You get the picture? Bucolic bliss at its best. In the middle of all this sits a remarkable house and garden: Dowdeswell Court, which hovers on the side of a steep hill and has been the site of much ...

Police are investigating allegations of abuse at Gloucestershire's Dowdeswell Court during the 1970s and 1980s. Former Dowdeswell pupil Malcolm Millard said he was "severely beaten" after staff ...

The allegations centre on Dowdeswell Court and Badgeworth Court schools in Gloucestershire and Clouds House in Wiltshire - all privately run. Pupils allege they were subjected to "horrific" abuse ...

The men worked at Badgeworth Court and Dowdeswell Court near Cheltenham, and Clouds House near Salisbury. Five other former school workers, including teachers, have already been arrested and ...

Three former members of staff from Badgeworth Court & Dowdeswell Court in Gloucestershire, and Clouds House in Wiltshire , were arrested in June and also released on police bail. A statement from ...

Roy Messenger - who attended Dowdeswell Court near Cheltenham - wants an investigation into how much local councils and police knew about the allegations at the time, and what they did to stop abuse.