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Gloucestershire ‘will be ignored’ by Labour says former PM David Cameron
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Gloucestershire will be ignored if the Labour Party achieves a landslide election victory on July 4. That is the message from Foreign Secretary David Cameron as he visited Gloucester on Monday. Lord Cameron...
/ 2nd July 2024
Appeal for help in finding distressed child in Churchdown
Police are appealing for help in tracking down a boy who appeared in distress at a Churchdown pharmacy earlier this month. It was reported to officers that a naked child, believed to be aged about 10, had entered Badham Pharmacy...
/ 28th June 2024
Cotswold bid to sell ice cream and coffee from horse trailer approved
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Plans to sell ice creams and drinks from a converted horse trailer have been given the go-ahead as the owners plan a multi-million pound restoration of a historic mill in a picturesque waterside...
/ 28th June 2024
Leisure centre and lido to get £2.7m boost
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter A Gloucestershire leisure centre and outdoor swimming pool is expected to have £2.7m spent on modernising it. Stroud District Council is considering setting up a five-year capital repair budget for the site in...
/ 28th June 2024
Public help stop man attacking others in Stroud
Members of the public helped to detain a man behaving aggressively in Stroud on Tuesday morning. Police received a report that a man was attacking people in Lansdown, Stroud, and had thrown a bin at a car at around 9.25am....
/ 28th June 2024
Gloucester Brewery bolsters leadership
Gloucester Brewery has announced the appointment of Lance Bradley as Chairman and Naomi Smith as Finance Director to its board, effective immediately. Lance Bradley, CEO Ospreys Rugby who previously held roles as Vice President of Mitsubishi UK and CEO Gloucester...
/ 28th June 2024
Water bosses to be grilled in county as UK ‘becomes sewage capital of Europe’
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Water bosses will be grilled by civic chiefs in Gloucestershire as the UK becomes the “sewage capital of Europe”. Gloucestershire County Council believes it is an insult to residents that water companies are...
/ 28th June 2024
Man arrested after robbery attempts in Gloucester
A man has been arrested following a number of violent incidents in Gloucester during the early hours of this morning. Police were called shortly before 3am to a report that a man had attempted to force his way into two...
/ 27th June 2024
Teen arrested after being located by officers investigating bicycle robbery
A teenage boy was arrested on suspicion of robbery earlier this week after being identified by an officer from the Cheltenham Neighbourhood Policing Team. It had been reported that a teenage girl was walking along the High Street on Tuesday...
/ 27th June 2024
Cotswold people ‘will be marching in the streets’ if 2,000 homes are ‘dumped’ on town
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter A Cotswold town would “march in the street” if plans to “dump almost 2,000 homes on them” were ever to become a reality. Moreton-in-Marsh has been identified in plans to update the blueprint...
/ 27th June 2024