GFM News

Cheltenham Town FC are joining forces with all 72 Football League Clubs in a united week of action to raise awareness and vital funds for Help for Heroes – The Football League’s Official Charity Partner for the 2009/10season. Football for Heroes week will take place between March 6 and 14 allowing the whole of The […]

Police have seized an estimated £40,000 worth of illegal drugs during a drugs warrant in Gloucester.   Officers from the Gloucester Priority Policing Team and the Barton Street Inspector Neighbourhood Area executed a warrant at an address in Stroud Road, Gloucester, at around 11.30am on Monday March 1.   Inside the property, officers found approximately […]

Plans to extend pay and display in Gloucester and Cheltenham will be reviewed following a big response from the public. Gloucestershire County Council was looking at extending pay and display in Gloucester city centre and parts of Cheltenham town, to help increase the turnover of spaces and deter drivers from blocking spaces outside people’s homes. […]

The Street Offences Team based at Barton Street Police Station have notched up an impressive 500 arrests since they were formed in April 2009. The team consists of five Officers under the name of Operation Barracuda who support the local Safer Community Team in providing a direct response to issues raised by the local community. […]

MP Parmjit Dhanda joined a group of ICT novices from Gloucester Old People’s Centre Association on Friday (26 February) to see at firsthand how they are now embracing the digital age thanks to a new laptop and year’s free broadband connection from BT Community Connections. The Association offers a relaxed drop-in service for elderly and […]

Thousands of Gloucestershire homes are going to recieve the Welsh version of the BBC following next month’s digital switchover. The blip is a result of the increased strength in signal of the Welsh transmitter and is expected to affect large parts of the Forest of Dean. But disgruntled viewers are being urged not to panic […]

THE LATEST LOCAL SPORT SCORES AND RESULTS FOR SATURDAY 26TH MARCH 2010 Rugby:    FULL TIME Gloucester Rugby 47 Sale Sharks 3 TRIES: #penalty, Vainikolo 2,                    #penalty, Hodgso  # Qera , Robinson, Simpson-Daniel, Hazell                                                                             CONVERSIONS:                        Robinson 4, Taylor 2                             Live Score Update from Shaun @ Kingsholm, 2nd Half ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Football:  Postponed: Gloucester City Vs  Harrogate Town ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Football:   FULL […]

A man has been charged with robbery following an incident in Vauxhall Road, Gloucester. The victim, a 23-year-old from the city, was assaulted on February 6 at 7.20pm after he left a bookmakers in Barton Street. As he walked to his car his attacker punched and forced him to the floor before making off with […]

Gloucestershire County Council is carrying out resurfacing on roads across the county next week as part of Operation Road Rescue. Highways teams have been out around the county repairing potholes, patching and resurfacing roads that were badly damaged during the freezing weather. Starting next week (w/c 1 March), the following resurfacing and micro-resurfacing schemes are […]

Gloucestershire County Council today called on the NHS to suspend planned bed cuts to allow a full consultation to take place. At a meeting of full council today, all 63 councillors voted unanimously to support a motion, proposed by council leader Cllr Barry Dare. It follows the announcement that the NHS proposes to close 200 […]