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TRADE and counter-terror-ism were at the top ofDavid Cameron's agendaon a two-day visit to In-donesia as part of a tour ofSouth East Asia this week.However there was oneissue the prime ministerwas less keen to talk about.Lindsay Sandiford, a 59-year-old grandmother fromCheltenham is still ondeath row in Indonesia'snotorious KerobokanPrison, not knowing whenshe might face the bulletfrom a ;ring squad.It’s two-and-half years

since the former legal sec-retary from the town wassentenced to death afterbeing caught smuggling4.8kg (10.6lb) of cocainefrom Bangkok to Bali.That’s about ;ve bags ofsugar of the illegal drug.She co-operated with theIndonesia police in a stingoperation leading to the ar-rest of several members ofthat gang.But at her sentencinghearing in 2013, that co-operation counted fornothing as she was giventhe death sentence.

Mr Cameron announcedhundreds of millions ofpounds worth of tradedeals with Indonesia at thesame time as a Cheltenhamcitizen faces being lined up

and shot.Sandiford's legal team,which she is struggling topay for was hoping MrCameron could exert somepressure on Indonesian

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TRADE and counter-terror-ism were at the top ofDavid Cameron's agendaon a two-day visit to In-donesia as part of a tour ofSouth East Asia this week.However there was oneissue the prime ministerwas less keen to talk about.Lindsay Sandiford, a 59-year-old grandmother fromCheltenham is still ondeath row in Indonesia'snotorious KerobokanPrison, not knowing whenshe might face the bulletfrom a ;ring squad.It’s two-and-half years

since the former legal sec-retary from the town wassentenced to death afterbeing caught smuggling4.8kg (10.6lb) of cocainefrom Bangkok to Bali.That’s about ;ve bags ofsugar of the illegal drug.She co-operated with theIndonesia police in a stingoperation leading to the ar-rest of several members ofthat gang.But at her sentencinghearing in 2013, that co-operation counted fornothing as she was giventhe death sentence.

Mr Cameron announcedhundreds of millions ofpounds worth of tradedeals with Indonesia at thesame time as a Cheltenhamcitizen faces being lined up

and shot.Sandiford's legal team,which she is struggling topay for was hoping MrCameron could exert somepressure on Indonesian

President Joko Widodo.So far this year Indonesiahas executed 12 foreignersfor drugs offences.Perhaps the highest pro-

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Ble of them were two Aus-tralians Andrew Chan andMyuran Sukumaran, the ring-leaders of the Bali Nine drugring.They were executed in April

after being caught trying tosmuggling 8.3kg (18.2lb) ofheroin from Bali to Australia inin 2005.In their case the Australian

government was publicly criti-cal of Indonesia in an effort toget Jakarta to reverse the sen-tences.Australian ministers even

threatened to cut off foreignaid and even that didn't work.Indonesia did not appear to

like being told what to do.And the death penalty for

drugs offences has broad pub-lic support in Indonesia.“Take one life to save the

lives of many,” one Indone-sianman. “Drugs ruin people'slives.”And there can be no doubt

that smuggling drugs in In-donesia, a country whoseharsh treatment of drug of-fenders is well known, is a verystupid thing to do.In the run-up to the execu-

tion of Chan and Sukumaranthere were large public demon-strations in support of the In-donesian government.The death penalty is a vote-

winner there hence the reasonwhy Mr Cameron is likely totry to avoid talking publiclyabout Sandiford's case.So despite Mr Cameron's

visit, Sandiford's fate remainsvery much uncertain.For more than two-and-a-

half years, she has sat on deathrow, not knowing how manydays, weeks, months or yearsshe has left before the Bringsquad lines up and takes aim.

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A CAMPAIGN set up to savebuffet cars on First GreatWest-ern (FGW) trains as disputetalks continue.Services between London,

theWest of England andWaleswere affected earlier thismonth by a 48-hour strike.One of the proposed

changes is to replace buffetcars with an “upgraded trolleyservice”.The #savethebuffet Face-

book group was set up by SteveBlair who said he would missthe social element of the buf-fet.FGW spokesman Dan Panes

said current trains offered ei-ther a buffet car or smaller,more limited service with ami-crowave.He said new Hitachi trains

would have one or twokitchens for hot and cold foodon journeys over an hour.The changes are set to

affect services betweenPaddington and Wales, andPaddington and the NorthCotswolds, when 110 new

trains are brought in.Mr Blair, from Didcot, Ox-

fordshire, has been a com-muter for eight years and hasgained more than 2,000 fol-lowers for the campaign on-line.He said buffet cars were “a

way of networking with peo-ple, a real way to make newfriends and acquaintances”.Mr Panes said buffet cars

took up the space of 50 seats.Subject to union agreement,he said passengers may be ableto order from their seats.“We also want to upgrade

the trolley signiBcantly with

areas to keep hot food hot andcold food cold, and with freshcoffee machines,” he said.He added there would be no

job losses and at least 100 newroles created as a result of thechanges.The Brst Hitachi trains will

run on the Great Westernmain line from 2017 and theEast Coast main line from2018.The new trains are being in-

troduced under the IntercityExpress Programme (IEP) onroutes between LondonPaddington and Oxford, Bris-tol and South Wales.

A BIG difference will be soon no-ticed on the drinks aisles of Tescosin September as the supermarketgiant has announced it will beaxing some of the best-selling chil-dren's drinks brands.The move comes in a bid to

tackle childhood obesity, accordingto a new report.

