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Your Chance to Lead the Way for Butterflies and Moths
Leading wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is calling on nature enthusiasts across the UK to design a brilliant banner which will have pride of place at the upcoming Restore Nature Now march. The winning design will be printed and held aloft at the head of the...
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โRugby is a dying sport.โ Iโve heard this repeatedly over the last few years and the evidence is there, from Premiership clubs going bust to a noticeable reduction in player numbers, especially among 2nd and 3rdย teams across club sides nationally. The ever growing...
The Hills are Calling!
Wottonโs very own walking festival returns for its 7thย annual event this June. Last yearโs event was the most popular yet and this year the festival committee have been working hard to offer an even greater variety of walks that showcase the wonderful walking...
Stroud District Council elections: Greens react to becoming biggest party
The Greens are delighted to have become the biggest party on Stroud District Council, with a record number of councillors. The party now has 22 seats on Stroud District Council (up from 14),ย winning nine newย seats andย holdingย 13 existing seats. Cllr Catherine Braun,...
Charity ready to rescue honey bee swarms
Members of the British Beekeepers' Association across the country are starting to collect swarms of honey bees as the beekeeping season gets underway. Thousands of beekeepers become volunteer swarm collectors from now until about the end of July to rescue honey bees...
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In February 1994 a lease was signed for the creation of the Wotton-under-Edge Heritage Centre in the Chipping. George Carpenter (Historical Society-the tenant), John Cordwell (Wotton Town Trust-the landlord) supported by Vernon Jotcham (surety), signed the lease that...
Mayorโs Article โ May 2024
ALL CHANGE FOR WOTTON! It is all change for Wotton with the local elections on May 2nd 2024. By the time you read this, we will know the District Councillors who will be representing residents and businesses of Wotton. Wotton needs you! Due to the number of...
A SWIFT ENTRANCE – coming soon!
Article by Mark Pascoe Sometimes the three heralds of summer - the swallow, house martin and swift - can be mistaken in the skies above us. Each has its own identity, its own place. Swallows have the long, forked tail, build mud nests in barns, skim fields for insects...
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Keep the Piece By Maria Little in support of Wotton Community Land Trust. Who cares who owns the piece of land that once belonged to Brown, used daily by a few of us to get up into town? It is a sort of short cut along a muddy track, beside the stream and up...