Fatal road crash on the A4135 near Newington Barn
A person has died following a crash on the A4135 near Newington Barn and the Calcot Cross roads.
The smash took place on unclassified roads at 5.50am this morning near the junction with the A433 and Tetbury Rugby Club.
The road is currently closed to drivers after the Hunter’s Hall pub and motorists are being diverted via Newington Barn.
The A46 remains unaffected.
A police spokesman confirmed two vehicles were involved in the smash.
A male driver of a white fleet transit van, registered to…

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Free parking a racing certainty
All public car parks will be free in Cheltenham after 1pm during next week’s National Hunt Festival in a bid to encourage shoppers.Cheltenham Borough Council is making all its car parks free in the afternoon between Monday and Friday.Free parking will be available at Bath Parade, Cheltenham Walk, Commercial Street, North Place, Regent Arcade, Royal Well, Sandford Lido, Sherborne Place and Town Centre East. Motorists, on average, will save around £3 per day on parking.The council’s Mike…
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Dawlish railway to reopen 2 weeks earlier than planned
The railway line at Dawlish in Devon, badly damaged when the sea wall was breached in the recent storms, is to reopen almost two weeks earlier than planned.
After first saying it hoped the coast-hugging line would be repaired around mid-March, Network Rail (NR) put back the proposed reopening date to mid-April following further damage from the severe storm on St Valentine’s Day.
But NR has now been able to announce a reopening date of Friday April 4, meaning the line, a key link to the far south…

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