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Man fined £1426 in court for collecting scrap without a license.

A man has been fined £1426, after he was collecting waste without a Waste Carrier Registration. The Gloucestershire Constabulary contacted the Stroud District Council after they suspected that someone was collecting waste illegally. Chloe Turner, Chair of Stroud District Council’s Environment Committee has said that “this an excellent example of collaborative working between the police […]

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Pensioner Paul Shakespeare given nine-year sentence after DNA recovered showed he raped an 18-year-old 30 years ago

Paul Shakespeare, 66, has been sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of rape in 1990. Gloucester Crown Court was told he targeted an 18-year-old dog walker as she was walking on Honeybourne Line in Cheltenham 30 years ago. The teenager, who at the time of the incident was 18 years old, […]

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Covid- 19: Gloucestershire hospitals still overrun, despite fall in Covid figures.

The number of positive coronavirus cases has decreased by an estimated 57% in two weeks in the UK, despite hospitals still being busy.  Whilst positive cases have decreased over two weeks, hospitals in Gloucestershire are still struggling to care for covid patients.  The current positive cases are estimated at around three thousand, compared to the […]