GFM News

Police in Gloucester are appealing for information following an assault in the early hours of Saturday, May 1. The incident happened outside the Royal Mail depot in Eastern Avenue between midnight and 1.30am. A 27-year-old man was attacked by what are alleged to be four boys of around 17 or 18 years of age. He […]

Gloucester City Safer Community Team (SCT) held a community event at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital earlier this week. Bike coding and crime prevention advice was offered to visitors and staff at the main entrance of the hospital. Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Stephanie Mason, Crime Reduction Officer PC John Whitmarsh, members of the crime prevention panel […]

Four people will be sentenced for their part in a £200,000 heroin conspiracy after a trial at Bristol Crown Court ended today. Iqbal Moolla (50), of Robertson Road, Shurdington, had already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs and had been remanded in custody. He will now be sentenced alongside Mark Woodward (40) […]

Police in Gloucester are appealing for information after two fireplaces and their surrounds were stolen during a burglary at a former pub in Oxford Street earlier this week. The incident happened between 4pm on Tuesday, April 27 and 12.20am on Wednesday, April 28. Unknown offenders broke into the property, which is currently being converted into […]

Gloucestershire County Council has now repaired more than 33,000 potholes as part of Operation Road Rescue. In the past week, 2787 potholes were filled by 70 teams from Gloucestershire Highways to bring the running total up to 33,245 fixed since January 25th. Teams have been out around the county repairing potholes, patching and resurfacing roads […]

Building work has begun at five nurseries which were awarded money by Gloucestershire Council to provide permanent facilities for pre-school children. Little Meadows Nursery in Quedgeley, Piccolo Bears Nursery in Cheltenham, Hartpury Nursery, Phoenix Nursery in Nailsworth and Mitton Manor Nursery are first of 14 community providers of pre-school providers to have work starting to […]

Kimbrose Way, Gloucester, will close to traffic from Monday as work continues on the city linkages scheme. Work started on the £7million Gloucester Linkages project last month and already significant progress has been made. From Monday, 26th April, Kimbrose Way will close until 28th June when it will re-open as a two-way street. Until then […]

Police in Gloucester are appealing for information after an aggravated burglary in Finlay Road in the early hours of today, Thursday, April 22. The victim, a 42 year-old-man, disturbed the offenders in his flat at around 1am and was then assaulted. He was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital where he remains with serious but not […]

Gloucestershire parents are being invited to pick up a bargain and do their bit for the environment. With Real Nappy Week approaching (April 26th – May 2nd) Gloucestershire County Council is offering a one off voucher of £30 towards the cost of purchasing real nappies. You can redeem the voucher against any purchase of real […]

Police in Gloucester are appealing for information following a spate of bin fires in the city over the last week. The latest occurred yesterday, Wednesday, April 21, at a business address in Sabre Close, Quedgeley, when rubbish was set alight. The incident was later confirmed as arson. There have been five other related incidents including […]