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De Keyser, Feraud, Jovani, Iceberg and Rock Couture shut their doors on Monday, just days after the shopping centre celebrated its first anniversary. All the shops operated under the name of R & H De Keyser Limited, which has gone into administration. Quays bosses said that they would try to find new jobs for all […]

Gloucestershire County Council has now repaired almost 48,000 potholes as part of Operation Road Rescue. In the past week, 3,241 potholes were filled by 70 teams from Gloucestershire Highways to bring the running total up to 47,915 fixed since January 25th. Teams have been out around the county repairing potholes, patching and resurfacing roads that […]

Stone from a Forest of Dean quarry is being used to create new pavements in the £7million Gloucester Linkages scheme. Gloucestershire County Council is keen to work with local businesses and source its material as locally as possible. When Cllr Terry Hale, county councillor for Coleford was contacted by the owners of Forest of Dean […]

Police from the Linden community are inviting local residents to come and meet them at the Police Information Point (PIP) at the Lighthouse Family Centre, Linden Road, this Thursday, June 3. Officers from the team, who patrol the community and are specifically tasked with tackling the policing priorities for the area with partner agencies, will […]

PINT glasses falling from tables, moving cutlery, footsteps on the stairs, and not a person in sight – there’s a lot of spooky things going on at the New Inn in Gloucester. Several paranormal happenings have been reported at the city centre watering hole during the past week, with some claiming it has been the […]

There will be no excuse for being bored on Bank Holiday Monday as rowing, canoeing, speed boating and sailing are just some of the activities on offer at an Open Day at the South Cerney Outdoor Education Centre on Monday 31st May. The Open Day has been arranged by Gloucestershire County Council’s Youth Service to […]

As part of Gloucestershire County Council’s commitment to educating schoolchildren about money matters, primary pupils have been invited to design a £100 coin which represents their community. The £100 coin challenge has been organised as part of My Money Week (28th June to 4th July). Pupils are being asked to design a coin for Gloucestershire […]

Gloucestershire County Council has teamed up with Cheltenham Borough Council, Gloucester City Council and Gloucestershire Police to tackle Blue Badge fraud. In two recent week-long operations in Cheltenham and Gloucester, 20 Blue Badges were confiscated, 4 warnings were issued and 13 people are in the process of being prosecuted. Following on from this success, a […]

Works on the new All Saints’ Academy in Cheltenham has led to the discovery of a previously unknown Anglo-Saxon settlement, opening up a new chapter in the history of Cheltenham. Monitoring of groundworks by Cotswold Archaeology during the construction of the new Academy on the site of the former Kingsmead School), led to the discovery […]

Gloucestershire Constabulary are becoming increasingly concerned for the safety of a 50-year-old man from Ruardean who has gone missing. Mark Calligan was last seen walking through the alley past the Beatrix Potter Shop just off Westgate Street in Gloucester towards the grounds of the cathedral at around 6.45pm on Saturday May 8.  Mark is considered […]