News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
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 Ben Redondo Beck Stagecoach West have been updating their network to supposedly improve reliability on their Gloucestershire buses. Most of the services won’t be changing however due to lack of resources, they have decided to remove some of their routes. These services are no longer being operated: and the Gloucestershire County Council are looking […]
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 […]
An impressive re development of Grange Park in Bishops Cleeve has been planned with a multimillion-pound budget consisting of new interiors and improved accessibility. Former headquarters of Zurich, the improved space will have 180,000 sqft of office space overlooking 100 mature, protected trees in an 11-acre parkland, Grangefield Park. Redesigned with natural materials, the park […]
A 42-year-old man who fled from a psychiatric hospital has admitted stabbing his parents to death. William Warrington, from St Georges’ Street, Cheltenham, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his father Clive, 67, and mother Valerie, 73, by reason of diminished responsibility. The parents, who were divorced, were found dead at two separate properties, in […]
After another entertaining season of Britain’s most loved food show, fans await eagerly for the final taking place this evening on Channel 4. Over the last nine weeks, nine contestants have been eliminated and it is finally time for Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith to decide this year’s winners. However, who will be presented with […]
Independent climate activists have returned to Cheltenham Promenade to hold a climate vigil during COP-27. They previously did this for COP-26 last year. The idea is to hold a vigil for the environment to raise awareness about climate change and our dying planet. Protests have taken place all over the UK throughout the UN Climate […]
Farmers keeping birds in the UK now must shut all their birds indoors until further notice due to the increase of avian flu cases. This is in addition to the strict biosecurity measures introduced by the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) in October 2022. These measures come in as the wild bird risk in Great […]