A series of anti-bleed kits have been installed around Gloucester as part of a knife awareness campaign. The kits have been secured by the Put the Knives Down Group which was set up following the murder of Ramarni Crosby last month. Public access bleed control kits are specialist first aid kits which include items such as a tourniquet, bandages and a foil blanket. The kits have been funded by the group and supplied through the Daniel Baird Foundation.   Gloucester News Centre -...

Firefighters tackled a blaze at former school in Gloucester. Five crews were called to the former Colwell School building in Derby Road near the Horton Road crossing last night. They were on scene for around 90minutes to extinguish to make the site safe. The building has been closed for more than a decade. Image: R Elvin Gloucester News Centre - http://gloucesternewscentre.co.uk

Gloucester City Homes (GCH) are pleased to have let the first of 20 new affordable homes at the new Glevum Green development which sits between Estcourt and Denmark Road in Kingsholm. The development’s affordable homes, built by Redrow Homes, starts with the completion of 2 four-bed affordable rent homes which will be followed by 10 one and two-bed flats, another four-bed house, 4 two-bed houses and 3 three-bed houses by the Summer. Robert Panou, Head of Assets and Development at GCH commented “We are really pleased to make these high-quality new homes available and whilst the majority...