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Gloucestershire Constabulary will be using furniture bought from homeless charity Emmaus to refurnish their training house in Carne Place in Gloucester.  The police will be using £300 from their training budget to buy the items from the Gloucester branch of the charity, which enables people to move on from homelessness. Chief Inspector Emma Davies, head […]

Gloucester City Centre Safer community Team (SCT) is extending a dispersal order covering the whole of the city centre to continue to tackle anti-social behaviour. The order, which has been running for the last six months, was introduced in response to an increase in reports of groups entering the city centre and behaving in an […]

Police in Gloucester are appealing for information after a car was broken into and items stolen last week. The incident happened at Westgate Galleria Car Park on Westgate Street last Tuesday, June 8, between 7.30am and 8.20pm. Unknown offenders smashed the passenger window of a black Volkswagen Passat Estate and stole and ipod classic and […]

Officers from Gloucester South Safer Community Team (SCT) have been working with young drama students from Linda Virgoe Dance Studios to help them explore the effects of anti-social behaviour (ASB) on all sections of the community. The youngsters will be presenting the results of their workshop in the production “asb 2day,” which will be showing […]

Two brand new Special Constables are amongst four officers who are set to be congratulated by Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Mick Matthews for the way they dealt with an incident of disorder in the city last week. The DCC has asked to meet Special Constables Matthew Richards, John East, Lisa Harker and Assistant Divisional Officer […]

Gloucestershire County Council has won three awards from the South West Built Environment Awards. The county council won the award for Client of the Year, as part of the Gloucestershire Construction Partnership. Andrew Jarvis, the county council’s head of corporate building services, won the Achiever’s Award. The Main Place in Coleford, which was built by […]

Has your hairdryer blown a fuse, or maybe your kettle has gone off the boil? If the answer is yes, then your local school needs your help. During Recycle Week (June 21st – 27th) people are being urged to take their unwanted small electrical items to the Household Recycling Centre and benefit a local school […]

Police found missing Edward Champ on the evening of Friday, June 11. The 81-year-old Gloucester man was reported missing earlier in the day on Friday and was found, with his dog, in Gloucester at 6.15pm. He was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital for medical checks. The Constabulary would like to thank all those who assisted […]

‘What you wear, make it fair’, ‘Football’s role in tackling racism’ and ‘Endangered species’. These are just some of the topics that will be discussed at the Talking about places faraway competition to be held at the Municipal Buildings in Cheltenham this week. The event provides an opportunity for young people to share their views, […]

Police in Gloucester are appealing for information following a spate of vehicle fires in the early hours of Sunday morning. Three fires were reported in the Norbury Avenue area of Matson between 4.20am and 6am on Sunday, June 13. In the first incident, offenders are alleged to have pushed a Kawasaki motorbike from the communal […]