Tesco has re-vealed it is goingto stop selling arange of sugarysoft drinks in-cluding Capri-Sun and several

varieties of Ribena, which is madeat the Lucozade Ribena Suntory fac-tory, in Coleford, Gloucestershire.Also on the list of products to be

ditched are kids' lunchbox versionsof Rubicon juice drinks as well asJucee drinks.The ban will come into effect on

September 7, for back to schoolMonday, with the drinks either re-placed by no-added-sugar alterna-tives or Tesco no-added-sugarown-label products.The sugar crackdown has been

welcomed by health campaignerswho challenged other supermarketsto follow Tesco's lead.

Sugary drinks offthe shelf at Tesco

ORGANISERS of Paws in the Park2015 are inviting dogs and theirfamilies to join in the fun for thetwelfth year in the event’s history.The event will take place on Sun-

day 2 August in Pittville Park from11am.Hosted by Cheltenham Borough

Council with support from AnimalMagic, Cheltenham Animal Shelterand Lazy Storm, Paws in the Parkhas become increasingly popularwith families who want to includetheir four-legged friends in a familyday out.For more information please visit

www.cheltenham.gov.uk/pawsinthepark or visit the Paws in the ParkFacebook page.

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MONTPELLIER Gardens,Hatherley Park, NauntonPark and SpringGelds Parkare amongst the best in thecountry – and that’s ofGcial.All four parks have re-

tained their Green Flag sta-tus which shows to visitorsthat they are well main-tained and well managed,with excellent facilities.The judging took place in

June and the results were an-nounced on 23 July. Toachieve the status of a GreenFlag, the judges score eachpark under key areas whichinclude: a welcoming place;clean and well maintained;sustainability; conservationand heritage; and commu-nity involvement.On top of this Hatherley

Park was also nominated forthe Bees Needs ‘Championof Champions’ Awards.These awards form part ofthe Green Flag awards for2015 for recognition of ef-forts to help save the endan-gered bee population. This isthe Grst time Hatherely Park

has been nominated for thisaward with 25 other organi-sations also nominated.Janice Peacey, community

ranger, said: “We are ab-solutely thrilled to retain ourgreen Hag award for the fourparks and gardens from KeepBritain Tidy. We’re delightedthat our residents are able tobeneGt from green space ofthe very highest quality.We’re also pleased thatHatherley Park was nomi-nated for the Bees Needs‘Champion of Champions’Awards. Although we didnot win this time it is stillgreat to be nominated along

with the 25 other organisa-tions.”Councillor Chris Cole-

man, cabinet member forclean and green environ-ment, added: “This awardrepresents the hard workand dedication of councilstaff, volunteers, communitygroups and local residents.These parks are fantasticplaces to enjoy and I’m verypleased that we have re-tained the Green Flag statusfor them.”For more information on

the Green Flag Awards visitthe website www.greenHa-gaward.org.uk.

Cheltenham Dad to swim AtlanticA LOCAL man who plans toswim 2,000 miles across theAtlantic Ocean spoke for the

Grst time yesterday - aboutdrowning as a child.Ben Hooper, one of the

world’s best endurance ath-letes, ‘died’ after sinking tothe bottom of a swimmingpool in Belgium aged Gve.He was dragged out and

resuscitated on the side ofthe pool by lifeguards whilestunned teachers looked on.Despite having turned

blue and not breathing forminutes, Ben went on tomake a miraculous full re-covery.He said November’s epic

Swim the Big Blue expedi-tion between Africa to Brazilis his chance to “lay the

demons of my childhood torest once and for all.”The father-of-one said: “I

know drowning would makemost people more afraid ofwater but for me it simplyinspired me to become a bet-ter swimmer.“Although it was a scary

experience at the time, I’mgrateful for it as it focusedmy mind as to what I reallywanted to achieve in life.“My moto is dream, live

and achieve – nothing is im-possible, no matter whathurdles are in your way.”

Cheltenham’s parks amongst the best inthe country

HUNDREDS of familiesheaded to The Brewerylast week to attend TheGreat Pirate and Fairy FunDay.Children enjoyed the

pirate and fairy entertain-ers, arts and crafts with ArtPlayground, treasurehunting, face paintingand a bouncy castlethroughout the day. Hun-dreds of Inside Out good-ies were also being handedout courtesy of DisneyPixar. Heaps of kids joined

in the fun by dressing upas their favourite pirate orfairy, with the best dressedwinning an exciting prize!The event was in associa-tion with Linc and to raiseawareness for their GreatPirate and Fairy fun runwhich is taking place 9thAugust.For more information

about The Brewery’s fabfree events every Thursdaythroughout the summervisit www.thebrewerychel-tenham.co.uk

Pirates and Fairies Fun Day

CONCERNS have been raisedafter The Wilson Art Galleryand Museum ran up utilitybills more than £50,000higher than expected lastyear.The recently refurbished

art gallery and museum hadalready budgeted £14,000 forgas and £23,000 for electric-ity last year, but the Gnal bills

have come in at nearly dou-ble for gas, at £27,000, andnearly three-times as high forelectricity, at £63,000. Thetotal utility bill of £90,244 isnearly £53,000 higher thananticipated.Cllr Tim Harman, opposi-

tion Conservative groupleader, said, “This is a stag-gering overspend of taxpay-

ers' money, despite the coun-cil supposedly installing ex-pensive energy efGcientmeasures as part of the recentrefurbishment.”“Worryingly, these huge

gas and electricity costs couldhave been happening eversince The Wilson reopenednearly two years ago, seem-ingly without anybody ques-

tioning them until now.”“To make matters worse,

no-one seems to know ex-actly what is causing theseproblems, how long it mighttake to resolve, or howmuchit might end up costing.”

