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Gloucestershire: News - March 2021
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Jolene has Artytude!
30th March 2021
Congratulations to Jolene Hopkins, aged 6, from Lydney Church of England Primary School, Gloucestershire, for her fabulous, energetic picture of herself, her friend and her teacher, Mrs Cooke, able to play together for the first time in ages after schools returned. “We pretended we went ‘space...
Deadline this Wednesday for free Easter holiday activities and meal kit applications
22nd March 2021
Gloucestershire Council has secured grants worth £1.5 million to fund a programme of holiday activities and food for schoolchildren eligible for free school meals. Parents entitled to the funded activities this Easter still have until 5pm, Wednesday 24 March to apply to take part. The scheme...
Cerys and Gregory to host Cheltenham Jazz
18th March 2021
Cheltenham Jazz Festival is to supplement its online events over May Bank Holiday weekend with three nights of live concerts in July (pandemic guidelines allowing). The weekend of free-to-view events streamed on Cheltenham Festivals YouTube channel will be hosted by the festival’s artistic curator,...
Ladybird artists at heart of new programme as Museum of Gloucester announces road to return
17th March 2021
The Museum of Gloucester has announced its shop, café and the Tourist Information Centre (TIC) are to reopen on 13 April and the wider museum should welcome visitors back on 18 May, government guidance permitting. At the same time, it has announced a change to seasonal opening hours (see below)...
Giffords to contact ticket-holders as new start for ‘The Hooley’ announced
15th March 2021
The spectacular show promised by Stroud-based Giffords Circus for 2020, ‘The Hooley’, is scheduled to go ahead at last, opening 19 May 2021. The circus has announced that it is busy behind the scenes amending its tour route dates from the original schedule and plans to contact all existing...
GAME REVIEW Eldrador Creatures
12th March 2021
Problem-solving thrills in a fantastical world “Newbies” coming to Eldrador Creatures for the first time might find the step-by-step approach of this fantastical creatures game, set in four different worlds, slightly complicated compared to the immediate thrills of Minecraft or Roblox....
Work starts on new air ambulance base
4th March 2021
The Midlands Air Ambulance charity, which serves Gloucestershire and five other neighbouring counties, has started work on a new airbase and headquarters on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border which is expected to significantly benefit patients in the region. The new facility, in planning for more...