A FRUIT and veg business has closed down after five years of trading. / Marrows Fruit and Veg which was based in the Mills Estate in Nailsworth has been providing food to schools, pubs and restaurants. / They said in a statement on Facebook that they were ‘heartbroken’ but said it was no long viable to keep trading due to Covid, Brexit and the cost of living.

Ecotricity founder Dale Vince has today celebrated the delay of Brexit by hanging a 10 metre EU flag from the front of his headquarters in Stroud. / "Europe has been a force of incredible good at home, and around the world – probably the most progressive collection of states anywhere in the world."