Art Gallery gushing money... AGAIN

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WITH thanks to an ideafrom a member of staff atCobalt and the collabora-tion of several key parties inCheltenham, the frontlawn of Thirlestaine BreastCentre in Cheltenham is infull bloom as a wildNowermeadow and provides awelcome, uplifting sight forpatients.The idea was the brain-

child of Zena Giles, theLegacy OfMcer for Cobalt,who are situated oppositeto the Breast Centre onThirlestaine Road.Zena went for a personal

visit for breast screening inAutumn 2014. She said “Atthat time the front groundslooked like they neededbrightening up and an ideabegan to germinate. CobaltHouse from which theBreast Centre operates, ac-tually belongs to Cobalt so Igained permission to ap-proach Cheltenham Bor-ough Council, to ask if they

might consider includingthe front gardens thereamongst their WildNowerMeadow planting schemearound Cheltenham for2015, as a charitable ges-ture’“I spoke to Janice Peacey

from the Green Space De-velopment team, a commu-nity ranger at the councilwith a particular responsi-bility for the urban mead-ows project. She loved theidea and between us we feltsure we could get agree-ment from the various par-ties and make this work.”“Janice established a cost,

considering wildNower seedselections, the manpower

to undertake preparation ofthe sight and sewing of theseeds. I contacted man-agers at Thirlestaine BreastCentre and GloucestershireHospitals NHS FoundationTrust to gain their supportof the scheme, to addresssubsequentmaintenance is-sues and to get the greenlight!”Ubico who are sub-con-

tracted by Cheltenham Bor-ough Council have agreedto undertake work neededas a charitable gesture, in-cluding preparing the areaon the front lawn ofThirlestaine Breast Centre.Cheltenham Borough

Council deMned the pro-posed area and sowed theseeds. Thanks to Janice’shuge input, they alsoagreed to supply the wild-Nower seeds, choosing onethat included a base of lotsof pink to reNect breast can-cer also blue Nowers as inthe colour Cobalt.

NO-ONE has emerged withany credit from the way theCheltenham Transport Planhas been handled.That’s the plan that will

see changes to Cheltenham’sone-way system and the trialclosure of Boots Corner.Delays, political in-Mght-

ing, bitter accusations bothinside and outside the coun-cil chamber have been atbest embarrassing, at worstvindictive.But one thing is for cer-

tain. It is vital for Chel-tenham’s retail future that

the option of creating apedestrianised shoppingcentre in the town centre re-mains a real possibility.When county highways

ofMcials suddenly proposedlast month that the BootsCorner closure should beshelved, retailers and otherbusinesses in Cheltenhamwere at Mrst bafNed – andthen furious.Yes, there had been con-

cerns about the impact ofthe closure on roads else-where in the town, but thepublic consultation had

come out in favour of itgoing ahead. Suddenly, thispublic view was to be ig-nored.Businesses in the town

saw the closure of Boots Cor-ner as crucial to Mnally unit-ing the High Street.Millions are being spent

on The Brewery redevelop-ment and household nameslike Patisserie Valerie andPandora have alreadymovedin to an area that had previ-ously struggled to attractnew tenants.Boots Corner is a physical

barrier to a joined-up Chel-tenham town centre.It is absolutely right that

closing the area to trafMc willinitially be done on a trialbasis. That way, if it damagestrafMc Nows elsewhere therecan be a rethink.But the current one-way

system is chaotic. Surely, no-body really thought thingsshould stay as they are?

“WE would never ask cus-tomers to hand over moneyor give a card payment ontheir doorstep. Never letanyone into your homewithout checking theiridentiMcation Mrst,” com-mented Grace Marren fromSevern Trent Water.That was the advice from

the water company, whohas received reports fromcustomers that conmen aretrying new ways to get ac-cess to their homes and takemoney off them.Recent cases include a

conman knocking on doorsin Tewkesbury, Gloucester-shire, and telling homeown-ers that he needed to takepayment for an outstandingwater bill, the conman evenhad a card machine. An-other case involved a cus-tomer being asked to pay afee to reconnect their watersupply.Grace explained: “We

can’t stress enough how im-portant it is for our cus-tomers to check the identityof the person knocking thedoor. It doesn’t matter howwell dressed they are, whatequipment they’re carryingor how convincing they

look, we would never askour customers to hand overmoney at the door. The veryfact that they had a cardmachine is worrying. Like-wise we’d never try to getaccess to our customers’homes to Mx pipes or Mt me-ters without organising anappointment Mrst.“If someone knocks your

door claiming to be fromSevern Trent, ‘the watercompany’ or ‘the waterboard’, tell them to wait orask them to call back andcall us straight away on0345 604 1655 to check thecredibility of the person call-ing. No matter what timewe’ll be there, this numberis manned 24 hours a day,seven days a week. Our em-ployees fully expect you tocheck their identity, with acard or a call and they willwait while you carry out thenecessary checks.”The water company said

that by setting up a pass-word now – either online atstwater.co.uk/doorstep-pass-word or over the phone on03457 500 500 – customerscan feel safer in the knowl-edge that if a Severn TrentWater employee does gen-

uinely need access to theirhome or account details, heor she will know the chosenword.Grace added: “Remember

ID cards can also be faked,so it’s best to check thecaller’s identity by ringing anumber you’ve found fromanother source – such asyour water bill or our web-site (stwater.co.uk). Don’tautomatically assume thephone number on the cardis valid.“To stay one step ahead,

it’s best to keep our numberto hand should someoneshow up at your door or callor write to you unexpect-edly. Hopefully you’ll neverneed it, but it’s always betterto be prepared. We’re alsoencouraging customers toremind friends, familymembers and neighboursabout how they can protectthemselves. To make surethe message gets across, weneed to work together.”Severn Trent Water cus-

tomers can register for apassword by visiting stwa-ter.co.uk/doorstep-pass-word, calling 03457 500 500or emailing [email protected].

