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A campaign has been launched by Gloucestershire Police to stop drink and drug driving this December. It comes after it was revealed that Gloucestershire is the second worst region for driving under the influence, with 420 arrests in the first half of the year. The campaign will run from December 1 until January 1, and […]
Properties in Tetbury, Gloucestershire have been targeted by stone-throwers. One shop in particular on London Road has had its windows smashed three times in the past two months. A person has been seen picking up stones off the ground, throwing them at the property and then running away. They have been described as tall, slim […]
The Emergency Services were called to Cheltenham this morning with a report of Arson. A resident reported that a car had been set on fire on St. Phillip’s Street with the rear passenger door open. Police are appealing for witnesses and would like to speak to a man seen in the area at the time […]
Sky has jumped on the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell bandwagon, following the likes of Netflix with its documentary, ‘Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell’. From her turbulent relationship with her billionaire father to an unwavering loyalty to a serial sex offender, Ghislaine’s privileged life is shown to be far from perfect. So much so, it’s almost […]
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 […]
Four teenagers have been arrested in connection to a public fight, which took place between two gangs on Forest Road, Lydney. The fight took place between two groups of teenagers who are reported to have made several threats to injure one another through the use of knives and other currently unidentified weapons. Two 15 year-old […]
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, […]
Finding out your nan has stage three cancer is hard enough. Being told she will have to wait 3 months for a critical operation she desperately needs, while her cancer festers, is even more difficult. Throughout this time, me and my family experienced many emotions: fear, sadness, even anger. This anger was converted to rage […]
The annual anti-drink driving campaign is in full swing as Gloucester’s MP, Richard Graham gets behind the current efforts being made by Gloucestershire’s police to crack down on drink driving in the county. The campaign was launched on the November 30 and aims to promote safe driving during the Christmas period which is notorious for […]
Three men involved in a drug gang were sentenced to 21 years in prison after smuggling Class A drugs throughout Gloucestershire Yesterday, three men were sentenced in Crown Court after an investigation found them guilty of being part of a drug gang that moved over half a million pounds worth of cocaine and marijuana into […]