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Sadly the tall ships festival will not now take place this year due to building works in Gloucester docks

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A very large bore is expected on the River Severn tomorrow Tuesday 2nd March. The bore is expected in Newnham at 8.02am and it is due in Minsterworth  an hour later

The upper deck of Gloucester Quays Designer Outlet was always supposed to be cafe culture and restaurants. They now want to stage major concerts, fashion shows, live theatre and international exhibitions by marketing an entire floor of the building which is currently empty. They are also looking at getting a wedding license

The upper deck of Gloucester Quays Designer Outlet covers 1,375 square metres of floor space and can hold up to 720 people.

Cheltenham Town are in talks with  neighbours Gloucester City over a possible groundshare at Whaddon Road.
City, who have been homeless since Meadow Park was flooded in the summer of 2007, are due to complete their second season at Cirencester in May.

Now, you would think that is good news for both clubs, but the “fans” would rather just call each other names. What a great shame.

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NHS Gloucestershire, which runs NHS Stop Smoking, have invested millions of pounds in  tobacco companies to boost pension profits by county councils and health chiefs.

Talk about do as I say, not as I do.

I have sent invitations to all the parties and candidates in Gloucestershire that I can find email addresses for. I do hope we get some response here.

In the next few days or weeks, Gordon Brown will call a general election. The latest that he can make it is June, but I think it is likely to be sooner.

Politicians have never enjoyed a good reputation, and this year most peoples perception of them has reached an all time low. Despite all their protestations I can’t see this being anything but a “dirty” election where we will as per normal see all the parties insulting each other and spreading as many scare stories as they can. It is a tragedy, but it would be naive to expect anything else.

Nevertheless, I believe it is vital that everyone goes to the polling stations, hopefully to vote for their candidate, or, if you feel that no one represents your views, spoil the ballot in a clear way. A large none of the above is worth a vote sends a very clear message and all candidates get to see spoiled ballot papers.

I have set a discussion board up to see debates on the election by our members, and I will be sending out invitations to all the parties and independents in Gloucestershire inviting them to put their own case directly to local people.

Don’t forget, visit gloucestershire has 2 sections on our boards for events. 1 for Gloucester and another for the rest of the county.  These boards are open to anyone to promote their local events free of charge.

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