stay alert to bogus callers, says severn trent

Collaboration for charity is blooming lovely Boots Corner Chaos

SCOOP is a small beer beingexclusively brewed for theCheltenham Standard tocelebrate the forthcomingCheltenham Real Ale andCider Festival and ispresently being made by theGloucester Brewery in their‘bijou’ Nano brewing equip-ment at their TANK pub onGloucester Quays.This one-off ale is being

produced for eager real alefans at the much antici-pated Cheltenham Real Ale

and Cider festival inthe town hall on 14/15thAugust.Assistant brewer Alastair

Kerr said, “We are really ex-cited to be participating inthe real ale festival in Chel-tenham and it’s great thatwe can give people a smalltaste of the ale now beforeits makes its one-off appear-ance at the festival.”Scoop itself will be a sur-

prise but Alastair continuedto mention, “Hopefully we

can make Eric Barton theEditor a beer that he willlike and the team atthe Cheltenham Standardwill enjoy.”The ‘Scoop’ ale we are told

will be a Chestnut red toffeebitter (4.5%) and availablein the next couple of weeksat the Sandford Park Ale-house in Cheltenham. Butyou’d better hurry, cos’when it’s gone, it’s gone…unless of course you turn upat the beer festival.

Kevan Blackadder,Cheltenham TownCentre Managertalks tough!

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THE Unbreakables: Life andlove on disability campus isthree one-hour Dlms follow-ing the lives of teenagers asthey get their Drst taste of in-dependence at our NationalStar College just outside thetown.The ground-breaking series

delves into the heartache ofDrst love, the intimacy of closefriendship, the inspiration ofyoung people overcoming theodds and the high-stakesdrama of life on the outside.One of the students, Mor-

gan Jones, 19, explains howhaving a disability is like liv-ing in a bubble.“Being disabled is like hav-

ing a bubble around you.Some people only see the bub-ble,” he says. “Some people ig-nore the bubble but otherspop it to see my personality.”National Star is a specialist

further education college. Itsupports more than 1600 peo-

ple with disabilities every year.Every September 170 stu-

dents from around the UKbegin a new year of study atNational Star. Many live oncampus for three years andrevel in the specialist teach-ing, state-of-the-art facilities,end-of-term balls, and more

than anything, the freedom ofa new life.Working with a wide range

of disabilities, staff and stu-dents are devoted to a singlemission: unlocking the poten-tial in everyone and gainingthe skills to get the best out oftheir adult lives.

“It’s fantastic to see our stu-dents being portrayed asyoung people Drst and fore-most and not being deDnedby their disability,” saidKathryn Rudd, Principal.The Unbreakables, BBC

Three on Thursdays at 9pmfrom today July 30th.

National Star College students screenstars in a new BBC Three TV series

TASTY meals will be evenhealthier this summer, as anew scheme is launched tooffer veggie boxes to low in-come families. 28 local fam-ilies will beneDt from a freshselection of vegetables andfruit, plus recipe tips, deliv-ered straight to their doorover the summer.Parents from 6 local pri-

mary schools were invited tosign up to the scheme andfor the small price of £2.50per box, they can receive atotal of 4 boxes throughoutthe summer holidays. Theboxes are full of a range ofproduce supplied at costprice by local greengrocer,Woody’s. They include cau-liEowers, cabbages, apples,peaches, bananas and arepacked with help from vol-unteers from a new socialclub run by Stonham HomeGroup, a supported housingprovider. Stonham HomeGroup has also provided amini bus for the volunteersto use for deliveries.

The schemeis being co-or-dinated byCheltenhamB o r o u g hCouncil, aspart of the In-spiring Familiesproject, designed tomake family life easier.Abbey Smith, the council’s

Inspiring Families project of-Dcer said: ‘’Over 1500 chil-dren in Cheltenham havefree school meals, which canbe a helpful money saverduring the school terms butit does mean that when itcomes to the holidays, thereis an extra meal to makeeach day, which can add upwhen money is tight. Theseboxes are a great way of en-suring that these families canstill enjoy a variety of freshfruit and veg throughout thesummer months.’’Craig Dickson, support co-

ordinator at Stonham HomeGroup added: ‘’It is a greatinitiative to be involved with

and thev o l u n t e e r shave found it reallyrewarding to help out withsuch a worthwhile venture.’’The boxes will also con-

tain leaEets about health eat-ing and nutrition.Sam Ferris, health im-

provement practitioner withthe healthy lifestyle serviceat Gloucestershire Care Serv-ices NHS Trust said: ‘’Ensur-ing that families have accessto at least Dve portions ofvegetables and fruit per daythroughout the summer hol-idays is deDnitely a positivestep as it helps to encouragehealthy eating habits.’’

