Crews from Swindon and Westlea were called just before 5pm to the vehicle on the hard shoulder of the motorway west bound between junction 16 for Swindon West/Marlborough and 17 .

The town council’s grants budget will increase by A 400 to a total of A 3,000 in 2017/18. The applications for grant aid will be considered where the aims demonstrate an economic, social or environmental benefit to the community.

An unknown offender sneaked into the area behind Cirencester Parish Church, where four homeless rough sleepers stayed, shortly before 10.30pm on Tuesday, February 7 and set fire to one of the three tents at the site. One tent was burnt down and another was damaged, according to Christian missionary group Cirencester Signpost, who looked after the rough sleepers after the incident.

AN APPEAL hearing on the refusal of 88 new homes in Siddington, decided in summer last year, will be taking place this month. The planning application for 88 houses on the land south of Love Lane, Cirencester, by Siddington Primary School, next to the proposed Chesterton development, was unanimously refused by Cotswold District Council ‘s planning committee last year on August 10. An inquiry, estimated to last for four days, will begin on February 28 at 10am.

NOTHING says Christmas like saints and babies – and staff at Pebley Beach in Cirencester are enjoying both, thanks to service manager Chris Maidment. This month, Chris and his wife Gemma welcomed baby Daisy – a sister for seven-year-old Olivia – into the world.