The Shire News
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| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 224 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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A sickening act against Imjin veterans
Dear readers - how does one justify the vandalism of a war memorial? One might question the thought process into why anyone would wish to damage a newly unveiled memorial which matters a great deal to people. Well sadly that is exactly what...
The harbour I keep coming back to
A first-person piece on Lydney Harbour
Dear readers - this piece is for paying subscribers. Not many first-person pieces have been penned by me so far, but as the Gloucestershire journalist who set up The Shire News (previously Call Me Wil...
The post-race clear up
The morning after the day before, another bumper crowd turned up to soak in the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling atmosphere. The main headlines from yesterday saw German YouTuber Tom Kopke earn a third cheese in a row, beating “King of the Hill...
German YouTuber takes cheese rolling hat-trick win
A barmy tradition, broken bones and being the first to the finish, the 2026 Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling competition has taken place once again, arguably the greatest English bank holiday tradition ever. An eight pound Double Gloucester che...
Meet the Publicans: The Cheese Rollers
It could not be more appropriate to visit The Cheese Rollers with the annual tradition looming large
When we think of pub names in Gloucestershire there are so many attached with a proud local identity - some examples include The Glouceste...
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