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families enjoying healthy summerthanks to veggie boxes

To celebrate the inaugural real ale festival inCheltenham on 14th/ 15th August at theTown Hall the Cheltenham Branch of

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BRITISH Heart Foundation(BHF) shops in Gloucester-shire have raised £552,000 inthe past year to help fundlife-saving research into heartdisease thanks to the gen-erosity of local residents.Those who have donateditems, purchased goods orgiven their time to volunteerhave all contributed to theGloucestershire shops’ suc-cess.This staggering amount

has enabled the BHF to fundlife-saving equipment,healthcare professionals andheart support groups in thelocal area.All BHF shops have an in-

store community board withinformation on local events,nearby heart support groupsand BHF leaMets and infor-mation.Ron Humphreys, BHF Area

Manager, says, “We’re trulyoverwhelmedwith the ongo-ing generosity of the localcommunity in Gloucester-shire. We’re so grateful to all

our supporters and want tothank every single personwho has joined us in theLght against heart disease.“People often don’t realise

that the sofa or dress they do-nate to or buy from theirlocal BHF shop actually raisesvital funds and helps pay foranything from a deLbrillatorfor a community centre to alocal heart support group.“We couldn’t fund this life

saving equipment or researchin Gloucestershire withoutthe support of the local com-munity and we hope theywill continue to support BHFshops for many years tocome.”Around 15,000 people die

from coronary heart disease(CHD) in the South Westevery year, but with contin-ued support from local peo-ple, the BHF can Lght harderto reduce this Lgure. CHD isthe UK’s single biggest killer,causing approximately73,000 deaths in the UKevery year1.

One of the BHF shops is lo-cated in Cheltenham andsells anything from clothes,shoes and handbags to CDs,DVDs and books.BHF shops offer a free col-

lection service for donationsthat can be booked over thephone by calling 0800 9153000, or online for larger fur-niture and electrical items atbhf.org.uk/free. It’s neverbeen easier to support theBHF’s Lght for every heart-beat.BHF shops are always

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DO you think that real ale isjust, well, beer? Or that it’sout of date and only appealsto old guys in sandals? If sothen you are in for a pleas-ant surprise because, in justtwo weeks’ time, the Chel-tenham CAMRA Real AleFestival will blow those pre-conceptions away in a riotof taste sensations.Check the festival ‘Beer

List’ at www.cheltenham-camra.org.uk/craf/beerlist.php and you’ll Lnd over 100unique beers, all listed byMavour.And those Mavours will

astound you - Blackberry,Chocolate, Citrus, Coffee,Fruit, Gin, Bubble-gum andMango, for example. Foranyone who is unfamiliarwith modern beer, Mavourslike these may seem incom-patible with what theythink real ale shouldtaste like.The reason for this is sim-

ple. In recent years a revolu-tion has taken place. Thereare now 1,285 breweries op-erating in Britain (thelargest number for 80 years)and the number is growingat over 10% per year. Manyare small microbreweries,run by young brewers, pro-ducing beers for youngerdrinkers, especially women.They are experimenting

with recipes by using nettlesand heather as well as tradi-tional hops, using rye,wheat, oats, and barley, andare importing continentalyeasts. American, New

Zealand and even Japanesehops are now used to de-liver powerful tropical andcitrus Mavours, ideal for palebeers and strong IPAs.Festival goers will dis-

cover that, like Lne wine,modern real ales delivercomplex Mavours - fromroasted coffee, chocolate,treacle and smoke (at oneend of the scale) to elder-Mower, gooseberry, pine, cit-rus, cardamom andcoriander at the other.There will even be a beerbrewed with earl grey tea.The beer and cider/perry

tasting notes are now liveon the festival website.They can be Lltered bystrength, colour, style,brewer, and Mavour to com-pile a personal list offavourites.The Cheltenham CAMRA

Real Ale Festival is on Au-gust 14th and 15th at theTown Hall. Tickets are avail-able at www.cheltenham-camra.org.uk/craf/tickets.php and on the door on bothdays. Tickets cost just £6, in-cluding a festival glass.Under 18s are not admitted.Festival volunteers are stillwelcome: please visitwww.cheltenhamcamra.org.uk/craf/stafLng.php for de-tails.With room for 1,000 peo-

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CELEBRATING its Drst success-ful year, students on the newfashion degree at the Univer-sity of Gloucestershire havebeen Dnding their feet in theindustry thanks to a thrivingpartnership with global brandSuperdry.As part of an initial three

year collaborative programmewith Superdry, the brand’s de-sign and creative team havebeen providing expert adviceand setting, critiquing andjudging projects. Selected fash-ion students have been onwork placements with Su-perdry during the summer.And after a warm welcome

in September by course leaderMargaretMcDonough, currentand new students will beworking on live briefs relatingto events including ClothesShow Live, Cheltenham Fash-ion Week and the Stroud In-ternational Textile Festival.“It’s been a tremendous Drst

year for us, with exciting col-laborations giving our stu-dents expert practicalexperience,” said Margaret.“It’s vital our students are

equipped to work in the in-dustry when they graduate,and one of the best ways to dothis is by working in partner-ship. Superdry have been ex-tremely supportive in givingstudents the skills and conD-dence they need as the nextgeneration of designers.”Fashion returned to the uni-

versity in 2014with £2millioninvestment in new facilities,and a passion for providingrelevant industry experienceto the designers of the future.“It’s so energising working

with students who have a pas-sion to learn,” said Laura Dug-dale, Head of DesignManagement at Superdry. “Wehope the collaboration be-tween Superdry and the stu-dents on this fashion design

course will be mutually bene-Dcial. We have already wel-comed some of the studentsinto the business for shortterm placements which isworking really well.

“I’ve interviewed and re-cruited many graduates in mycareer and always the candi-dates who set themselves apartfrom others are those withwork experience. Not onlydoes it prepare students for amore realistic view of a com-mercial world but it also showsa strong work ethic and a de-termination to succeed withinthis industry.”

