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Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
All the celebrities, including the Bishop of Tewkesbury Rt Revd John Went, attended Christian Aid’s fundraising lunch to celebrate Wotton-under-Edge’s new status as a fair trade town. Christian Aid hosted a well attended and happy lunch to raise money for, and to celebrate the fact that Wotton-under-Edge is now one of the eight (shortly to [...]
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Work begins to resurface part of the M50 between junctions 1 and 2 near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
A motorcyclist is killed in a crash on the outskirts of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.
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The First Post (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Tewkesbury, one year on from the devastating floods that hit the Gloucestershire town last summer Tewkesbury, one year on from the devastating floods that hit the Gloucestershire town last summer Tewkesbury, one…
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News for Medievalists (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Thousands turn out for medieval festival 14 July 2008 Gloucestershire Echo Thousands of people attended the re-enactment of one of the country's most important battles as Tewkesbury Medieval Festival celebrated its 25th year. More than 2,500 re-enacters donned chain mail at Lincoln Green Lane on Saturday and yesterday to restage the Battle of Tewkesbury, which effectively ended the Wars of the Roses...
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News for Medievalists (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Medieval festival will be the biggest and best yet 24 June 2008 Gloucestershire Echo Tewkesbury's Medieval Festival is a major event in the town's annual calendar and one that attracts participants and visitors in their thousands. This year the festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13 at Lincoln Green Lane, as part of Tewkesbury's Over the Rainbow - a week-long series of events to...
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British Blogs (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
The above photo shows the town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, UK in July last year at the height of some of the worst floods in living memory . Other towns, notably Hull, were ( and still are ) badly affected . A major report commissioned by the UK government came out yesterday which recommended a range of measures to combat future floods . But 2 of these measures in particular stood out as far...
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The Gray Monk (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
The BBC Gloucestershire is hosting a website entitled " Why I like Tewkesbury ". Do pay it a visit and leave your thoughts on the site. We still have some scars but we are back up and running and have a lot to offer. Next month we plan to celebrate and give thanks for all that has happened to restore the town and those affected by the floods last year. It will be a good end to a difficult period....
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An Inconvenient Blog (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire after the July floods 2007. Photograph: Getty Crucial changes to the way the government and emergency services prepare for and respond to floods have still not been implemented, a year on from last summer’s devastating flooding, a report reveals today. More work needs to be done to make householders and business people aware that [...]
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Ruscombe Green (Free subscription) | 19/04/2008
"Gloucestershire Airport will become unviable if its runway project doesn't get the go-ahead, an independent study has said." So reads the first line of Citizen/Echo report on the airport - Tewkesbury Borough have commissioned a report to look at the Airport's plans for expanding - the Western Daily Press yesterday asked me for comments - then I only had some of the conclusions of the report - the...
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Anorak News (Free subscription) | 13/03/2008
LAST year, Gloucestershire became the Venice of the North and everyone in Tewkesbury got a river view. The Independent was certain as to what had brought about this wondrous event: In “England under water: scientists confirm global warming link to increased rain”, Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor, wrote: It's official: the heavier rainfall in Britain is being caused [...]
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Services & Skills Directory (Free subscription) | 27/02/2008
C J S Plastering Services are experienced plasterers, with high standards and quality finish, references can be supplied. All areas of Gloucestershire & borders covered including Cotswolds and Forest of Dean & Chepstow. Please call for a free quote with friendly service.
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Wulfweard the White (Free subscription) | 02/02/2008
Audrey Lane, 84, from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, is in hospital with a broken leg and wrist after a hit and run accident. Not unusual in this day and age you may say, but police are looking at CCTV footage of an elderly man driving a Mobility Scooter who was seen 'speeding' away from the scene at about 8mph.
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Daily Mail online | Home (Free subscription) | 17/01/2008
You couldn't pick a more perfect spot to build an abbey than the shores of this lovely, glassy lake. In the bright winter sun, the waters wink back with a reflection of the historic buildings hugging the edge. Unfortunately, Tewkesbury Abbey is not actually on a lake. Nowhere near one, in fact. The floodwaters lapping at its doors yesterday were a stark reminder of the disaster that struck in Gloucestershire...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
After the July 2007 flood in Tewkesbury, Christopher Somerville is reassured to find his childhood territory as beguiling and beautiful as ever.
