Police launch urgent search for missing girl, 13, who vanished after leaving a home in Gloucestershire Jessica Partridge, from Cinderford, Gloucestershire, reported missing today She was last seen at a property a property in Hollydean at 10.30pm yesterday Described as being white and 5ft 5ins tall with dark brown shoulder length hair By Lydia Catling … Read more
Police have found two bodies hidden in a house in the hunt for a missing 25-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter. Officers found human remains concealed in a home in Dundee during the search for Bennylyn Burke and Jellica. The mother and her two children were reported missing from their south Gloucestershire home on March … Read more
A museum for our times: The world’s first vaccination hub is in line to become a must-see attraction Vaccination was invented at Dr Jenner’s House in Berkeley some 200 years ago Well-wishers have sent donations to help save the little-known country museum It hopes to re-open in June and is set to be a must-see post-lockdown … Read more
Four more cases of the Brazilian coronavirus variant have been spotted in the UK, Public Health England revealed today. The strain, known as P.1, was picked up in three patients in South Gloucestershire who were all close contacts or family members of two existing cases in the area. Another person tested positive for the variant in … Read more
PHE spots FOUR more cases of Brazil Covid variant in South Gloucestershire and Yorkshire and detects ANOTHER mutant strain ‘from Antigua’ in the South East P.1 strain picked up in three people in South Gloucestershire and one in Bradford Latest cases bring the total number of Brazilian variant cases in the UK to ten Antigua … Read more
A family who had a meteorite land outside their Cotswolds home said they thought someone had emptied a barbeque onto their drive when they saw the rocks. Hannah Wilcock, 25, and her parents Rob and Cathryn were astounded to learn that the ‘lumps of coal’ they had heard thud onto their drive on the night of February … Read more
Chunks of a meteorite which caused an enormous fireball in the skies above south-west England last month have been recovered by scientists. The largest is a 300g (10.5oz) lump which was found on a private driveway in the sleepy village of Winchcombe in the Cotswolds after being snared by Earth’s orbit. Other, smaller pieces were also … Read more
Man, 50, is arrested in Dundee over disappearance of woman and two children from Gloucestershire Bennlyn Burke, 25, and two children were reported missing on March 1 Ms Burke, from South Gloucestershire, was last seen in Bristol on February 17 A 50-year-old man has been arrested and inquiries are ongoing, say police By Gemma Parry … Read more
England’s Covid vaccine postcode lottery was laid bare again today by damning statistics that revealed parts of the nation have jabbed five times as many over-65s as others. NHS England figures show 93.6 per cent of all over-65s had received their first dose by February 28 — the most recent day local inoculation data is available for. … Read more
Prince Charles and Camilla put safety first as they donned face masks and goggles as they visited the Vaccination Centre at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital today. The Duchess of Cornwall, 73, put on a stylish display in a blue and red tartan coat featuring a faux fur collar, and completed her outfit with knee high black … Read more