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Carluccio’s has opened its 93rd UK restaurant in Cheltenham – its first in Gloucestershire.
The new restaurant, foodshop and deli brings the very best and true flavours of Italy to the Regency town.

A new provider will soon be serving up freshly cooked meals made from locally sourced quality ingredients to Gloucestershire schoolchildren.
Gloucestershire County Council yesterday awarded a new contract to Caterlink to provide healthy school meals to primary and special schools. The agreement will begin in July and will run until July 2020.

The annual cheese rolling contest took place at Coopers Hill, near Brockworth, Gloucestershire, on Bank Holiday Monday (May 25) and Loving the Cotswolds has some video footage to illustrate just what a bonkers event it is!

The owners of the Old Prison at Northleach, the Friends of the Cotswolds charity, is celebrating raising the first £100,000 towards the conservation of the Grade II* Listed Georgian building.
With the assistance of a generous grant from the Gloucestershire Environmental Trust, they have recently been able to complete some urgent conservation work to the building, situated on the Fosse Way just outside Northleach.

An exciting new art exhibition in the Cotswolds is set to offer a showcase of emerging British artists and bring together a collection of dynamic local businesses around the Cotswolds.
The Summer Collection is taking place at the newly-renovated Oxleaze Barn, near Burford, from Thursday, June 18, to Saturday, June 20.

Train passengers travelling through Moreton-in-Marsh station may have noticed an improvement in the appearance of the flower beds and tubs on the station platform recently.

Chipping Campden School is celebrating the completion of an ambitious sporting project as part of its 575th anniversary this year.
Work to finish a brand new £555,000 all-weather artificial grass pitch has come to an end and earlier this month the new facility was handed over to the school by contractors S&C; Slatters.

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A rapid Electric Vehicle Charging Point (EVCP) has been activated at the Beeches Car Park in Cirencester.
The new charge point was damaged by vandals and required a repair before it could be commissioned and registered with the ‘Charge Your Car’ network.

Northleach residents have won a £700 award from Cotswold District Council for their efforts to create a green community.
At the heart of this is a new initiative known as Streetbank, a UK-wide movement of people who share with their neighbours.

An article on an American news website entitled “18 Charming British Villages You Must See Before You Die” is dominated by Cotswold villages.
No fewer than six of the 18 villages in the article on BuzzFeed are located in the Cotswolds. They are Bibury, Blockley, Bourton-on-the-Water and Painswick, all in Gloucestershire, along with the Wiltshire villages of Lacock and Castle Combe.

The star of BBC 1’s Pointless quiz show, Alexander Armstrong, will be heading for this year’s Adlestrop Open Day, held in the Cotswold village near Stow-on-the-Wold.
He will be judging the Fun Dog Show at the event on Sunday, June 14, where he’ll be awarding rosettes for Prettiest Puppy, the Golden Oldie and Most Handsome Dog.

Moreton-in-Marsh and District Agricultural and Horse Show Society has moved into new offices at 5 Wychwood Court in the Cotswold Business Village in Moreton.

The departing chairman of Cotswold District Council, Cllr Clive Bennett, has boosted the funds of two charities that received his official support during his term in office.
During the first meeting of the new council since the recent local elections, Cllr Bennett announced that events he had organised had raised almost £559 each for Garrison Girls and Scoo-B-Doo – a grand total of about £1,117.

The National Dance Company of Ireland, featuring The Young Irish Tenors, will perform for one night only at Cheltenham Town Hall on Wednesday, July 8, as part of their nationwide tour of the rousing step dance extravaganza Rhythm of the Dance.
This incredible live show, which tours for up to 40 weeks per year, is in its 16th year and has been seen by over 4.8 million people in 59 countries, including the USA, China and Russia, but has rarely visited the UK – until now.

The circus is coming to town – well, actually, the Cotswold village of Broadway – this summer as part of a fundraising school fete.
Circus Pazaz will be giving three one-hour shows in a Big Top on Broadway Village Green on Saturday, July 4.

Stroud District Council has launched a new initiative to ensure that schools and local employers provide work valuable experience programmes for pupils.
Called the Skills for Stroud Work Experience Charter, it is part of the council’s commitment to improve employment prospects for young people.

Cotswold District Council has elected Cllr Mark Annett as its new chairman, replacing the outgoing chairman Cllr Clive Bennett.
Cllr Annett, who lives in Chipping Campden and represents Campden and Vale ward for the Conservatives, was previously the vice-chairman and that role will now be filled by Cllr Julian Beale.

Royal College of Art MA graduate Ali Grant is to unveil the fruits of her labour as artist in residence at Hidcote Manor in the Cotswolds on Thursday, May 28.
Ali Grant, who is known for her sculptures, studied the famous garden and the work the National Trust does to maintain it.

Deerhound racing, medieval mayhem and beautiful butterflies take centre stage at Berkeley Castle during the May half-term.
Visitors to the historic Gloucestershire castle will experience the sights and sounds of a popular 17th Century sport on Sunday, May 24, when the historic family home provides the perfect vantage point from which to watch deerhound racing on the fields next to the castle.