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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 […]

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 […]