Students have been able tosee their designs turned into acatwalk reality with a fashionshow at the GloucestershireBusiness Show in May, and aFashion Show in partnershipwith Art Couture PainswickandGloucestershire College aspart of the university’s Drstever Festival Fortnight the fol-lowing month.To Dnd out more

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has been over in Asiafor the week rattling

his Tory can at the relevantincumbent Governmentsand other Prime Ministersin an attempt to forge bet-ter relations on terrorismand trade deals. Good forhim.As per our front page this

week, he has howevermentioned not one jot onthe case of drugs muleLindsay Sandiford. Quiteright too.Sandiford knew exactly

what she was doing whenshe hauled almost 5kgs ofcocaine into Bali. In fact ifthat weight of ‘coke’ hadbeen sugar Mary Berry,could I’m informed, (I’mno baker) have madetwenty very large family-sized Victoria spongeswith it.Bali as a country has

been very vocal on whatthey will do to you if youattempt to smuggle drugs

into their country. They’llshoot you.There is no doubt that

drugs ruins lives and takingthem is beneath contempt.Only amug would take co-caine and only a foolwould smuggle it.I also note this week that

the Wilson Gallery areagain at the forefront of in-competencewith their util-ity usage.May be that Cheltenham

BoroughCouncil could runa new competition thisyear?It’s not really a beauty

contest but it could becalled ‘miss-management2015’.Yet again it seems the

local tax payer is going tobe lumbered with theshortcomings of our coun-cil in their attempt toman-age a small museum and

art facility. It raises thequestion I think that mostof us are asking. What onearth are they playing at?And also this week Tom

Thurlow has let loose ondog mess.I did say to him in a

smallmissive not insist thatall dogs should be gassed orfed to the Chinese and I’mheartened to see he fol-lowed my instructions.That said, he has made a

few brilliant points and itseems that the local coun-cil are at the end of his ownparticular brand of ‘foul-ing’. I don’t like dog messand anybody with anysense I’m sure feels thesame. If your pooch defe-cates in a public place…clean it up!

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THE paved streets of Chel-tenham are very quicklyturning into an unwantedgame of ‘hop over the dogcrap’.Picking up dog mess is a

1-minute task, yet it’s quiteincredible how many self-ish Cheltonians simplycan’t be bothered to cleanup after their mutt. They’drather move on without thehassle of reaching for a bag- leaving our streets un-sightly and littered withsome serious health risks.I Knd it abhorrent how

severe the situation is be-coming and how tardy ourcouncil is to respond. Let’slook at some stats. Over thepast 4 years, CheltenhamBorough Council has re-ceived 600 complaints re-garding the mess left bydogs in our town.But how many Knes have

been issued to unruly dogowners? Four. That’s right,four. That’s just one paltryKne per year. I’ve been leftdumbfounded by this sta-tistic. If this isn’t a realitycheck for us all on how in-competent our council is inmanaging the issue I don’tknow what is?After taking a look at the

Cheltenham BoroughCouncil’s website, it’s un-clear what a Kxed penalty isfor refusing to pick up dogmess. However there is awarning that you couldface a Kne of up to £1,000 ifyou fail to pay the penaltycharge.But it’s transparent

enough from the statis-tics that the threat ofa Kne isn’t goingto work ifthey’re not

even being dished out. En-forcement is key to Kxingthe issue here. If the coun-cil were to put more re-sources into investigatingthe culprits and monitoringpopular areas, they couldclaw back cash through agreater number of Knes.Anything’s gotta’ be betterthan one Kne a year!

If owners werebeing Kned ingreater numbers,and they knewthere was a realchance theycould face

prosecution, the number ofdog fouling cases woulddrop signiKcantly. Moneytalks.But the council needs to

start taking action now.They need to take their re-sponsibility of maintainingour public spaces seriously.It’s not good enough whenour town is reporting 600problems of dog foulingand only 0.66% of the cul-prits have been caught.If we continue to ignore

this situation, dog ownerswill continue to evade thelaw. With only four Chelto-nians facing repercussions,the message to dog ownersis loud and clear: If youdon’t dispose of your dogmess, you’ll probably getaway with it.

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SIMPSONS Fish & Chips ofPrior’s Road, Cheltenhamhave been announced as oneof the Midlands’ top Kve Ksh& chip shops in the runningfor the 2016 National Fish &Chip Awards, organised bySeaKsh.Simpsons Fish & Chips

will join the top 60 short-listed across the UK to ‘bat-ter’ it out to become theMidlands’ regional winner. Ifsuccessful, this will thenplace them in competition to

bag the ultimate nationaltitle – Independent Take-away Fish and Chip Shop ofthe Year.James Ritchie, Simpsons

Co-Founder, said: “Theseawards are the Oscars of theKsh and chip world andwe’re absolutely over themoon to be named in ourarea. Fingers crossed this yearwe will be fortunate enoughto steal the highly covetedtop spot. It would be such adream for all of the Simpsons

family! As they say, watchthis space.”Earlier this year, Simpsons

were delighted to becrowned the best Independ-ent Takeaway Fish & ChipShop in England, closelymissing out on the top spotonly to Frankie’s Fish &Chips in Brae, Scotland.Alongside Simpsons, the

shortlisted shops in the Mid-lands are: SeaFish Restaurant,Shaws Fish & Chips, Wollas-ton Fish Bar, and Pisces.

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OVER the next week, everyhousehold in Cheltenhamshould receive an enquiryform from the Electoral Reg-istration OfKce.This is the start of the an-

nual canvass which the lawsays must be carried outevery year. The informationis used to compile a new reg-ister of electors which will bepublished by 1 December.Completing the form is

very simple. All you have todo is check that the detailsare accurate and update itwith the details of everyoneaged 16 and over living inyour household who is eligi-ble to vote, and return it assoon as possible. If your de-tails haven’t changed youcan reply by text, freephoneor internet.When you receive your

form:• If there are details alreadyprinted on your form, pleasecheck and amend them ifthey are incorrect.

