GFM News

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 […]

Future scientists, engineers and mathematicians will have the chance to develop their skills at a special event next week. Thirty-six Diploma students from Gloucester secondary schools and Gloucestershire College will work with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Ambassadors from local businesses on a project that will form part of their qualification. The students will […]

A Gloucester man was sentenced yesterday (May 12) to 16 months in prison for a robbery that happened in Midland Road in November 2009. Nathan Ashford (18), of Hurst Close, Longlevens, pleaded guilty to the charge after he robbed a 20-year-old man from Gloucester of his mobile phone while he was walking home with two […]

Schools in Gloucestershire have the chance to win up to £1,000, by gathering recycling pledges from their local community. During Recycle Week (June 21st – 27th) every time someone recycles a small electrical item at their local Household RecyclingCentre they will receive a token with a unique code which can be awarded to a school […]

For the first time ever more than one million journeys have been made during one year on park and ride services in Gloucestershire. Passenger use has increased on both services with Cheltenham seeing a 15% increase in the past year and 12% more people using the service in Gloucester. The figures, collected between April 2009 […]

Gloucestershire County Council has repaired more potholes in the past four months than in the whole of last year. Since January 25th, 38,918 potholes have been repaired in the county. In 2009 38,000 potholes were repaired in the entire year, with 25,000 repaired the year before. The prolonged freezing weather this winter caused severe damage […]

Work on the first ever digital drainage map in Britain is underway in Gloucestershire. Engineers from Gloucestershire Highways’ drainage team, working with contractor 365 Environmental Services, are collecting and storing data on the location, route and condition of the county’s drainage systems. The data is then recorded on a specially-designed digital system, the first of […]

Gloucestershire County Council is calling for more people to come forward to foster children of all ages particularly teenagers and siblings. The call coincides with the launch of Foster Care Fortnight (Monday 17th – Sunday 30th May) – a nationwide campaign organised by the Fostering Network to highlight the need for more foster carers in […]