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‘Best service station in UK’ will close in HOURS as any drivers trapped in car park to be ‘escorted out’
THE UK’S “best service station” is set to close in hours – and any drivers still parked inside will have to be “escorted out”.
Gloucester Services, on the M5 northbound, will shut from 8pm until 6am tomorrow, according to National Highways.
Drainage survey work will be carried out between Junctions 12 and 11A overnight.
Drivers were warned if their cars are still parked at the services by 8pm tonight they will have to be “escorted” away.
A spokesman said: “Northbound Gloucester Services will be closed for drainage surveys (traffic already within the service area wishing to exist will be escorted).”
The site, which has developed a cult following among drivers, is regularly ranked as one of the UK’s best motorway services.
Famous for its farm shop, restaurant, and scenic surroundings, it attracts motorists who go out of their way to visit.
One social media user wrote: “I go out of my way to go there.”
A second chimed in: “A touch of class.”
Another user commented on a video tour of the services, recalling how they did their entire Christmas shop there, and added: “With venison sausages… sourdough bread… and prepared pheasants with stuffing.”
While the northbound side of the services will be closed overnight, the southbound side remains open as usual.
Drivers planning to stop on the northbound M5 tonight will need to find an alternative or plan ahead to avoid disappointment.
Gloucester Services, a sister site to the equally popular Tebay Services in Cumbria, is unlike your average motorway stop.
With its grass-roofed buildings, picturesque lake, and high-end food offering, it has been hailed as a touch of class compared to the usual dreary pit stops.
Even the car park has immaculately maintained grass verges at the end of each set of bays, as well as a line of trees planted down the middle.
A babbling stream runs into the lake that sits out the front of the restaurant, populated by families of ducks and stretching right up to the gravel bank where customers sit at wooden tables.
Special visit
As part of a new series, where we visit the quirkiest fast food places and hotspots in the UK, The Sun paid Gloucester Services a visit to see if it lives up to the hype.
With its grass-covered roof, the building is like something out of Teletubbies – but inside there’s a farm-shop, healthy eateries, freshly baked goods, a butchers, a deli-counter, a cheese counter… and not a golden arch in sight.
The atmosphere is one of a roadie’s respite – people from all walks of life potter rather than rush around the food stalls and ponder over what delights they fancy as they drink in their surroundings.
Inside is light and airy, thanks to the glass fronted design and the skylight which sits above the restaurant and food counters, just above two old ash-tree trunks turned into light fixtures and suspended from the roof, and there are real plants dotted around.
Vicky Graham, 49, who stopped in on her journey from Birmingham to Cornwall, told us: “I’ve wanted to come here since it’s been opened, but just never had the opportunity to.
“It’s amazing, just the array and the feel of it, it’s really homely. It’s all very clean and fabulous. I love that dogs are allowed in, too.
“I haven’t decided what to eat yet. I want all of it, it all looks so good, and the prices are not too expensive. I love the diversity of the food.
“I’m going to treat myself to something from the deli and some pork chops for dinner. After Dry January I’ll probably pick up something from their drink’s selection too. I could spend hours here.”
Large panoramic windows enable a spectacular view of the English countryside in all its glory, especially on sunny days.
The interior incorporates varnished wooden beams and pillars throughout, with mezzanine-style tiling on the wales and a vast skylight to give it a light and airy feel.
Even dogs are welcome inside, while owners can enjoy a woodland walk to break up their journey.
Outdoor diners can also enjoy the view of a well-kept large duck pond, fed by a babbling brook, at the rear of the building, or sit in a sheltered booth at the front.
Vegans and vegetarians are also catered for, with meals including sweet potato and chickpea tagine, and mac and cheese.
For kids, there’s a fabulous play area made entirely from wood to help burn off the energy of children who’ve been trapped in a car for too long.
It comes after the UK’s most expensive personalised number plates for 2023 were revealed – with the priciest breaking £120,000.
I was an unemployed, homeless mum sleeping on my brother’s floor – now I survive on £60 a week with my 12-year-old
A SINGLE mother has opened up about being homeless and unemployed as she received life-changing help.
Amy, from Belfast, who supports her 12-year-old daughter Phoebe on just £60 a week, after being signed off work due to anxiety.
But now she has appeared on Channel 5‘s Rich House Poor House and was seen sobbing after receiving help.
The single mum switched lives with a pair of beauty aestheticians – who admitted they burned through ‘thousands and thousands’ each week, on this week’s episode airing on Sunday.
The Channel 5 episode revealed the emotional moment that wealthy businesswomen, Michelle and Liz, promised to help single mother, Amy get back to work after a bout of ill health left her relying on benefits.
The self-made businesswomen Michelle and Liz who are best friends and colleagues, said they grew their business from the ground by ‘working 24/7’.