• You must include the fore-names, surname, and nation-ality of every adult who isliving in your household.• Either sign the declarationat the foot of the form thenpost it in the prepaid enve-lope provided or you can Kllthe form in online atwww.elecreg.co.uk/chel-tenham.If the details on the form

are correct, you can conKrmyour registration by:- SMS TEXT - 07786 209 432- Freephone - 08082 841 432- Internet -www.elecreg.co.uk/cheltenhamYou will need to have your

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CHELTENHAM'S MP, Alex Chalk,has described a letter from GCHQcalling for the early release of green-belt land to the west of Cheltenhamas a potential ‘’game changer’’ forthe town's economic prospects. The

letter, which was submitted lastweek to the ongoing Examination inPublic (EiP) into three Gloucester-shire councils’ JCS housing plan,calls for a large area of land west ofthe listening post's current 'dough-nut' site to be made available for de-velopment by theGovernment's JCSInspector. This would represent achange to the current JCS plan,which proposes to safeguard the

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term business plans of GCHQ’’. Itgoes on to state that the site also has‘’the potential to provide opportuni-ties for existing or new SMEs’’ in thetech sector.Speaking to the Standard follow-

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CHELTENHAM were beatenby six wickets at home toThornbury in Premier Two.Batting Jrst at the Victoria

Ground,Will Simmons’ menwere all out for 208 in 49.3overs, with Aled Howell’s 44the highlight of their in-nings.The top of the order strug-

gled, with Mike Kelly, MattJennings, Kieran Smith andPeter Woodland making 24between them.James Waters chipped in

with 19, but it was Howell,Harry Arthur (28) and Sim-

mons (39*) who held thingstogether.Thornbury’s Tom Bradley

took three for 48 and the vis-iting team reached 209 forfour from 45.5 overs in re-sponse.Opener Dan Davis scored

77 to set them on their wayand despite Liam Walker’sbest efforts Cheltenham’stotal was never going to beenough. Walker ended withthree for 37.Cheltenham lie sixth in

the table ahead of Saturday’strip to Keynsham.In the Gloucestershire Di-

vision, Hatherley and Red-

dings were beaten at homeby Chipping Sodbury andWoodmancote lost at hometo Stroud.But Cheltenham Civil Ser-

vice’s impressive season con-tinued with an eight wicketwin over Painswick.Rich Robinson took six for

17, while Will Fell took threecatches for Service, whosetop performer with the batwas George Leadbetter (65*).Service lie third with Jve

matches remaining, startingwith a home match againstHatherley on Saturday.Woodmancote hostPainswick (both 1pm starts).

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CHELTENHAM Town areholding an Open Day attheir Seasons trainingground on Sunday.Doors open at 11am,

when fans will have the op-portunity to meet boss GaryJohnson, his staff and play-ers and chat to them aheadof the new Vanarama Na-tional League season.There will be a chance to

watch a Jrst team trainingsession, while an 11-a-sidematch between squad play-ers and the youth team willbe taking place on a adjacentpitch.At 1pm there will be a

question and answer sessionwith Johnson and the newaway kit will be unveiled at1.30pm.From 1.45pm-2.30pm

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the rest of the team. Theprice will be £15 per individ-ual, £20 for a photo with twofans, or £25 for three.This opportunity will be

limited due availability sofans whowish to be involvedare asked to email in ad-vance. Please contact [email protected] Open Day will con-

clude with a Hot Shot Chal-lenge from 2.30pm, overseenby Johnson.

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County miss out on last eightdespite win over GlamorganGLOUCESTERSHIRE beatGlamorgan by eight wicketsin a match reduced to Jveovers a side but missed outon a place in the NatWestT20 Blast quarter-Jnals afterEssex versus Kent was aban-doned.Michael Klinger’s men Jn-

ished an agonising one placeand one point short of reach-ing the last eight but Jnishedon a high with a convincingwin in their rain affectedmatch in Cardiff.Chris Dent – whomade 28

not out off 11 balls – endedthe game in style with con-secutive sixes over midwicket off Michael Hogan ashis side chased down theirtarget of 46 with seven ballsto spare.Earlier Glos won the toss

and chose to Jeld in a matchthat looked almost certain tobe rained off right up untilthe covers came off.At 8.57pm – the latest start

time possible – David Paynebowled the Jrst ball, startingwith a dot.It proved to be the Jrst of

18 dot balls as the Glos

bowlers dominated underpressure.Colin Ingram struck a six

and two fours from to makeit 17-0 after one but the gamechanged in the second over.Glamorgan scored four leg

byes off the Jrst ball butJames Fuller beat the bat anumber of times on his wayto amaiden over – an incred-ible feat in Jve overs a sidecricket.Kieran Noema-Barnett

went for 15 in the third overbut picked up the key wicketof Ingram, caught Dent atlong on for 18 off 8 balls.Benny Howell went for

just one run in his over – thefourth – as opener GrahamWagg continued to struggle.He was forced to leave the

Jeld after being struck on thehelmet by Craig Miles in theJnal over, having earlierbeen hit by Fuller. He madejust six from 15 balls afterhaving been promoted for

the shortened game.Miles (0-6) restricted Craig

Meschede (6*) and ChrisCooke(6*)to six off the bat inthe Jnal over as Glamorganposted 45-1 from their Jveovers.In reply Glos reached 10-0

after one as Dent struck theJnal ball from Meschedeover midwicket for six.Michael Klinger failed to

break Jason Roy’s domesticT20 run record when he wascaught by Jacques Rudolphat mid on off David Lloyd atthe start of the second over.Geraint Jones (10) hit a six

and a four from his Jrst twoballs before chopping on tothe stumps from his third toleave Glos on 22-2 after two.A six by Howell (11*) (pic-

tured) over long off fromDean Cosker left the visitorsneeding just 13 to win fromthe last two overs.Going for broke, Glamor-

gan brought on Australianquick Michael Hogan but itwas too little too late.Dent struck the third ball

of the over through extracover for four before securingthe win with two sixes overdeep mid wicket.

