For Scenes of Crime Officers (SOCO), the discovery of human remains are sadly all part of the job. Thankfully while it is far from an everyday experience, getting the call that bones have been discovered somewhere in the county is not out of the ordinary. But when the Gloucestershire Scenes of Crime Department was informed that a dog walker had found what appeared to be a human skull, it was clear that this would require further investigation, so as to better understand if the remains related to an ongoing investigation. The member of the public had been walking his dog along the River...

Arts Council England has today announced Gloucester is among 11 priority places across the South West as part of its three-year Delivery Plan to bring more cultural experiences to communities that have been underserved in the past. The Arts Council England’s Delivery Plan for 2021-24 sets out a detailed roadmap to implement the vision of its strategy, Let’s Create: by 2030 England will be a country in which the creativity of each individual is valued and given the chance to flourish, and where everyone has access to a remarkable range of high-quality cultural experiences. The vision...