Michelle, who lived in her luxury house in Lisburn near Belfast, helped Amy during the show.
The two friends run an aesthetics clinic in Belfast, which also offers discounted procedures to women who’ve suffered domestic abuse or illness.
Meanwhile, just a few miles away in Newtown Abbey, Amy lived in a housing association flat struggling to even afford the basics for her and her daughter.
The single mum has just £60 a week to spare, leaving her and her daughter to live without flooring in their hall or living room.
Despite living off of benefits, Amy was desperate to get back to earning a living but struggled with a lack of confidence, having been signed off from work due to anxiety a few years earlier.
She previously worked in retail during the pandemic but was forced to quit amid mental health struggles along with 2.3 million people who signed off of work for health reasons in the wake of Covid.
Prior to the swap, Michelle described herself as someone who ‘likes to shop’.
The businesswoman showed off a glamorous walk-in-wardrobe containing 50-60 pairs of shoes and multiple designer handbags.
She and business partner Liz admitted they enjoyed ‘the finer things’ including ‘nice holidays, handbags, and shoes’.
“Being in a job you love is vital, it makes you want more, it makes you want to improve and grow,” she said.
Describing what she hoped to achieve during the swap, Liz said: “To offer confidence to someone who is maybe lacking in confidence.”
Michelle seconded the wish to support an individual ‘struggling to realise their own dreams and ambitions.’
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When the swap took place, the businesswomen were stunned by the weekly budget admitting they would spend more than £60 on just one meal out.
In their welcome note, Amy apologised for the ‘lack of living room and hall carpet’, adding that they hoped the pair felt ‘at home’ regardless.
When Amy opened her envelope with her weekly budget of £1,600 she was shocked to see the budget 25 times her usual spending limit, Amy said seeing the cash in real life didn’t ‘feel real’.
On the first night of the swap, Amy and her daughter tucked into a tasty £50 takeaway, while the aestheticians made do with some freezer fish fingers.
After the first night in Amy’s house, Michelle and Liz complained of feeling ‘freezing’ and ‘unsafe’.
Trying to make a positive start to the swap, the beauty experts headed to the shops to buy food for the week – but swiftly chomped through nearly half their budget.
“I don’t know how they’re surviving with such little money, it’s really scary,” said Michelle.
Later, Amy spoke with a friend of Michelle’s, where she discovered that the two weren’t so different.
The business woman hadn’t always lived the high life and was also a single mother of two who experiences poverty in the past.
On the other side of the divide, a candid conversation with Amy’s brother, Brian, revealed to Michelle and Liz that Amy and her daughter had spent four months homeless.
Brain said the mother and daughter duo had spent the time living with him and that the mother had slept on his floor – despite his best efforts to give her the bed.
During the swap, Amy and her daughter got a taste of the high life visiting beauty salons, the theatre and day out zip wiring.
The beauty workers also wanted to help Amy get back into work and organised her a trial shift as a receptionist at their salon.
Despite her past experiences with anxiety, Amy excelled in the trial, with a worker at Michelle’s clinic calling the aesthetician to inform her that things had gone well and that the mother had been a natural.
Michelle and Liz were also keen to help Amy make her home more liveable and insisted a carpet is ‘a need not a want’, and swiftly arranged for a new one to be installed.
They even transformed their living room with a new set of furniture. “I really want them to have a home that’s warm and cosy,” Michelle said.
When the women finally met at the end of the week, they shared a tender moment where Michelle told Amy that she would be ready to talk about offering her a job when she was ready.
Michelle told Amy that her staff ‘couldn’t speak highly enough’ of her and that ‘it takes a certain kind of soul to be able to sit and take a call and talk to people when they’re feeling vulnerable’.
The mother-of-one broke down in tears upon hearing the news, and jumped up to give both women a bus.
And that wasn’t all. When Amy and Phoebe arrived home to their brand new living room, they were both hit with another shock as they discovered they’d been given a brand new carpet and furniture.
“It a completely different living room,” said Amy in another emotional moment.
“Absolutely gorgeous, I was not expecting any of this,’ she added. ‘This is unbelievable.”
Meet Mathys Tel, the teenage prodigy dubbed the ‘next Anelka’ who is sparking transfer scramble by Premier League clubs
MATHYS TEL is Bayern Munich’s record-breaking French prodigy who could be on the move to the Premier League.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham have been circling around the 19-year-old whizkid, with Blues fans even hailing him as the next Nicolas Anelka.
The youngster wants out from Bayern in this transfer window, with him sitting on the bench in the club’s last three games.
And since Michael Olise’s arrival, Tel has made just seven Bundesliga appearances this season – with two of them being starts.
Chelsea are reportedly ready to loan Christopher Nkunku as part of a deal to land Tel, with a fee of £58million being mooted.
Man Utd and Spurs are said to be interested, as are Arsenal, with Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus injured.
