Features
Michelle is a talented writer who can turn her touch-typing hand to any feature. Whether that is deconstructing why the Welsh feel less lucky than anyone else in the UK or finding out what makes an Emirati animator tick.
Granny-loving creator of the UAE’s first animated series. There are no Arab superheroes. This fact dawned on Mohammed Saeed Harib six years ago while classmates... Full article.
In a bid to look beyond the airbrushed image cast by glossy holiday brochures and gleaming guidebooks, a pair of photographers, Stefan Zwanzger and Jessica Franz, embarked on a pictorial... Full article.
A bunch of flowers plucked from your garden might have worked on Mother's Day when you were six, but you were cute then and now you can splash... Full article.
What better excuse for girls outside Austria to wear plaited buns on the side of their heads and for the boys to fight with plastic... Full article.
Fire-breathing, sword-swallowing and contortionists squeezing themselves into tiny bottles is not what you usually expect when you go to the theatre, but when The Circus... Full article.
When we heard about the Mother's Day packages available at the Royal Garden Hotel's Soma Centre, we thought we should find out what our mums... Full article.
So you've overspent at Christmas, hit the sales, and will be paying back your overdraft for the rest of 2005. In fact, the thought... Full article.
Keep-fit women are biggest buyers of computer game. They are often cited as part of the couch potato lifestyle, and a main reason why... Full article.
Don't tell me that your all-time favourite film is the Commitments, that Daniel O'Donnell is a musical legend (replace with Westlife/Boyzone for younger generations)... Full article.
Nothing beats settling down to watch your favourite movie on the silver screen, with a bucket of popcorn and a comfy cinema chair. But if you’re... Full article.
Viv Nicholson, the 25-year-old housewife who won £152,000 on the pools in 1961 (more than £3 million by today's standards), famously vowed she would "spend, spend, spend"... Full article.
Gloomy view of chance 'a self-fulfilling prophecy'. Perhaps there are more broken mirrors, ladders to walk under or black cats in Wales... Full article.
We should be getting at least three more bank holidays a year to match our European counterparts, according to trade union leaders... Full article.
If you crave the bright lights of Las Vegas but fancy a flutter somewhere closer to home, look no further than the capital's crème de la crème... Full article.
For singletons out there who dread this time of year fret not. Valentine's Day is not just about soppy loved-up couples, with too much money and time... Full article.
So you want to be the next superstar DJ? Being paid ludicrous amount of money to fly all over the world, playing records in uber-trendy nightclubs and... Full article.
News
Trained in newspaper journalism and with a background in the newsroom, Michelle is adept at writing sharp, factual and to the point news articles to tight deadlines.
Summer's here and for some Gloucester residents that means one thing - hordes of flies. For the past two years, clouds of flies have swarmed... Full article.
Council tax collection rates in Gloucester are beating the national average, Goverment figues show.The news came as Local Government Secretary Stephen... Full article.
Thieves have ruined a five-year old girl’s summer holiday, just two weeks before she was due to go away camping. The thieves took... Full article.
Gloucester celebrates one of the most famous periods in its history next month with a spectacular and explosive 'Civil War Summer' programme of events... Full article.
A Welsh institution deep in the heart of some of the most fanatical rugby country around has revealed that its fastest-selling product is Jonny Wilkinson... Full article.
An Old Town pub landlord claims he's losing £10,000 a year because customers can't fins a place to park. Pete Durnford of The Wheatsheaf... Full article.
Profile: Mohammed Saeed Harib
Snapshot
Mum's the word
Throw a Star Wars soirée
A shock to the senses
Pampered like an A-list
A free for all day out
Console players win on their points
Are you a plastic Paddy?
Best cinematic experiences
Winners and losers
Luck of the Welsh linked to doubt
We'd bank on more bank holidays
Welcome to spin city
Single-minded individuals
Stik-y mixes
The flies are back
City beats the average over tax collection
Caravan theft misery ruins holiday plans
Giant cast ready to re-enact city battle
Jonny Grogg is top seller
No car parking room at the inn