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Cheltenham

A group of people are gathered around a wooden table in a a café area. The table is decorated with bright, fresh flowers and plates of cookies, suggesting a friendly, social gathering. In the background, shelves hold neatly arranged cups and saucers, and colourful banners celebrating Pride Month hang from the ceiling. The people are engaged in conversation, with the minister, who is listening intently.

Minister quizzed on welfare reforms during visit

Students and staff question Stephen Timms about the government's proposed changes to benefits.

Gloucestershire

A man in a blue shirt and jeans is standing on a stage with a sign that reads "Happy Pride" in the background.

Pride events in smaller towns 'help beat isolation'

The chair of a Pride group says reaching out to LGBTQ+ people in rural areas is really important.

Gloucestershire

Floral tributes to the boy who died. Included is a red balloon which reads "you're my super hero".

Boy, 2, dies after fall from three-storey property

Police say members of the public tried to help the boy, who died in hospital later the same day.

Gloucestershire

A white building with a number of windows and a black door. Two signs are on the wall, one reads Domaine 16 cheese and wine bar and the other says D16.

Restaurant to close as making money 'is impossible'

Residents are asked to support local businesses after a French restaurant announced its closure.

Gloucestershire

Marianne Ward wearing a light green jumper, she has curly hair and is smiling.

'I'm donating my eggs to help other families'

A woman who donated her eggs said she wants to give other people the chance to have children.

Gloucestershire

The inside of a theatre, showing the stage. There are red seats at the front. On the stage is a table and chairs. Several lights shine into shot.

Hope for community theatre after £50,000 raised

Cheltenham Playhouse's trustees say the troubled 180-seat theatre's fortunes are now improving.

Gloucestershire

A view of M5 J10 from above showing fields around the side and the roads leading to it

Businesses welcome changes to motorway junction

Junction 10 in Gloucestershire is being upgraded to having full access in both directions.

Gloucestershire

A red athletics track curving around the corner of an outdoor stadium. There are blue and red plastic seats in the foreground, and a rugby post in the distance.

Council told athletics track 'unfit for purpose'

An athletics team says young runners are at risk of injury on the track.

Gloucestershire

A side by side image of the tram being used and how it looks now. The image on the right is the tram going up Leckhampton Hill. It's got trees on either side and the number 21 blazoned on the it's front. The top deck has advertising boards saying 'drakes'

Opportunity to give town's last tram a new life

Tram 21 operated in Cheltenham 100 years ago but has been "languishing" in storage since 1992.

Gloucestershire