GFM News

The Gloucestershire Polish Club would like to invite Polish-speaking members of the community to their next meeting on Saturday March 20. The meeting will start at 5pm and is being held at the GAVCA in Eastgate Street, Gloucester. A family information service agent will be at the meeting to give information and advice to families […]

Officers from the Roads Policing Unit (RPU) apprehended 13 drivers in just 45 minutes during a mini operation in Quedgeley on Friday March 12. The operation was conducted after local residents raised concerns about traffic offences with their council funded officer PC Fraser Mackie from the Gloucester South Safer Community Team. Following the request from […]

Sara Hobbin, the Police Authority member for Gloucester, will be in the city centre this Saturday to speak to passing shoppers. Sara is keen to hear people’s views on policing issues in the area and would like to give local community members the chance to raise any concerns they may have. So if you are […]

Police are appealing for witnesses following a robbery in Gloucester on Thursday March 11. The robbery occurred between 7.45pm and 8.10pm in an area of grassland between Bishops Castle Way and Bishopstone Way. The victim, a 34-year-old man from Staunton, was walking from his aunt’s house in Coney Hill towards the Over roundabout when the […]

People in Cheltenham and Gloucester are being asked to take part in a review of residents parking. Following the introduction of Gloucestershire County Council’s new Residents Parking Policy in January, there starting to assess where schemes are most needed. The first stage of the review involves sending out questionnaires to residents to find out more […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted in Lydney on Monday March 1.    The incident happened between 4.45pm and 5pm in Newerne Street.    The victim, a 17-year-old woman from Lydney, got off a bus from Gloucester and walked to the public toilets at the rear of Caplins Café.   She […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a stolen van was abandoned in Hare Lane, Gloucester, following a police pursuit. The white Ford Transit van was stolen between 5pm on Friday March 5 and 8.15am on Saturday March 6 from a warehouse in Lower Tuffley Lane. During the burglary the offender(s) also attempted to steal a […]

Gloucestershire primary school pupils are being given an added incentive to try school meals. Pupils who don’t normally eat a school meal are being encouraged to pick up an entry card from their school canteen and get it stamped every time they enjoy a meal. They just have to collect 5 stamps and answer an […]

Could you care for a child with disabilities? During Share the Care Week (7th-14th March), Gloucestershire County Council is asking people to consider if they could ‘Be the BIG difference’. Seventy five disabled children and young people from across the county benefit from short breaks under the county council’s Family Link service, but another twenty […]

Police in Gloucester are urging shoppers to be vigilant with their bankcards and when using cash machines following distraction thefts in the city. Offenders have been using a variety of methods to distract their victims in order to steal bankcards or money. On Tuesday February 23, an 81-year-old woman had her bankcard stolen from her […]