“Babies cry, you can cope!” is the message from the county council, NHS, police and partner organisations across Gloucestershire who have come together this September to promote lifesaving messages to parents. Research shows that some parents and caregivers can lose...

Discount retailer, B&M, has announced that it is expanding its Coney Hill, Gloucester store to make it much bigger and better for customers. Following feedback from regular customers that said they wanted a larger shop with even more products to shop, the store...

By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Barriers have been installed which have put an end to an unofficial free car park at Gloucester Docks. Dozens of cars had been parking on the land between North Warehouse and the Main Basin in recent months. This...

Metal barriers have been installed to protect hedgehogs from being killed by motorists who were using an illegal shortcut in a Gloucestershire village. Crafty delivery van drivers started driving over the patch of grass at the bottom of Crifty Craft Lane in Churchdown...

© Copyright David Dixon The BBC has confirmed it will move ahead with plans which will see local programmes on BBC Radio Gloucestershire drastically reduced. In October last year proposals to modernise BBC local services were set out which will affect 43 areas across...

The Believe in Gloucester Awards has seen over 200 applications since nominations opened on February 1st, and as a result the team are extending the deadline for entries and nominations until Friday 14th June 2024. The awards are being re-launched by a team of...

Gloucester does not want more betting shops to harm the city’s heritage. That is the message civic leaders sent out last night (august 2) as they rejected plans for a new bookies at 11 Northgate Street. Gloucester City Councillors debated BoyleSports Limited’s plans...

Concerns have been raised over a move to surrender democratic influence over Gloucester’s largest social housing landlord. Gloucester City Homes (GCH) manages some 5,000 homes including the city council’s former housing stock. Gloucester City Council transferred the...

There are plans to turn student halls in Gloucester into five large townhouses. Tom Waldron wants permission to convert Elizabeth House which has provided accommodation over the years for students at National Star College’s Ullenwood campus. His proposals, which have...

SO 82969 18442 from SO 82961 18477 Gloucester’s Blackfriars Priory will be the city’s first choice wedding venue, according to civic chiefs as the council is about to undertake a 25-year tenancy of the building. The 13th century monastery in Ladybellegate Street has...

The third Monday in January is sometimes referred to as ‘the most difficult day of the year’ but this is a myth. Charity Samaritans say there is no such thing as ‘Blue Monday’ – we all have our good days and our bad days and those aren’t for the calendar to decide. On...

A blue plaque commemorating the life of influential evangelist, George Whitefield, has been updated to give a more rounded account of his life story. The sign that sits on the wall of the De Crypt School off Southgate Street, is dedicated to Whitefield who attended...

Boaters claim that a combination of reduced services, with Gloucester Docks closed for more than 6 months last winter, together with reduced Summer opening hours and full day closures of the Canal during both Summer and Winter opening have reduced boaters visiting the...