Waste plant protesters call for Government intervention
CAMPAIGNERS against the Javelin Park incinerator insist families are being bypassed in the planning process that could see a £500 million waste plant erected near junction 12 of the M5 at...
View ArticleDriver delays on M5 near Gloucester
DRIVERS on the northbound section of the M5 should expect delays due to an overturned caravan between Junction 11a and Junction 12.No-one was injured in the accident at around 4pm that was not...
View ArticleCinderford RFC: Late comeback not enough for Foresters
ESHER 19 CINDERFORD 12 CINDERFORD could not snatch their second road win of the National One season despite an inspired last ten minutes with 13 men. The Foresters lost replacement hooker Stuart Bailey...
View ArticleForest Green 1 Luton Town 2 - full time
FOREST GREEN ROVERS 1 LUTON TOWN 2FOREST Green were bitten by two former players as they slumped to a fourth straight Blue Square Bet Premier defeat.Yan Klukowski's seventh goal of the season was...
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Savvy Gloucester wind down clock for vital victory over Leicester
GLOUCESTER 27 LEICESTER TIGERS 21 NIGEL Davies said Gloucester call it adaptability – but what he really meant was canny rugby nous. Denuded by two sin-bins, Gloucester battled nine minutes of this...
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Gloucester's Zombie Walk 2012
Dead good fun was to be had on the streets of Gloucester today, when hordes of rotting zombies - young, old and canine - emerged from their dank shrines to embark on their annual walking tour of the...
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Zombies in Gloucester and monsters in Cheltenham - pictures
Zombies and monsters took to the streets of Cheltenham and Gloucester today with two fundraising walks including plenty of fake blood and latex. The third annual Zombie Walk in Gloucester saw dozens of...
View ArticleFire at Cheltenham home
A BLAZE broke out in the lounge of a Cheltenham home in the early hours of Sunday morning. Firefighters from the town were called to Church Road in Leckhampton just after 2am. The crew of 10...
View ArticleCat basket causes kitchen fire
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a kitchen fire in Furze Croft, Quedgeley last night after a cat basket was left on top of an oven.A team of ten firefighters were led by crew commander Matthews to the scene...
View ArticleCar blaze worries Cam residents
CONCERN was raised yesterday after a car caught on fire outside a Cam house.A crew of five firefighters led by Watch Commander Bridges attended the incident at 10.43pm in Severn Road and swiftly...
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Final goodbyes to three children found dead
The best pals of three Forest of Dean children who were found dead have organised a heartfelt farewell to their friends.The Fuller children - Sam, 12, Rebecca, eight, and Charlotte, seven, - were all...
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Gloucester Rugby v Leicester Tigers - Burns steps up to the mark
GLOUCESTER 27 LEICESTER TIGERS 21SPORTING trademarks are worthless unless they typify all the positive points of their subject.Two weeks ago Mike Tindall warned Freddie Burns his own classic...
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Cheltenham Town: Devon knows just how good the Robins are
CHELTENHAM TOWN 3 EXETER CITY 0 CHELTENHAM Town completed a quick-fire Devon double by defeating Exeter City with three second half goals at the Abbey Business Stadium.A debut strike for Reading loan...
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Gloucestershire hospitals struggling to cope with emergency admissions
HOSPITAL staff have been struggling to cope with a massive increase in the number of patients flooding through their doors.In the last three weeks, wards at Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal...
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Fears over Gloucestershire graduates 'brain drain'
BUSINESS bosses say it is vital to stop a "brain drain" of graduates from Gloucestershire.Figures released last week show half of students who leave the county to study do not return here to work.And...
View ArticleCar flips on A417 - driver ok say police
A car has flipped on the A417 between Cheltenham and Cirencester, causing long traffic queues. Police were called out to the busy road, near the turning for Brimpsfield, when a car collided with a...
View ArticleGloucester Civic Trust celebrates 40 years
MEMBERS of Gloucester Civic Trust processed through the city on Saturday to celebrate 40 years of protecting and promoting its history and heritage.They were accompanied by the Mayor and Sheriff and...
View ArticleGet into the spirit of Halloween, but stay safe
Parents are being reminded to avoid the horrors of Halloween by the county council's trading standards team and the fire service.They are asking people to follow a few rules to keep their families...
View ArticleGovernment Fails to Consult on Mental Health Law
Last year the Office for People with Disabilities consulted on the recent UN Declaration of Human Rights for People with Disabilities (Detention Note 4), They were supposed to develop a plan to comply...
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Police e-fit of Gloucester mobile phone robbery suspect
Police in Gloucester have released an e-fit image of a man they want to talk to in connection with a robbery in which a woman's mobile phone was taken. The incident happened at the junction between...
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