When & Where 27 Feb 2025, 14:00 – 05 Mar 2025, 20:00 Kings Square, Gloucester GL1 1RP, UK About the event The Whilers are otherworldly creatures on a journey into the unknown. They use nonverbal sounds and language to communicate with one another and make new...
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Bright Nights: Twist & Shine
When & Where 13 Feb 2025, 16:30 – 19 Feb 2025, 19:00 Kings Square, Gloucester GL1 1RP, UK About the event Twist and shape glowing light sculptures in Kings Square. Twist and Shine by Kaleider is a beautiful landscape of interactive light sculptures. They are made...
Bristol Water should pay for Gloucester Docks to be dredged, say former mayor
Bristol Water should pay for the dredging needed to fix the high siltation siltation levels which are preventing boats from mooring at Gloucester Docks, believes civic chief Pam Tracey. Dockside businesses say their trade suffered over Easter because boats could not...
Building Futures – A Resettlement Event
February 13th 2025 10am to 1pm at GL1 NHS Gloucestershire are holding an event called Building Futures, supporting people from Ukraine & other countries who have chosen to work and live their lives in the UK. They have invited over 300 people, many of whom are...
Bus cancellations in Gloucestershire: My trip from Newent to Cheltenham
Gloucester Transport Hub. Travelling by bus in Gloucestershire in recent months has proven a challenge for many. Bus cancellations have been commonplace in the county as Stagecoach West says it struggles with the national shortage of drivers. On Wednesday, I thought...
Bus service improvements for Gloucester, Forest of Dean and Tewkesbury
Credit: Shaun Moore Gloucestershire County Council has announced the introduction of improved local bus services in Gloucester and some extra services to the Tewkesbury and Forest of Dean areas. This is the third phase of wide-ranging bus service improvements being...
Business in Focus – Dough From Dough, Westgate Street
Newly named Pizza place is talk of the City! Based in the centre of the Westgate Street community, you’ll find a delicious pizza place called Dough From Dough. Newly named and rebranded, Dough From Dough is a family run, rugby crazed pizza place. Formerly known as...
Business in Focus – Kara Hair & Beauty
Kara’s Hair & Beauty have recently celebrated being in Gloucester high streets for 55 years. Since 1967, Kara’s Hair & Beauty salon has been a firm fixture in Gloucester’s high street, from their humble beginnings in Northgate Street, to their salon in The...
Businesses sought with new vision for former Chambers pub in Gloucester’s Kings Square
The transformation of Kings Square is set to take another step forward as the former Chambers pub comes on to the market. Gloucester City Council is set to advertise the prime Gloucester site and is seeking businesses that can enhance the vision for the recently...
Cabinet chief who arrived on the Windrush to become city mayor
A long-standing Shire Hall chief who arrived in the UK on the HMT Empire Windrush and has dedicated her life to public service is stepping down from her role to become mayor of Gloucester. Longlevens councillor Kathy Williams, 72, will no longer be the cabinet member...
Cabinet set to approve future-focused budget to drive Gloucester’s growth
Gloucester City Council’s Cabinet is set to approve a future-focused money plan and budget that will continue the huge transformation that is currently taking place across the city. The proposed money plan for the next five years and budget for 2025/26 set out the...
Call for volunteers in Gloucestershire to help wildlife by keeping canals alive
With spring around the corner, the national charity Canal & River Trust is preparing the ground for the year ahead and is calling on volunteers in Gloucestershire to help the much-loved and many endangered species that rely on the historic canal network that...
Call to Nominate Inspirational Women in Gloucester
In celebration of International Women’s Day, on the 8th of March, the Museum of Gloucester is launching a new initiative to showcase the contributions of local Gloucester women in everyday life. The project will feature portraits of 100 heroic women taken by 100 women...
Calling Businesses: Let Your Customers Park for Free Trial
Gloucester Business Improvement District is looking for 10 BID businesses to take part in a trial parking project. Following on from the hairdressers C14’s successful offer ‘Book a cut or colour with any stylist and get your parking taken off the total! Just bring...
Calling City Centre Retailers: Visit Gloucester
Visit Gloucester are excited to announce their Summer Campaign, My Gloucester Passport, all the details of the campaign can be found in the attached sponsorship pack. Gloucester Summer Passport Sponsorship Pack Participants will receive a passport, this a loyalty...
Calls for 5G masts to be designed like trees
Copyright: Shaun Moore There are calls for 5G towers to be designed like trees to prevent “ugly” masts from popping up all over Gloucester. More and more planning applications for the new mobile masts are being submitted to Gloucester City Council and opposition...
Calls for Christmas lights in Gloucester to be turned on before most shops close
There are concerns that businesses are losing out as the Christmas lights in Gloucester are not switched on until most shops close for the day. The festive lights in the city centre are currently on from 5pm to 11pm from Sunday to Thursday and from 7am to 2am on...
Calls for more access to public toilets
There is a “phantom pooer” on the loose in Gloucester which civic chiefs are considering tracking down. This information came to light while Gloucester City Council debated last night (September 29) proposals to reinstate a scheme to improve access to toilets....
Calls on Gloucester Quays Sainsbury’s to retain pharmacy as Lloyds announces closure
There calls for Sainsbury’s to retain its pharmacy at their Gloucester Quays store. Newly-elected Gloucester City Councillor Rebecca Trimnell (LD, Westage) has voiced disappointment over the planned closure of the Lloyds pharmacy at the superstore. Posters have been...
Calls to make it easier to cut gull numbers to avoid bird flu outbreak
© Copyright Brian Robert Marshall Pressure is mounting on the Government to make it easier to control urban gull numbers to prevent a possible bird flu outbreak in Gloucester. There have been 82 confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in England...















