News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
Welcome along to Tuesday’s live blog where we will be keeping you right up to date with all the goings ons surrounding the world of sport in the Gloucestershire area! Today we will be premiering Forest Green Rovers blockbuster League Two clash with Wrexham tonight, Cheltenham Town’s League One match-up away to Wycombe Wanderers, a […]
Welcome to Park Life Sports Live Blog which will keep you up to date with all the latest sporting news in and around Gloucestershire. Today we will react to Forest Green Rovers’ vital win over Tranmere Rovers and look ahead to their Hollywood showdown with Wrexham, a talk with Gloucestershire based Formula 3 driver and […]
Two of Cheltenham’s best rugby sides go head to head today in a local derby. The Cheltenham based Old Patesian’s RFC will host the Gloucester based Brockworth RFC at their home ground on Everest Road at 2pm. The last time these two teams met it was a bit of a one sided affair with the […]
Former Bake-Off champion Giuseppe Dell’Anno headlined an anthology of authors handing out signed copies and chatting to visitors at Hatchards’ annual Christmas Evening last night. In case you weren’t able to make it, here’s a brief catch-up on the authors present at the night, including their most recent works. Giuseppe Dell’Anno A name that will […]
The public are being asked to join the fight against poaching in the Forest of Dean. Police want to hear from anyone in the area who sees or hears any suspicious activity such as gunshots. This comes just days after Gloucestershire farmer, Rob Jenkins, discovered that a number of cows had been butchered on his […]
Having the topic of violence against women being openly discussed in mainstream news opens up a whole can of worms containing initiatives and acronyms that most of us have never heard of before. One of those is the Purple flag scheme The Purple Flag Scheme is similar to the Green Flag award you might find […]
“If they know what they are voting for, they might start questioning it. And you wonder why we are in such a sh*thole”. That was the verdict of Britain’s only Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, in conversation with veteran environmental campaigner Jonathan Porritt. The Cheltenham Green Party hosted Ms Lucas at the Parabola Arts Centre, […]
Schools in Cheltenham are trying to encourage more girls to take an interest in computer science. Only 21% of people taking the subject at a GCSE level are women, according to the Joint Council for Qualifications. Not only is that a surprising gender gap, but the gap has been widening consistently over the past decade, […]
November 17, 2023 – Rose Cooper Climate change has delayed the return of winter for Slimbridge – as the area’s famous Bewick swans demonstrated in their late flight home. The Bewick swans who migrate every year to Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) finally flew in yesterday – albeit much later than usual. Their arrival […]
Cheltenham’s Craft Festival has returned for 2023, the town hall decorated in beautiful ornate creations once again. The elegance that is already present in the main foyer is magnified with Christmas decorations and beautiful fairy lights strung around the room. Despite the fair having only just opened it was bustling with people buying tickets […]