left-back George Nurse while striker Jake Bickerstaff also agrees a permanent deal with the League Two club...
Young woman admits causing death of taxi driver and school teacher in Cotswolds crash
Tuesday 6th January 2026The crash also left three others seriously hurtRead full story...
Primary school shuts after electrical fault causes heating loss
Tuesday 6th January 2026It's not known when the school will reopenRead full story...
Gloucestershire school partly closes as 'the building is not safe'
Tuesday 6th January 2026'Severe' flooding has caused damageRead full story...
West traditions we have to look forward to in 2026
Friday 2nd January 2026A round-up of the yearly events in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire that define where we live...
National news
Cambridge college urged to drop ‘immoral’ private school recruitment drive
Thursday 8th January 2026Alastair Campbell joins graduates and social mobility charities in criticism of Trinity Hall’s new policyTrinity Hall graduates and leading social mobility charities have called on the University of Cambridge college to scrap its controversial efforts to actively recruit students from elite private schools, describing the new policy as damaging, offensive and a step backwards for equality...
Teachers strike at two Greater Manchester primary schools over ‘culture of violence’
Thursday 8th January 2026NASUWT members at Ravensfield and Lily Lane primary schools are staging nine-day walkout over ‘almost daily’ attacks by pupilsTeachers at two primary schools in Greater Manchester say they have been driven to strike because of “almost daily” attacks by pupils, leaving parents bewildered by the industrial action...
GCSE results will be available online this summer
Thursday 8th January 2026Year 11 students will have a digital record of their results on an app for future use...
Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment
Wednesday 7th January 2026Exclusive: Trinity Hall’s new policy described as a ‘slap in the face’ for state-educated students A Cambridge college is to target the recruitment of students from elite private schools, interrupting decades of efforts to boost access for state-educated and disadvantaged pupils, the Guardian has learned...
‘For a moment, only that story matters’: my plan to reignite the all-consuming love of books
Wednesday 7th January 2026Reading for pleasure rates are shockingly low in young people...
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