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Liam Bond captains Montpellier FC into their first semi-final in their inaugural season as potential Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves final looms. Montpellier sit in title contention in Cheltenham League Division Three. Amongst those battling for the league are AFC Kempsey, a team that Montpellier have done the double over. They face eachother yet again in […]
Michael Duff’s Cheltenham came away with a point from play-off hopefuls Ipswich in the Gloucestershire club’s first trip to Portman Road since 1938. The former Southern League adversaries were of vastly differing opinions at the final whistle with the home side left frustrated by ‘boring boring Cheltenham’ while Duff’s makeshift side were happy to have been […]
Cheltenham Town’s youngest ever player has completed a six figure move to Premier League side Southampton recently, with professional development phase lead coach Pete Haynes seeing it as a testament to the fine work done by the academy staff. Will Armitage, 16, joined Cheltenham at age 15 after some time in local grassroots football and […]
The pandemic has been a bizzare time for everybody involved, whether you’re a stay at home parent or a doctor. Yet despite the uncertainty of it all, 20 year old pharmacy worker Abby Davidson, saw a rewarding side of the experience. Abby has been working in a pharmacy in Lisburn, outside Belfast for over 3 years, alongside her university studies. She described going into the first lockdown as a terrifying experience for her and her […]
“Initially, I was surprised I caught Covid as I had no symptoms”, my brother says while sitting on his bed watching a YouTube video of the Sidemen. Antonio’s first semester at Hartpury College was nearly over for the Christmas holidays. He was planning to meet his friends and go to family Christmas dinners. But on […]
Clear your head, go for a walk and get some fresh air. This is the classic advice to calm down after a stressful day to be able to decompress and relax, while also getting some exercise. But have you ever stopped to think about where you are walking and whether or not your walk could […]
One of the beauties of social media is the fact that it allows freedom of expression, giving a voice to its millions of users in any and every subject you could think of. However, over the last few years, there has been the rise of cancel culture, which is basically the movement of a large group on social media showing their disapproval to a certain person, […]
A video of President Joe Biden, has provoked ridicule as the world celebrated Martin Luther King Day. In June 2020, Biden, made comments at an economic reopening in Philadelphia, soon after George Floyds death. Biden told the roundtable “Even Dr. King’s assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George Floyd’s death did.” People […]
A reoccurring symptom of Covid-19 has been the loss of taste and smell and many people have reported that their senses never went back to normal. It has been reported that 250,000 adults in the UK have suffered from Parosmia after Covid. ‘Parosmia’ is a condition where people experience unpleasant smell distortions. Today, UK’s leading […]
Today, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JFR) has found that, after April 2022, low income households will be spending roughly 18% of their income on energy bills, compared to 6% of middle-income families – after housing costs. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a charity that aims to solve poverty in the UK. They believe that this […]