The next Nicholas Anelka
According to BILD, Tel has made it clear that he doesn’t want to go to Chelsea – because the competition for places there is just as big as in Munich.
Tel has been very clear that he is making the move away from Bavaria because he is hungry for game time.
That will be a major blow to Chelsea fans’ dreams of landing the next Anelka.
One supporter wrote on X: “When I see Tel, I see a young Anelka.”
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Turns out the teenager has previously shared how he idolises the former Blues striker.
When asked why he wears the number 39, Tel said: “Because I already had it at Rennes and also because Nicolas Anelka wore it. I like Anelka, he was a really good player.”
Retired French ace Anelka, who played at Chelsea between 2008-2012, won the Premier League, FA Cup twice and Community Shield as a Blues player.
Where it all began
Tel was born in a Northern suburb of Paris called Sarcelles, playing as a youngster for local clubs Villiers Le Bel, Paris FC, ASJ Aubervilliers and Montrouge FC as well as spending time at the renowned Clairefontaine academy.
Tel actually started out as a centre-back but it soon became clear that he would be better used as a forward due to his exceptional dribbling and finishing skills.
As a fresh-faced 15-year-old he signed for Rennes, where he went on a meteoric rise.
In August 2021, Tel became the youngest player ever to turn out for Rennes when he came on for the final five minutes of their 1-1 draw at Brest.
He was just 16-years, three-months and 19-days-old when he made his competitive debut and was already 6ft tall.
Tel was captain of the France U17 team when they lifted the Euros trophy in Israel in the summer of 2022.
The forward played a key role in the push towards Euros glory, with three goals and an assist in the group stage before scoring in penalty shootout wins over Germany and Portugal.
He lifted the trophy as captain following a 2-1 success against the Netherlands in the final on 1 June.
Record breaker
Tel is already a record-breaker, after becoming Bayern’s youngest-ever goalscorer when at 17-years-old and 126-days he was on target in his side’s 5-0 DFB Cup triumph against Viktoria Cologne in August 2022.
He beat the club’s previous record holder, Jamal Musiala (17 years, 205 days).
It didn’t take long for him to then make his full Bundesliga debut against VfB Stuttgart on 10 September, toasting the occasion with his first top-flight goal.
The Frenchman got off to a blinding start to last season, with five goals in his first eight games as Thomas Tuchel showed faith.
He laid down a huge marker, notching an impressive two goals – both match-winners, against Manchester United and Copenhagen – and one assist in eight Champions League matches.
The glittering campaign prompted Bayern to extend his contract through to 2029.
High praise
His Bayern team-mate Thomas Muller said: “You can see that he wants to score goals – that’s a great quality.
“Thinking back to when Arjen Robben was playing, we used to think he should have been looking for the pass, but he was so focused on scoring and he scored a lot.
“Mathys should keep doing his thing: firing shots in on goal. He’s a superb finisher.
“He’s only 18 and is making the most of it at the moment. He’s always positive, always has a smile on his face and has great finishing in training and in matches.”
Former Bayern boss Julian Nagelsmann added: “He’s a very young, talented player who can play different positions.
“He’s very quick, strong with his body. He’s good at defending the ball with his back towards the opponent’s goal… I have the vision that he could score 40 goals [in a season like Robert Lewandowski] one day in the future.”
Who would he suit?
Having initially played up top for Bayern during the 2022-23 campaign, Tel has mostly been selected on the wing in the years since.
A right-footed forward, Tel likes to drift into an inside-left position.
At Chelsea he would likely come up against the likes of Jadon Sancho, Pedro Neto, Joao Felix and Nicolas Jackson for minutes, so may not get the regular game time that he craves.
Man Utd may be a good landing spot, although the Red Devils may have to flog one of Marcus Rashford or Alejandro Garnacho to make the deal happen.
Tottenham, meanwhile, could almost certainly offer the game time, having been crippled by injuries this season.
Ange Postecoglou’s side are still fighting on four fronts, which would give Tel plenty of opportunities to shine.
Attackers Dominic Solanke, Timo Werner, Brennan Johnson and Wilson Odobert are all missing through injury, while Son Heung-min and Richarlison will need their minutes carefully managed – although Spurs are also claimed to be trying to sign Brentford’s Yoane Wissa.
Etihad evacuated as van catches fire and emergency services rush to scene hours before Man City’s Champions League clash
A FIRE has broken out just outside the Etihad in front of thousands of fans only hours before Manchester City’s Champions League clash.
The Premier League champions host Club Brugge needing a win to guarantee qualification into the knockout stages.
But footage just hours before kick-off showed a merchandise van outside the stadium on fire.
Fire trucks and ambulances were seen also rushing to the scene as thousands of fans looked on in shock.
The surrounding area was evacuated as emergency services put out the fire.
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