This is a story of love and death and politics. It is the untold story of one of the most unlikely love affairs of our times, between a traditional Tory and a Bevanite socialist. He was a founder of ...

You are in: Gloucestershire > Our Crazy County > Woolsack Races > Woolsack wonderings Every year, Gumstool Hill is pounded by people watching the famous Tetbury Woolsack Races but it's also a place to ...

Woolsack Racing will return to Tetbury over the May Bank Holiday after a four-year hiatus triggered by Covid. The annual contest involves competitors running 280 yards (about 256 metres) up and down a ...

When Sam Arrowsmith rocked up to take part in the famous Tetbury Woolsack Races, little did he know that BBC Gloucestershire would be strapping a camera to his chest. Climb aboard Sam and watch the ...

TETBURY, England - TETBURY, England, June 1 (Reuters) - Running uphill and weaving their way through the Gloucestershire town of Tetbury to loud cheers from spectators, men carry a 60 pound (27 kg) ...

Parliament will return from its annual summer recess period on Tuesday November 7, when the ceremonial State Opening of Parliament will take place. Charles will open Parliament as king for the first ...

A Cotswold town is gearing up for its annual event which dates back to the 1600's. Crowds from across the globe travel to watch the event which has continued to be highlight for many and this year ...

The Commons chamber was almost empty, but the House of Lords was packed and buzzing. Lords love their work. They specially love the admission of new peers. It is like proof of life after death. There ...

Thousands lined the streets of Tetbury to witness the annual event which sees teams and individuals run up and down a hill with a woolsack on their back! Dating back to the 17th century the Tetbury ...

Competitors flexed their muscles on Bank Holiday Monday at the annual woolsack races in Gloucestershire. The participants struggled up a steep hill with sacks of wool on their back in the Tetbury ...

Hardly any other institution in the world has been denounced, ridiculed and threatened with reform so often and so roundly as Britain’s House of Lords. Harold Macmillan called it “a mausoleum.” ...