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Public toilets across the Cotswolds set to reopen
28/05/2020
Cotswold District Council has announced the reopening of its 15 public toilet sites.
As the country slowly begins to take steps to move out of lockdown more of us are beginning to travel a little further from home.
Meetings resume online for Cotswold District Council
28/05/2020
Cotswold District Council is set to resume committee meetings online as members and the public remain in lockdown.
Council members and officers have been using video conferencing for internal meetings but today's Overview and Scrutiny meeting will be the first formal committee to be run using online video conferencing.
Key decisions at the council are taken in public meetings but such meetings do not currently meet social distancing guidelines. Moving meetings online allows meetings to take place publicly but safely.
The council will be holding the following meetings virtually over the coming weeks:
- Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Thursday 28 May 2020 at 4pm
- Cabinet on Monday 1 June 2020 at 6pm
- Council on Wednesday 3 June 2020 at 2pm
- Planning and Licensing Committee on Wednesday 10 June 2020 at 10am
Members of the public will be able to follow the proceedings through a broadcast on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/CotswoldDC/live
You do not need a Facebook account to access this.
Councillor Joe Harris, Leader of Cotswold District Council, said: “Both staff and councillors have continued to support the delivery of services during lockdown. But a key part of the work remains decision making which largely happens formally in our committees, so I am delighted that we’re able to resume meetings in a way that meets social distancing guidelines.
“For the next few meetings that means socially distanced democracy with meetings conducted online and streamed. I look forward to having meetings in person as guidance develops. “
Councillor Stephen Andrews, chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, said: “It is important for local democracy to get council meetings operating in a way that is as close to ‘normal’ as possible.
“Whilst we have not worked in this way before and these early meetings will be a challenge for those taking part in them, it is something that we must do so that there can be scrutiny of decisions made by the council both internally and by the public.”
Cotswold Show and Food Festival cancelled
28/05/2020
The Cotswold Show and Food Festival, one of the Cotswolds’ much loved summer events, has announced it has cancelled this year’s show due to Covid-19.
The show was due to have taken place at Cirencester Park on Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12.
Cotswold hotel launches Coronavirus frontline fundraising competition
19/05/2020
With the hospitality industry currently feeling the effects of the global Coronavirus outbreak, a luxury Cirencester hotel, the Kings Head, is remaining positive and encouraging the public to look to the future by announcing a nationwide, raffle-style competition dedicated to raising funds for four deserving organisations at the frontline of the crisis.
Council grant to support vital services in the North Cotswolds
07/05/2020
Cotswold Friends will receive £10,000 in grant funding to support the continued delivery of essential services for the most vulnerable in the district.
Cotswold District Council has approved the grant as part of its Community Resilience Fund to support the voluntary sector in helping local communities through the current pandemic.
Cotswold District Council has approved the grant as part of its Community Resilience Fund to support the voluntary sector in helping local communities through the current pandemic.
Gloucestershire Masons steer £5,000 to Stroud Women’s Refuge
06/05/2020
One of the most disappointing consequences of the coronavirus lockdown has been the increase in incidence of domestic violence.
In a show of support for the Stroud Beresford Women's Refuge, an immediate donation of £5,000 has been awarded by the Masonic Charitable Foundation as a direct consequence of a request from Tim Henderson-Ross, the Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire.
Whilst individual lodges around Gloucestershire continue to make local donations to the needy and vulnerable during this appalling pandemic, at a national level, the Masonic Charitable Foundation has allotted an additional £100,000 to this region as an emergency structure, to support those directly or indirectly affected by Covid-19 virus.
In a show of support for the Stroud Beresford Women's Refuge, an immediate donation of £5,000 has been awarded by the Masonic Charitable Foundation as a direct consequence of a request from Tim Henderson-Ross, the Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire.
Whilst individual lodges around Gloucestershire continue to make local donations to the needy and vulnerable during this appalling pandemic, at a national level, the Masonic Charitable Foundation has allotted an additional £100,000 to this region as an emergency structure, to support those directly or indirectly affected by Covid-19 virus.
Bibury Antiques Fair to be held online during lockdown
02/05/2020
The Bibury Antiques Fair, which is usually held at the Bibury Village Hall, Bibury, Gloucestershire, every month from April to November is to continue online under an initiative announced by Iain Brunt, founder of www.antiques.co.uk.
Rather than postpone the fair until the present COVID-19 lockdown is over, the fair will be selling antiques, decorative and vintage items at www.antiques.co.uk/seller/4448/Bibury-Antiques-Fair
'Wartime in the Cotswolds': The show must go on!
23/04/2020
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) is, after all, running its highly popular ‘Wartime in the Cotswolds’ this weekend 25th and 26th April. The show was previously cancelled due to the coronavirus but a virtual event is now being shown live on Facebook and YouTube instead!
Superdry donates PPE supplies to county’s care workers
23/04/2020
Around 300,000 items of personal protective equipment (PPE) will be distributed to staff working in care homes, as well as in people’s homes, thanks to a donation by Cheltenham-based clothing company Superdry.
