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Harry Pell told the club's official website he had spent the day discussing terms with Blackpool but had decided the right decision was to "turn their offer down and remain at Cheltenham".

I have spoken to the Gaffer (Gary Johnson) and he has re-iterated that he's very happy that I am still a Cheltenham Town player and I am 100% focused on the job in hand with the Robins. I'm looking forward to getting back and getting on with our campaign.

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Swindon Town have signed Wigan Athletic forward Kaiyne Woolery for £350,000.

The 22-year-old has signed a three-year deal with the Wiltshire club.

"I got a promotion last year and I came here to get another one," Woolery told Swindon's club website.

The Gloucestershire side have attracted worldwide attention since they were promoted to the football league for the first time in May.

The rare wildflower seeds will be used to restore new meadows.

Rob Holden, from the National Trust, said the yellow rattle seed is "really important" for wildflower meadows.

Some families from the West say they're being torn apart and their children are being left heartbroken because of immigration rules.

The law requires British spouses to earn at least £18,600 before their non-EEA (European Economic Area) partner is allowed to live here.

It's thought as many as 15,000 children have been separated from a parent due to the scheme, which was designed to protect demands on UK benefits.

Earlier this year the Supreme Court decided that the rules are lawful but said that "children's welfare must be promoted in immigration decisions".

A government response will be published later this week. The Home Office has said the policy "is central to building an immigration system that works in the national interest".

A rare wildflower haven in Bath is being used to harvest seeds to restore new meadows.

It's a project which has been so successful that the National Trust has brought in the gardening equivalent of a vacuum cleaner to beef up the operation.

The seeds were previously gathered by hand in a labour-intensive process.

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Richard Gleeson took five Gloucestershire wickets before a top-order collapse from Northamptonshire left the match intriguingly poised.

After day one ended with hosts Northants 343 all out, Gloucestershire responded with 265 in their first innings, seamer Gleeson taking 5-46.

But, hoping to build a sizeable second-innings lead, the hosts slipped to 19-5 as five batsmen failed to pass five.

Northants were 50-5 at the close with a lead of 128 runs and Alex Wakely on 23.

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Rogue landlords are to be targeted in Bristol after the council was given extra government funding.

Bristol City Council said it had been given £321,750 by the Home Office "to help drive up standards in the private rented sector" over the next two years.

Migrants are over-represented, living in the private rented sector in Bristol, particularly in properties in poor condition.

In Bristol we are working hard to tackle criminal landlords and through this extra funding, we expect to see a reduction in the number of these criminal landlords letting out poor quality accommodation and exploiting tenants.

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Andrew Gwynne, from Gloucester, died in a crash on the M4 near Cardiff on Saturday.

His family said losing him so suddenly was "devastating".

In a statement, they said: "He will be so dearly missed and was a massive part of a large family.

"He was always fun and energetic; a true family orientated man who was a fantastic father, partner, son, uncle and great uncle, and brother, who has been taken from us so tragically."

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Some 6,500 people in Wiltshire are currently living with dementia.

Numbers continue to grow rapidly and the statistic is expected to be 30% higher by 2020.

Wiltshire Healthwatch has launched a month-long consultation on dementia services in the county, asking users and their families about the most effective way forward.

Provision for people diagnosed with dementia costs £150m every year in Wiltshire.

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Skipper Tom Abell and Steven Davies put in an unbeaten 138 as hosts Somerset recovered from 96-4 to end day one in an improved position against Surrey.

On a rain-hit day, Abell (88*) and Davies (68*) led Somerset to 234-4 before wet weather saw play abandoned.

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The fire service says a HGV collided with an external wall of a property.

Acro-props were used to support some damaged railings and the lorry was removed from the building.

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A caiman dumped at Chew Valley reservoir could have given a child a "very nasty bite", the RSPCA has said.

The two-foot long crocodile-type animal, which was initially thought to be an alligator, was found by a Bristol Water engineer last Friday.

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It has since been collected by the RSPCA and taken to a specialist crocodile centre.

They are attempting to trace who dumped it as they believe they were keeping the animal illegally.

It’s lucky this caiman wasn’t found by a child. Despite its size, this caiman could have given them a very nasty bite.

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A man who died following a crash on the M4 near Cardiff has been named as Andrew Gwynne, a father from Gloucester.

South Wales Police officers had been pursuing a red Ford Focus when it collided with a Landrover at about 6pm on Saturday. A stinger was also used.

Mr Gwynne, 35, who was driving the Ford, died at the scene.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the incident which happened on the eastbound side of the carriageway between junctions 30 and 32.

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A flat fire which left a man dead and a woman in a critical condition is believed to have started accidentally.

The fire broke out in Fishponds Road at about 8.40pm on Saturday.

At its peak, 55 firefighters tackled the blaze which was above a commercial property.

The fire is believed to have started accidentally in the first floor bedroom.

Three weeks of disruption has started for those travelling to London Waterloo from the West.

A refurbishment costing £800m means 10 platforms at the station will be closed until 28th August.

South West Trains says the work will mean changes to train times and that some stations will be busier than normal.

A worker has been electrocuted during works at Regent Street in Swindon.

Fire officers are at the scene.

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A man who claims staff at the DFS furniture store at Cribbs Causeway made fun of his "camp" appearance, said he was "shocked and horrified" by it.

Suleiman Al-Sadi said "five sales guys" made jokes about his appearance when he was shopping for a sofa last week.

A DFS spokesman said they were "disappointed" to hear of the allegations and were "taking it extremely seriously".

Read more on this story here.

