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Gloucestershire in Pictures: Spring sunshine and stadium renaming

Mark Smith
BBC News, Gloucestershire
Hamish A BBC weather watcher has taken a photograph of a single bare tree and a neatly trimmed hedgerow, which is in front of a field of grass with hills in the background and a vibrant clear blue sky.Hamish
Clear blue skies over Arlingham are a welcome sight after so many dull cloudy days

This week's round-up of pictures shows signs Spring is on its way in Gloucestershire.

And with a huge rugby game this weekend, Gloucester's famous stadium is renamed for only the second time in its history.

The four storey high Kingsholm stadium, home of Gloucester Rugby and Gloucester-Hartpury Women, has large red capital letters saying Kingsholm on the grey cladding. But a black line has been put across the first half of the word, covering Kings, and below it in a different font, is the word Queens.
Ahead of Gloucester-Hartpury playing their PWR semi final against Bristol Bears Women on Sunday, the stadium has been rebranded

On Sunday, Gloucester-Hartpury host Bristol Bears Women in their PWR semi final. To mark the occasion Kingsholm has been rebranded Queensholm, as it was two years ago when Gloucester-Hartpury beat Exeter Chiefs Women in the final which was held in this stadium.

Cotswold Farm Park A newly born lamb, with a white fleece, looks directly at the camera. Behind it is another young lamb enjoying some of the straw on the floor of their pen.Cotswold Farm Park
The first lambs have been born at Cotswold Farm Park

A sure sign Spring is on the way is the arrival of lambs. About 120 have already been born at Cotswold Farm Park, with staff expecting more than 550 by the end of April.

PA Media Princess Anne, holding a black umbrella and wearing a long light green coat with dark green details, walks with a group of people along a path through a park. PA Media
Princess Anne visited residents and business owners affected by Storm Bert

Princess Anne visited Lydney, in the Forest of Dean, this week to meet people who had been affected by Storm Bert in November 2024.

She told residents and businessowners their response to the storm, which saw about 50 homes flooded, had been "extraordinary".

Mark Cunningham, who has silver glasses and a beard, and is wearing a black denim jacket, smiles at the camera from inside the small cinema's auditorium. Behind him is the main screen welcoming people to the cinema. The screen has deep red velvet curtains around it, and on either side are orange painted walls with traditional 1950s style lamps. There is a small ornate golden statue to one side of the screen.
Mark Cunningham has celebrated 10 years since opening the Sherborne Cinema in Gloucester, which is well known for its art deco interior

There have been celebrations at the independent Sherborne Cinema in the Kingsholm area of Gloucester. Mark Cunningham bought the building and spent more than two years painting it and adding 1950s style decoration. He has been presented with a Mayor's Medal and certificate for his "outstanding service to the city".

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