Gloucestershire’s community help hub gains over 2,000 volunteers in the first week
01/04/2020
Gloucestershire councils have pulled together to get support to those who are most in need. Residents, charities and businesses have come forward in incredible numbers with over 2,000 already signed up to support.
The hub is supported by Gloucestershire County Council who gather requests for support, review the data and pass it to the relevant district, borough or city council. They will then match the volunteers with requests for support to ensure people get what they need as quickly as possible.
Air Tattoo cancelled by coronavirus crisis
23/03/2020
The Royal International Air Tattoo, due to take place at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds this summer, has been cancelled.
A statement from the Tattoo organisers said: "It is with enormous regret and disappointment that we have to announce the cancellation of this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo, due to take place from 17 to 19 July, as a result of the challenging and unprecedented environment presented by COVID-19.
A statement from the Tattoo organisers said: "It is with enormous regret and disappointment that we have to announce the cancellation of this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo, due to take place from 17 to 19 July, as a result of the challenging and unprecedented environment presented by COVID-19.
Sir Michael Morpurgo issues plea to save Cotswold theatre
23/03/2020
Sir Michael Morpurgo, the internationally bestselling author of War Horse and Private Peaceful, has issued a letter to supporters of the Barn Theatre in Cirencester, pleading for support as the theatre launches its Save Our Barn campaign.
Last Wednesday, the Barn Theatre announced that their production of Patrick Barlow’s Ben Hur, and all future performances including the world premiere of Vicki Berwick’s stage adaptation of Morpurgo’s The Mozart Question, would be postponed until further notice due to the Government guidelines around Covid-19 and in response to the Prime Minister’s statement.
Last Wednesday, the Barn Theatre announced that their production of Patrick Barlow’s Ben Hur, and all future performances including the world premiere of Vicki Berwick’s stage adaptation of Morpurgo’s The Mozart Question, would be postponed until further notice due to the Government guidelines around Covid-19 and in response to the Prime Minister’s statement.
Bistro's 'Nightingale Night' to boost local charity
06/03/2020
Staff at Da Luigi Bistro in Chipping Campden will don nurses’ tunics for a Nightingale Night of great Italian food and entertainment on 12th May – the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
More legends added to Cornbury Music Festival line-up
06/03/2020
The Cotswolds' much-loved Cornbury Music Festival has announced Irish singer-songwriter and all-round superstar Ronan Keating and legendary US troubadours America to head its Sunday night line-up.
Cotswold resident infected with coronavirus
29/02/2020
A case of coronavirus has been confirmed in the Cotswolds.
Debra Lapthorne, centre director for Public Health England South West, said today (Saturday): “Public Health England is contacting people who had close contact with one of the latest confirmed cases of COVID-19. The case is a resident from the Cotswolds area and became infected whilst in Northern Italy.
Debra Lapthorne, centre director for Public Health England South West, said today (Saturday): “Public Health England is contacting people who had close contact with one of the latest confirmed cases of COVID-19. The case is a resident from the Cotswolds area and became infected whilst in Northern Italy.
There’s a first time for everything at St Jude’s Meadow
26/02/2020
The first residents to move in at a luxury housing development in the Cotswolds have bought ‘new’ for the very first time in their homeowning history.
Eleanor French and her husband Jim Collinson moved into their brand new three-bedroom Wyatt home at St Jude’s Meadow in Milton-under-Wychwood at the end of 2019, having previously only lived in older, second-hand properties across Oxfordshire.
Eleanor French and her husband Jim Collinson moved into their brand new three-bedroom Wyatt home at St Jude’s Meadow in Milton-under-Wychwood at the end of 2019, having previously only lived in older, second-hand properties across Oxfordshire.
Bibury the most 'Instagrammable' village in UK
20/02/2020
The Cotswold village of Bibury has been revealed as being amongst the most 'Instagrammable' villages in the world.
The picturesque village, which attracts visitors from all over the world, was rated the most Instagrammable village in the UK with over 78,000 hashtags in a new survey.
The picturesque village, which attracts visitors from all over the world, was rated the most Instagrammable village in the UK with over 78,000 hashtags in a new survey.
Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature returns to Bloxham
14/02/2020
The Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature 2020, the popular literary festival with a theological twist, will take place from 21-22 February at Bloxham School, Oxfordshire.
Novelists, broadcasters, journalists, actors, poets, historians, theologians, artists, priests and a bishop are among the wide range of speakers taking part in this month’s festival.
Novelists, broadcasters, journalists, actors, poets, historians, theologians, artists, priests and a bishop are among the wide range of speakers taking part in this month’s festival.
Councils collaborate to enhance the Cotswolds
14/02/2020
Cotswold District Council is taking a leadership role in bringing together all 15 local authorities within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) to work together more effectively to protect and enhance this iconic landscape.
Cornbury favourites set to return for a sparkling Saturday
13/02/2020
Local boy Jack Savoretti, a festival favourite discovered at Cornbury Music Festival in his early days, now holding court on prime time TV shows, bags the Saturday, July 11, headline slot this year.
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