A couple of them started whistling. I felt like I'd stepped back into the 1970s. They were trying to taunt me. It was making fun and jokes of my appearance. They didn't take me seriously.

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A man accused of making threats to cause an explosion has appeared in court.

It follows the evacuation of five blocks of flats near the ss Great Britain museum ship, in Bristol, on Friday night.

James Francis, 21, is also accused of falsely claiming to have a bomb.

Mr Francis, of the city's Gas Ferry Road, was remanded in custody to appear at Bristol Crown Court on 8 September.

Wiltshire Healthwatch has launched a month-long consultation on dementia services in the county, asking users and their families about the most effective way forward.

Provision for the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia costs £150m every year in Wiltshire.

Currently there are more than 6,500 people living with dementia. That's forecast to grow by almost 30% by 2020.

More about the numbers of children arrested...

The campaign group, the Howard League for Penal Reform says the numbers of children (aged 17 and under) arrested in 2016 fell - a trend echoed in the Westcountry.

Avon and Somerset Police showed the greatest reduction in numbers: a 79% fall, from 7,255 in 2010, to 1,533 last year.

In Wiltshire, the same six-year period showed a 58% fall in child arrests, from 2,262 to 953.

Gloucestershire Police force showed the lowest percentage fall in the region - 56% from 2010 to 2016 - but they had the lowest number of children in their custody last year: a total of 663.

Nationally, child arrests have fallen by 64% in six years. Read more here.

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This is a tremendous achievement... we will continue to support police forces to develop good practice and reduce the number to an absolute minimum.

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A man who said he had a bomb and threatened to blow up a property has appeared in court. It follows the evacuation of five blocks of flats near the ss Great Britain, in Bristol, on Friday evening.

James Francis, 21, is also accused of giving information he knew or believed to be false.

No application was made for bail and Mr Francis, of Gas Ferry Road, was remanded in custody to appear before Bristol Crown Court on 8 September.

He appeared before city magistrates on Monday morning and spoke only to confirm his name, age and address.

A planning proposal to redevelop the former Dunmail primary school site in Southmead has been given the green light by Bristol City Council.

More than 160 new sustainable homes, with around a third of them earmarked for social housing with United Communities, were proposed by Kevin McCloud’s HAB housing company.

Local engagement activities with the community around Dunmail came up with "fruity street features" and community allotments.

Kevin McCloud, Chairman of HAB, said:

“Urban regeneration can be beautiful, sustainable and affordable. We are eager to crack on, and begin to shape a beautiful new quarter of Southmead.”

The development is expected to begin this Autumn.

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The campaigning group, the Howard League for Penal Reform says the numbers of children arrested in 2016 fell - a trend echoed in the Westcountry.

Nationally there were still 87,525 children picked up by police forces.

More than 700 arrests last year were of primary school children, aged 10 and 11.

The group have monitored child arrests - for all young people aged 17 and under - since 2010.

More on local police force statistics follows...

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Cheltenham ginger-bearded adventurer Sean Conway is attempting to break the record for the fastest bike ride across Europe.

He set off from Portugal on Saturday, and is aiming to get to Russia within 24 days.

He's now in Spain and says the current heatwave in southern Europe is making life difficult.

Watch Sean race against 'his nemesis' live on his website by clicking here.

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An investigation has been launched after a Gloucester man, in his 30s, died when his car crashed on the M4 during a police chase.

South Wales Police officers had been pursuing a red Ford Focus around the Cardiff area at about 18:00 BST on Saturday and a stinger was also used.

Minutes later, the car collided with a Landrover Freelander on the eastbound side between junctions 30 and 32.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is evaluating the incident.

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A lorry driver has been charged with dangerous driving following an incident on the A30 in Somerset.

John Lee, 61, of Lansdowne Road, Bournemouth, is to appear at South Somerset Magistrates Court, Yeovil, on 17 August, Avon and Somerset Police said.

It's in relation to an incident on 4 July between Chard and Crewkerne, near to the junction for Cricket St Thomas.

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A number of employees at a DFS furniture store have been suspended over allegations they made fun at the "camp" appearance of a customer.

Suleiman Al-Sadi from Bristol said members of staff at a store in the city whistled and laughed at him while he was shopping for a sofa last Tuesday.

He said he was "shocked and horrified" when they made jokes about his appearance.

DFS said an investigation was under way and several staff had been suspended.

A Bristol family are challenging a UK immigration law after fighting to be together.

Caroline Coombes, her South American partner Carlos and their son, fell foul of a law that dictates spouses must earn more than £18,600 before their non-EU partners can live here.

That figure rises for each child that the couples have together.

The family say they have been through 18 months of uncertainty about whether Carlos would get to stay in the UK, and now have £22,000 debt.

Recently, Carlos was given leave to remain, but Ms Coombes is pursuing the case on behalf of hundreds of other families who remain apart.

The Home Office has said the law is important to reduce net migration and was designed to protect British taxpayers.

Saira Grant, from the Joint Council for Welfare of Immigrants, said, "more than 41% of people in the country do not earn more than the £18,600 required by the law."

"The amount it's set at is really concerning. More importantly, it's what the impact is."

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England wing Jonny May completes a move to Leicester Tigers in a deal which sees Ed Slater join Gloucester.

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Cheltenham ginger-bearded adventurer Sean Conway is two days into an attempt to break the record for the fastest bike ride across Europe.

He set off from Portugal on Saturday and is now in Spain - aiming to get to Russia within 24 days.

He says the current record of 25 days was set only a week ago.

You can track Sean's progress against 'his nemesis' on his website by clicking here.