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Cheltenham centre-back Scot Bennett spoke fondly of the cup competition, reminiscing on previous fixtures against massive Premier League sides such as Manchester United, Manchester City, and Tottenham Hotspur, with his game last season against the Red Devils sticking out as a personal highlight. “I love the FA Cup, I’ve been lucky enough to play some […]
Gloucestershire Young Carers Charity offered the opportunity for 16 young carers to experience the world of martial arts. The event took place on Tuesday, October 29 and the young carers were taught a range of martial arts skills, including Kickboxing and karate fundamentals (striking combinations), judo demos, learning breakfalls and self defence techniques as well […]
“Some amazing memories along the way,” says Ian Howell as the ex-Cheltenham and Gloucester City player looks back on his playing days. Since his early childhood in Swindon, Howell has always been passionate about football and started his career for the Swindon Town’s Centre of Excellence and Youth Teams (COE). “I started playing at Swindon […]
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, […]