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In pictures: Thousands attend annual Gloucestershire cheese-rolling contest

A German YouTuber and local Guinness World Record holder battled it out as they chased the 7lb double Gloucester wheel

Evening Standard

Mature cheese-roller beaten by young, YouTubing upstart

Tom Kopke from Germany out-tumbles local hero Chris Anderson on a meltingly hot day in Gloucestershire

The Guardian - UK

German YouTuber beats world record-holder in chaotic cheese rolling race

Tom Kopke, 24 edged out Guinness World Record holder Chris Anderson in the Gloucestershire contest

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German YouTuber pips local man to win Gloucestershire cheese-rolling contest

Tom Kopke’s tip for winning the contest: ‘Stay on your feet as long as possible’.

Evening Standard

Woman kept in ‘Dickensian’ servitude for 25 years speaks out as abuser jailed

Amanda Wixon, 56, sentenced to 13 years for keeping victim imprisoned at home in Gloucestershire since 1990s

The Guardian - UK

Authorities are using deep-sea tech to try find the sunken fishing boat off Massachusetts

A coalition of authorities is deploying technology to try to locate the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last month off Massachusetts, killing all seven aboard

The Independent UK

Coast Guard identifies victims and begins investigating fishing boat's sinking that killed 7

U.S. Coast Guard officials say they have launched a formal investigation into the sinking of a commercial fishing vessel off Gloucester, Massachusetts, that resulted in seven deaths

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Coast Guard suspends search for survivors of fishing boat carrying seven people that capsized off Massachusetts

The Coast Guard said freezing conditions and rough seas made the nighttime search extremely difficult

The Independent UK

Coast Guard launches search for missing fishing boat off Massachusetts coast

The 72-foot Lily Jean issued an alert early on Friday morning, approximately 25 miles off the port of Gloucester.

The Independent UK

Gloucestershire woman and two children killed in Boxing Day house fire

Children’s father tried to break into bedroom from outside to rescue them but was beaten back by flames

The Guardian - UK

Son of former England captain Stuart Pearce dies after tractor crash

Harley Pearce, from Marlborough in Wiltshire, died at the scene of the crash on the A417 Old Birdlip Hill in Witcombe, Gloucester, police said.

The Independent UK

Son of ex-England player Stuart Pearce dies after tractor crash

Harley Pearce, from Marlborough in Wiltshire, died at the scene of the crash on the A417 Old Birdlip Hill in Witcombe, Gloucester, police said.

Evening Standard

Police investigation launched after swan believed to have been strangled

The swan was found dead in Gloucester on September 13.

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Black warehouse worker wins £3,000 payout over colleague’s ‘slave’ graffito

Seedy Fofana sought £500,000 compensation over graffito that colleague in Gloucester did not mean as racial slur

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Britain must hold Israel to account for settler violence in the West Bank

Letters: Guli Francis-Dehqani, Rachel Treweek, Graham Usher, Christopher Chessun, the bishops of Chelmsford, Gloucester, Norwich and Southwark, say the UK government has a legal and moral duty to act

The Guardian - UK

David Lawrence obituary

Gloucestershire fast bowler who was the first British-born black cricketer to play for England

The Independent UK

‘Syd’ Lawrence: England trailblazer who rocked and rumbled for Gloucestershire

The former fast bowler, England’s first British-born black player, has died aged 61 after battling motor neurone disease

The Guardian - UK

‘Try to stay on your feet’: Cheese-rolling champion reveals secrets to his success

Chris Anderson, who has won Gloucestershire event 23 times, says newcomers need to be brave and devise a plan

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Evening Standard

Man arrested after three people injured in Gloucester stabbing

A man has been arrested and is also being treated in hospital for injuries, police said.

The Independent UK

Watch daredevils risk Gloucestershire cheese rolling race as German YouTuber retains title

Daredevils have thrown themselves down a steep hill in the annual death-defying Gloucestershire cheese rolling race.

The Independent UK

Gloucestershire cheese rolling race won again by German YouTuber Tom Kopke

This year’s race was even more dangerous than usual because recent dry weather made the track harder.

The Guardian - UK

Gloucester ranked best motorway service station in Great Britain

Evening Standard

Residential street flooded as burst main shoots 100ft jet of water into the air

Some properties in Sneedhams Green in Matson, Gloucester, were left without supplies.

Evening Standard

Netflix documentary on Fred and Rose West to feature ‘unseen police video’

The couple tortured, raped and murdered an unknown number of women between 1967 and 1987, most at their home in Cromwell Street, Gloucester.

Evening Standard

Sir Ed Davey rides rubber ring to highlight pothole problem

Sir Ed called out the years of neglect of roads and highways during a local election visit to Gloucestershire

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