Month: June 2024
Fears rough sleepers and street drinkers are ‘scaring people away’ city centre
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter People are actively avoiding Gloucester city centre due to a perceived increase in antisocial behaviour, according to some of the candidates hoping to become the next MP. Six of the eight people hoping...
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26th June 2024
A Rule of Tum reimagines famous Gloucester Docks eatery
The much-loved Dr Foster’s will re-open this July as a gastropub. A Rule of Tum restaurant group is renowned for its delicious food and charming dining spaces, such as The Bookshop, Leaven Pizza, The Yard & The Burger Shop in Hereford,...
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26th June 2024
MP hopefuls say how they will tackle climate crisis ‘without making Gloucester people worse off’
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Gloucester’s parliamentary candidates have set out where they stand on the question of climate change and how they would tackle it in a way that does not make people poorer. Six of the...
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26th June 2024
Fears infrastructure and public services won’t cope with 10,000-home development
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter There are fears Gloucestershire’s road network and public services near a planned 10,000-home garden town will not be able to cope. Tewkesbury Borough Council’s vision for development near junction 9 of the M5...
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26th June 2024
Cheltenham MP hopefuls vie for votes as hundreds attend packed hustings
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Cheltenham’s five parliamentary candidates vied for votes last night (June 23) as they answered questions from a crowd of more than 300 people at St Matthew’s Church. The hustings were so popular that...
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24th June 2024
Armed police respond to incident in Stroud this morning
There has been a visible police presence in Stroud this morning, Monday 24 June, as officers responded to an incident. Police were called to London Road with a report a man was trying to force entry to a property...
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24th June 2024
Cotswold village bid to sell snacks from horse trailer sparks littering and overcrowding fears
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Dozens of people are opposed to plans to sell snacks, ice creams and drinks from a converted horse trailer amid overcrowding and littering fears in a picturesque waterside Cotswold village near Stow-on-the-Wold. Frederik...
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24th June 2024
Series of violent incidents in Cheltenham leads to enhanced police powers
An order has been put in place to give police enhanced powers to stop and search following a series of violent incidents in Cheltenham over the weekend. It is believed that there is an ongoing feud which involves two groups of...
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24th June 2024
‘Dangerous’ new farm road given go-ahead in village despite crash fears
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Controversial plans for a new road access to be created on the inside of a bend in a Gloucestershire village has been given the go-ahead. Emma Bazeley has been granted permission for a...
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24th June 2024
Bid for up to six homes in Gotherington
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter There are plans to build up to six homes in a village near Cheltenham. An unnamed developer wants permission in principle to be able to build between one and six properties on land...
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24th June 2024