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A recent photograph of what the Octagon Theatre looks like focusing on the main entrance. There is fencing preventing entry.

Theatres at risk and fighting back across the West

During these difficult times, venues are keeping their doors open in a range of ways.

Cars in the rain joining the motorway from a slip road with orange cones on the side.

Shut slip roads will cause 'exceptional problems'

Business owners say the two-year closure of slip roads on an M5 junction will cause problems.

A large brown building with small trees and a black railing in front. There is a grey YMCA sign outside of it.

Emergency housing demand has doubled says charity

YMCA Cheltenham has provided more than 100,000 nights of emergency accommodation in the last year.

Mr Cambrays Curiosity in Cheltenham, lit up purple from hidden lights on their balcony. There are two umbrellas in front of the building and string light bulbs wound around the railings of the building.

Why dozens of buildings are turning purple this month

The nationwide scheme has been running for over a decade, but still very few people know about it.

Police mugshot of Hugh Rodley who has dark hair and a moustache. He is wearing a dark blazer and a blue shirt.

Fraudster admits child sexual abuse offences

Hugh Rodley, 79, will be sentenced in November for making indecent images of children.

A man wearing a grey jumper with a black body gilet over the top stands with his elbow resting against a bar. He has a concerned look on his face. There is a bar table behind him with stools positioned around it.

Shut slip roads will cause 'exceptional problems'

Business owner near Junction 10 of the M5 welcome the upgrade but are concerned about the closures.

Two women in walking gear with trees surrounding them.

Gen Z and pensioner share how unlikely friendship blossomed

The 76-year-old and a 22-year-old explain how their intergenerational friendship became a reality.

A bridge that is in the middle of being demolished on the M5

Timelapse of M5 footbridge being demolished

This timelapse footage shows the demolition of one of the footbridges near Gloucester.

An artistic interpretation of Junction 10 once the works completed. There's a large circular road over the M5 and roads feeding off and on each slip road.

Gloucestershire M5 junction to close for two years

The junction is being upgraded, as are nearby roads, as part of a £372m project.