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three year old Magical Mem-ory is likely be fairly promi-nent throughout the raceand showed an impressiveturn of foot to win at New-market last time out.He has to be a danger to all

carrying, as he does, only 8stone 12lbs.Not many three-year-olds

win the Stewards Cup be-cause of the hustle and bus-tle of the race but MagicalMemory has experience ofbig Jelds beating sixteenothers at Newmarket.Priced around 14/1 cur-

rently he is likely to beshorter on the day as is an-other three year old Tanzeel,a good winner at York lastSaturday and not without achance in a very competitiverace.

The race can and oftendoes throw up a shock andin this regard course formcan be important.Those with course form in-

clude perennial front runnerAsphan Sam.Arguably he is, however,

better over a stiff Jve fur-longs and may be swallowedup in the last furlong of thisvery competitive sprint.Nonetheless at around

33/1 he could hang on for aplace.Others with each way

chances could includeTatlisu trained by the astuteRichard Fahey and therejuvenated Poyle Vinnie,impressive winner at

Hamilton last time out.If however the ground

stays on the quick sideHuntsmans Close has proba-bly got the best chance onpaper and expect MagicalMemory to be themain dan-ger.As usual, the advice would

be to take ‘best odds guaran-teed’ and any offers of Jveplaces, if betting on the day.Alternatively if you have

never been to Goodwood itmight be time to tick this offon your bucket list and seethe action live.Whisper it, buts it’s free if

you sit on trundle hill over-looking the course. Do take abrolly, mind you!

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TRAINER Roger Charlton has agood record in Saturday’sStewards Cup at Goodwoodand seeks to enhance thatrecord with Huntsmans Close.The Fve-year-old improving

gelding has the right proFle forthis tough, six furlong sprinthandicap and provided he actson the undulating course andis fortunate enough to bedrawn with the pace of therace (the race normally splitsinto two or three groups), hiscurrent price of around 12/1looks very reasonable value forwin and place purposes.After only two runs this sea-

son, Huntsmans Close’s formsuggest he is still ahead of thehandicapper and last time outwon a well contested listedrace at Windsor.His hold up running style

though, means he is not likelyTURN TO PAGE 15 >

GARY Johnson is close totaking his summer signingspree to 15 players, with thenew Vanarama NationalLeague campaign fast ap-proaching.The Cheltenham Town

boss has signed up goal-keeper Rhys Lovett, de-fender Danny Parslow andmidFelder James Rowe aftersuccessful trial periods dur-ing pre-season.With a young loan de-

fender from a Champi-onship still due to arrive,Johnson’s squad is close tobeing Fnalised.He is still keep to move

some players out, with JackDeaman set to join NationalLeague North side AFC

Telford United.“The three (trialists) are

going to be joining us,”Johnson said. “Rhys is only19 years of age and we seehim as a fantastic prospect,he’s a super goalkeeper he’slike a top gymnast that canplay in goal he does a triplesomersault before hecatches it if he can and he’sa good lad.“I didn’t really want to

lose him so we brought himin. Everyone’s seen Parslowand Rowe, they were thetwo from early on that Iwanted to get in, Rowe’sbeen injured for a littlewhile, and Parslow gives usexperience.“Rowe’s the type of player

I like, he’s comfortable onthe ball and he can spot a

pass, which he showed theother day against BristolRovers.“The other lads have

taken to the new boysstraight away, which is im-portant at this stage.”With one friendly left

against AFCWimbledon onSaturday before the big kickoff at Lincoln City a weeklater, Johnson declared hissquad Frmly on the rightcourse as they bid to bouncestraight back to the FootballLeague following last sea-son’s relegation.“Our pre-season has been

an eight out of 10,” he said.“The two home friendlieshave shown the work rate ofthe players, there’s been nopoints at stake but the boyshave run their hearts out.

“We beat the side thatwent up last season in Bris-tol Rovers, which is what wehave to do.“It was important for our

conFdence, we’ve createdan afFnity with the sup-porters already, and it’s gen-uine.“If you’ve got the fans be-

hind you, they are so im-portant to give that positivesupport, they can play amassive part this season.”Former Crewe Alexandra

forward Billy Waters nettedboth goals in the 2-1 homewin over Rovers, whoreplied through Tom Lock-yer’s header.Waters saw a penalty

saved after he was broughtdown by goalkeeper SteveMildenhall, before Robins

goalkeeper Dillon Phillipsdid the same at the otherend to deny Matty Taylorafter a trip by Kyle Storer.

CHELTENHAM TOWN:Phillips; Barthram, Parslow,Downes (c), McLennan;Pell, Storer, Munns, Rowe;Waters, Wright. Subs notused: Kitscha, Hall, Hanks,Williams, Dale, Bowen.

BRISTOL ROVERS:Milden-hall; Lockyer, Clarke,Parkes, Greenslade (Sinclair46); Gosling, Clarke (Bodin65), Lines, Montano (Lead-bitter 46); Blissett (Taylor46), Harrison.

REFEREE:M Pottage.ATTENDANCE: 1,100 (317from Bristol).

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