Month: June 2024
Plans for caravans at Sudeley Castle over Fantasy Forest Festival weekend
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter There are plans to site caravans at Sudeley Castle for the three day Fantasy Forest festival. Sudeley Castle has applied to Tewkesbury Borough Council for permission to temporarily change the use of the...
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24th June 2024
New tenant lined up for The Club at Tuffley
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter A popular Gloucester venue could have a new tenant. Gloucester City Council is poised to lease the Club at Tuffley Park to One Church. They say the group has a proven record of...
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24th June 2024
Fears council’s name change is is ‘distraction’ from ‘poorly drawn’ council borders
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter There are fears a public consultation on a Gloucestershire council’s plan to change its name is passing many people by and is a distraction from the county’s “flawed” boundaries. Tewkesbury Borough Council is...
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24th June 2024
Environmental disaster fears as river ’emptied for 30 hours’
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Villagers are concerned wildlife was seriously put at risk after a river was “emptied for 30 hours” when one of the sluice gates at an empty Gloucestershire factory was opened recently. The massive...
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20th June 2024
Typhoon display pilot ‘Turbo’ proud to be participating in Royal International Air Tattoo
In just over four weeks, RAF pilot Flight Lieutenant David ‘Turbo’ Turnbull will be preparing to display at this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo. With almost 200 aircraft already confirmed, the event has experienced unprecedented demand ahead of next month’s...
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20th June 2024
General Election 2024: Tactical voting is pointless says Gloucestershire MP hopeful
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter A Gloucestershire parliamentary candidate believes tactical voting is pointless as polls predict Labour is on course for a “landslide victory”. Best for Britain, an anti-Brexit campaign group which is promoting tactical voting as...
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20th June 2024
Man pleads guilty to animal welfare offences
A Forest of Dean Resident has pleaded guilty at a hearing in Gloucester Crown Court today for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The Chaxhill resident, Mr Edward Rafferty pleaded guilty to offences of failing to meet an animal’s...
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20th June 2024
Fate of 375 homes, business park and school plan to be decided by inspector
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter The fate of a scheme to build 375 homes which could turn a Gloucestershire market town into a “dormitory of Gloucester” will be decided by a planning inspector. Robert Hitchins Ltd wants to...
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20th June 2024
Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in Stroud last year
A woman whose actions resulted in a man’s death in Stroud last year has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Kimberley Ann Hawkins, 41 and of no fixed address, admitted to the manslaughter of 63-year-old Neil Shadwick on 22 January 2023. Hawkins...
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20th June 2024
Gloucestershire College in bid to turn industrial unit into vehicle workshop training site
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Gloucestershire College wants to use an industrial unit for a motor vehicle workshop training in Gloucester. The college has submitted plans to Gloucester City Council to change the use of the unit E2...
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20th June 2024