Duncan Cook

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Woman 'happy' body will be moved from her future graveMaisie Lillywhite & Duncan CookBBC News, GloucestershireBBCSallyann Anderson said she feels 'very sorry' for the family of the woman who was buried in her graveA woman who discovered a body had been buried in her future grave is "happy" an exhumation will take place. Sallyann Anderson paid for a plot beside her parents' graves in 2018.

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Chippy apologises for prices as fish costs surgeDuncan CookBBC News, GloucestershireTess de la MareBBC News, West of EnglandGetty/BloombergThe Nippy Chippy in Gloucestershire explained price rises were down to a increase in fish costsA chip shop has apologised to customers for putting up prices after seeing the cost of fish surge by more than 60% in just three months. The Nippy Chippy in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, is now charging £12.50 for a large cod and £10 for haddock.

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Concern for police horses as unit set to closeDuncan CookBBC News, GloucestershireGetty ImagesGloucestershire's mounted unit is being scrapped to save moneyThe former owner of a horse sold to Gloucestershire Police has raised concerns about his future as the force's mounted unit is set to close. Melissa Bailey sold Prince to the police in 2023 when she moved abroad with her husband, and said she is now worried about him and other animals being used "as a commodity".

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Charity shop closure 'means town losing safe space'Duncan CookBBC News, GloucestershireBBCThe YMCA shop is closing on Northgate StreetA volunteer at a Gloucester charity shop that is set to close down has warned the city is losing a safe space. The YMCA shop, on Northgate Street, is due to close its doors for the final time at the end of trading on Saturday. The building that the shop is based in is being sold by the landlord.

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Nursing degree applications fall for fourth yearMaisie Lillywhite & Duncan CookBBC News, GloucestershirePA MediaOne university has proposed closing its nursing schoolThe number of students applying to nursing courses in the UK has fallen for a fourth year, said UCAS. Only 30,550 have applied this year, down 15,000 applicants from 2021, the university admissions body has said.