Another £30,000 of cocaine is taken off Gloucester's streets
DRUG pushers thinking they can pollute Gloucester's streets are being warned 'we're coming to get you'.Another massive cocaine haul, worth £30,000, has been locked away by the city's police as they...
View ArticleGCHQ accused of using secret US spy programme
GCHQ has been covertly gathering information from leading internet companies through a secret US spy programme, it has been reported. The Guardian said that it had obtained documents showing that GCHQ...
View ArticleMakeover at Gloucester Quays to make it look 'less like Asda'
A MAKEOVER has started at Gloucester Quays to help cope with an expected surge in visitors. Two units are being knocked through to create a walkway connecting the two sections of the shopping centre...
View ArticleParents upset over new £80 PE kit for Severn Vale School pupils
SMART new school PE kit costing £80-plus has upset some parents fearing its expense and suitability.When Severn Vale School in Quedgeley asked parents for feedback on the fresh look, many...
View ArticleLife is a rollercoaster for Asda girl Sally, 29
ONE of the world's biggest Ronan Keating fans says it would be a dream come true to meet him when he comes to her home city of Gloucester.Sally Etheridge has travelled all over the world to see the...
View Article£15m new BMW Mini dealership on A40 to create 100 jobs
A £15million flagship BMW Mini dealership could be built next to the A40 on the outskirts of Cheltenham. The proposed four storey glass building would be the first thing visitors to the town see coming...
View ArticlePut games console away and play outside – Reed
Double Olympic champion Pete Reed has hailed the upcoming Dorney World Cup regatta as rowing's Olympic legacy in action. Nailsworth Naval officer Reed won his second Olympic gold medal on Dorney Lake...
View ArticleWork begins to dismantle crash plane
WORK began yesterday to dismantle the remains of a light aircraft which crashed into a residential garden in Cheltenham. Engineers were taking the plane down bit by bit during the afternoon after...
View ArticleScamper boards train for London adventure
SCAMPER became a real rover when he scamped off on a grand adventure – to make his way to London.Scamper slipped out from his garden at Lansdown and boarded the 5.05pm First Great Western service to...
View ArticleSlad Valley homes appeal
PLANS to build 140 homes in the Slad Valley are back on the table.Developer Gladman is appealing against Stroud District Council's refusal to let it build the houses on land next to Summer Street.It is...
View ArticleRichard Murray, Murrays Estate Agents: Why we are moving Stroud offices
After two decades of negotiating property moves on behalf of clients, Murrays Estate Agents is about to use its expertise in making a move of its own. Here, Richard Murray, who is the senior partner at...
View ArticleVisitors to exhibit to choose final winners
WITH the lines for voting now closed, the next stage of the Stroud Life Photographer of the Year competition is about to begin.Readers have been invited to vote for their favourite photographs which...
View Article£15m supermarket to create 275 jobs
ALMOST 300 new jobs are promised as developers negotiate over which supermarket will take a £15million foodstore planned for Stroud.Proposals for the foodstore on disused brownfield land at Ryeford...
View Article£18k project scores free tennis for all
FREE tennis will be on offer to local folk thanks to an £18,000 plus Dursley Town Council project.The council has decided that once its courts on the War Memorial Recreation Ground are resurfaced and...
View ArticleElms Park: 4,500 new homes plan unveiled for Cheltenham greenbelt
A £1.75 billion development which could see up to 4,500 homes built in north west Cheltenham has been unveiled. The site, which would be called Elms Park, would be built on 700 acres of greenbelt land...
View ArticleElms Park: Multi-billion business park next to Gallaher Retail Park in...
THOUSANDS of jobs could be created by a new business park planned for the multi-billion pound Elms Park development. The ambitious scheme includes designs for a 10 hectare business park next to the...
View ArticleAndy Deacon: New era for rugby clubs in Gloucestershire
THE old-fashioned rugby pyramid is back and handing more local boys the chance to play for Gloucester, believes Cinderford boss Andy Deacon.Gloucester and Cinderford have forged stronger links than...
View ArticleHappy ending as Mabel the missing tortoise returns home
THE mystery of the missing Longlevens tortoise has been solved.Seven-year-old Mabel, owned by Barnwood Park school girl Isobelle Phillips, escaped from her pen in Estcourt Road last week.Isobelle, 14,...
View Article'Spice Gulls' target tasty orange bin bag contents in Gloucester
RESTAURANT bin bags are being targeted by gulls during the night.The orange Gloucester City Council bags are used by restaurant owners across the city but are often attacked by the gulls.Nizam Uddin,...
View ArticleDeath crash Leanne Davies' friend Paul Reddan is 'stable' in hospital
MEDICS have moved a teenager whose friend died in a car crash.Paul Reddan, 19, has been transferred from Frenchay Hospital, Bristol to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, where his condition is currently...
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