Handsome Regency country house for sale in Gloucestershire

Classic Regency country houses are rare in the Cotswolds, says Ed Sugden of Savills (01285 627550) and, for that reason alone, he expects handsome, Grade II-listed Bagendon House at Bagendon, four miles from Cirencester, to sell quickly

Much-loved Stratton minister David Leeson dies suddenly at age 70

Reverend David Leeson was the associate priest for Bagendon, Baunton, Coberley, Colesbourne, Cowley, Elkstone, North Cerney, Rendcomb and Stratton. Born in February 1945 at Cheltenham Road in Stratton, the home he then shared with his mother

17 parishes up for election in the Cotswolds but 85 left uncontested

The councils are Andoversford, Bagendon, Bourton-on-the-Water Village Ward, Chedworth, Chipping Campden, Down Ampney, Kempsford, Longborough, Preston, Sherborne, Somerford Keynes and Stow-on-the-Wold. There are five wards up for election in