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BBC News
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Gloucestershire in pictures: Sculptures and celebrations
Gloucestershire has had another scorcher of a week - and has provided the usual stunning settings. This week, the Gromit Unleashed trail has kicked off in Bristol and parts of Gloucestershire - including WWT Slimbridge. There have also been celebrations for twins in the county who have received an international award for archery. Gorgeous: Doesn't this look like a painting? It's a stunning shot captured in Cirencester by our weather watcher, C F always keen to see your corner of the county so please do keep sending your photographs to us. Clampdown: A new initiative is starting in Gloucester in a bid to stamp out anti-social behaviour in the city. Chris Nelson, Gloucestershire's Police and Crime Commissioner, said anti-social behaviour increases in the summer, with his office recording 256 incidents in July, August and September in 2024, at a rate of about three incidents per day. Stunning views: What a beautiful shot! This was captured by our weather watcher Space Walker and shows a stunning setting across Birdlip. Meet El Plumas: This sculpture is part of the Gromit Unleashed trail and will be on site at WWT Slimbridge until the end of design was by director Jorge R. Gutierrez - with inspiration from The Book of Life and the Mexican holiday The Day of the Dead. Congratulations: Identical twins who won an international 'child prodigy' award in archery say they have set their sights on the 2032 and Amber Snell, who are 14-years-old, are known as the "archery twins of Gloucestershire" and have broken 13 national records. Celebrations: Stroud General Hospital has been celebrating its 150th anniversary this week with former and current moved to its current site in 1875 and provides the surrounding area with inpatient and outpatient services, including a minor injuries and illness image above shows a model replica of the hospital made from old items from the hospital over the years, like floor scourers and bits of sponge. Beautiful Stroud: This is a firm favourite for us this week. How beautiful is this? And the splash of purple makes it even more so. Thanks to our weather watcher, Abstract Emotion, for sending in this stunning photo taken at Painswick.
BBC News
02-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Twins target 2032 Olympics after 'child prodigy' archery award
Identical twins who won an international "child prodigy" award in archery say they have set their sights on the 2032 and Amber Snell, who are 14-years-old, are known as the "archery twins of Gloucester" and have broken 13 national twins received an award for being "Global Child Prodigies" in archery on 26 June in the Houses of Parliament in to the BBC at the event, the girls said they have their "fingers crossed" for the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, Australia, adding they "definitely want to try and get there together". Amber said: "It's such an amazing achievement for both of us and when we started we thought it would just be something fun for us to do. "But it's grown into this, and we never thought it would."Ava said: "[It's] an amazing achievement. Very, very shocked when we heard about it."Their interest in archery began in 2019 during a school event where they could try the sport, and an instructor told their parents Jason and Zoe Snell "they've got a good eye".The twins then joined their local club, and years later they were talent spotted by double Olympian and triple world champion in archery Patrick Huston who is now their train between three to four days a week, balancing archery with homework and competitions "mostly every weekend", Ava said. Mrs Snell said: "We've never looked back."For them to be recognised, let alone win an award, is absolutely fantastic."Mr Snell said: "We're over the moon with what they've achieved so far and this is a great recognition of that."They train at Newnham Archery Club where the girls brought their award back to show the rest of the club.
