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By Andy McCormick Photo by Ben Redondo Beck Plans for a brand-new four-star hotel at the Gloucester Docks to revitalise three vacant warehouse buildings have fallen through. Dowdeswell Group Limited originally had won a competitive bid where they acquired the HKP Warehouses. It had been expected they would follow through with this success as a […]
By Eve Perkins Inspiring the Forest is a project aimed at raising career aspirations amongst young people, parents and teachers across the Forest of Dean. It aims to create an awareness of the type of jobs available in the Forest and the skills required for those jobs. The event supporting Inspiring the Forest will take […]
Police are aware of drivers returning to the busy roads now that lock-down has come to an end. The Camera Enforcement Team (CET) have been placing Mobile Speed Detection Vans at numerous locations to remind drivers about their behaviour and to discourage those who drive at excessive speeds. Cameras are being placed on Evesham Road, […]
By Jemima Wittich After being closed 13-hours, the A417 was finally reopened at 5:30 this morning. The crash took place yesterday at 16:38 between the A436 Air Balloon Roundabout and a junction at the Cowley Roundabout. The crash involved 3 cars, a red SEAT, a black BMW and a VW Transporter. The driver of the […]
By Dylan Robertson A 24-year-old has died after a crash on the A44 near Chipping Norton. The crash happened on Cross Hands hill, which is on the border between Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, it occurred on Sunday morning at 7:50am, and involved a silver Audi TT. The man has not yet been identified, but his family have […]
Wayne Pivac has once again named local sensation Louis Rees-Zammit at fullback in their match against familiar foes Georgia. The Gloucester Rugby star who has featured mostly on the wing for the Cherry and Whites will be looking for further improvement after a strong showing at 15 vs Argentina. The youngster did however played at […]
The local council are aiming to improve safety, security, and health by reducing the risk of death, injury or illness arising from transport on the roads. Gloucestershire County Council are meeting up this week to discuss road safety. The proposed plans are to adopt a new road safety policy after an increase in local demands […]
Cheltenham has released its air quality action plan to improve air pollution across Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire County Council plan to improve the availability of electric vehicle charging points as well as increasing the availability for cleaner, greener transport. The council has installed new ‘state of the art’ monitoring equipment which will enable even more accurate monitoring […]
By Andy McCormick Promises for the Cheltenham Ice Rink to return for 2022 have changed as it has been announced that the ice rink has been cancelled. This cancellation was surprising for some as not long ago in September it had been declared that the ice rink would return to Cheltenham for 2022. A press […]
By Redwan Eid Residents of Cheltenham are complaining about the bus service in the town, with reports that buses mainly turn up late or they do not at all in most of the time. Arrival boards at bus stops do not display any notice about a change of scheduled trips, and the mobile app notifies […]