Month: August 2024
Huge plan for homes, doctors’ surgery, transport hub and jobs near GCHQ
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Plans for 365 homes, retail units, food and drink venues, a healthcare centre and a transport hub are in for Cheltenham’s Golden Valley near GCHQ. NEMA Golden Valley Limited has submitted outline plans...
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3rd August 2024
Celebrate one year of Voi in Cheltenham and Gloucester with free rides
One year on since Voi started operating in Cheltenham and Gloucester, the company has revealed that carbon savings from people riding its e-scooters is the equivalent of over four million smartphone charges. Voi’s coral-coloured rental e-scooters first appeared in Cheltenham...
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1st August 2024
Cotswold beauty spot ‘blighted’ by caravans ‘dumped on it in bid to stop vandalism’
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter A Cotswold beauty spot has been “blighted” by old and wrecked caravans which have been “dumped on it in a bid to stop vandalism”. Verney Fields in Stonehouse has been a bone of...
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1st August 2024
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service undertake training exercise involving simulated flat fire
Members of staff from Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) and Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) took part in a training exercise at a block of flats in Berkeley Close, South Cerney. The exercise entailed a simulated...
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1st August 2024
Fears Designer Outlet car park will worsen M5 traffic woes
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter There are fears “horrendous” traffic congestion will worsen near the M5 if plans for a multi-storey car park for a “blot on the Gloucestershire landscape” retail outlet are approved. Robert Hitchins Limited wants...
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1st August 2024
Woman killed in collision on B4014
A woman has been killed in a collision involving a car and motorbike on the B4014 between Tetbury and Malmesbury last night (Wednesday 31 July). The collision, which involved a Volvo C70 and a Kawasaki ZR motorcycle, happened shortly after...
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1st August 2024
Row breaks out over idea to grant ex-MP Richard Graham freedom of Gloucester
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter A row has broken out over whether Gloucester’s former MP Richard Graham would be granted freedom of the city. Conservative City Councillors claim Liberal Democrat leader Jeremy Hilton (LD, Kingsholm and Wotton) said...
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1st August 2024
Pub event raises £18,000 for Sue Ryder hospice
46-year-old Tony Winstone from Cheltenham has raised a mammoth £18,000 for Sue Ryder by organising a food and fun fundraiser in the popular Beehive pub in the Montpellier area of the town. This is the fourth time Tony has organised...
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1st August 2024
More than 1,000 people back calls for pedestrian crossing
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for a new pedestrian crossing in Cheltenham after a schoolboy was hit by a car last year. Residents have been calling for a crossing...
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1st August 2024