Month: November 2024
£1.3m invested in new school building The Eastbrook Centre
Gloucestershire County Council has invested around £1.3 million in The Eastbrook Centre, a new site for Gloucestershire’s alternative provision school. The Altus School is alternative provision for children and young people who have struggled in a mainstream setting and have been,...
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15th November 2024
Village ‘heart ripped out’ by pub closure amid hopes to reopen despite housing plan
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter There are calls to save a much-loved traditional Gloucestershire pub as its closure “feels like the heart has been ripped from the village”. The Nag’s Head in Oldcroft Road, Yorkley Slade closed last...
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15th November 2024
Mental health hospital gym removal bid sparks fears patient welfare
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter There are concerns Wotton Lawn Hospital bosses “don’t really give a s**t” about patients amid plans to remove or substantially reduce the size of the onsite gym. The acute mental health hospital in...
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15th November 2024
16 Days of Action to launch across Cheltenham to enhance safety for women and girls
Cheltenham Borough Council and partners will initiate its support for the “16 Days of Action” campaign, aimed at ending violence against women and girls. This initiative will commence with a community-wide effort to “Turn Cheltenham Orange”, encouraging businesses and residents...
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15th November 2024
Frustration over how civic chiefs find out major police issues
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter There is frustration civic chiefs tasked with scrutinising the police keep finding out about top job dismissals and appointments through the press. The police and crime panel, which is made of councillors who...
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15th November 2024
Plans for 80 homes in rural Gloucestershire rejected
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Controversial plans to build 80 homes on the outskirts of a Gloucestershire town have been rejected amid opposition from hundreds of people and concerns over lack of public transport. Lantar Developments Ltd has...
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13th November 2024
Gloucester Post Office branch at risk of closing
The Post Office has announced that more than a hundred larger crown branches – those owned by the company directly – could close with the possible loss of hundreds of jobs. The Communication Workers Union has signalled a fight ahead...
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13th November 2024
Police officer arrested on suspicion of terrorism offence
A serving Gloucestershire Police officer has today (12 November) been arrested by officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South West (CTPSW) on suspicion of a terrorism offence. The officer, a constable aged in his 30s, was arrested at a property in...
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12th November 2024
Cheltenham drinks business toasts export success with £4.5m deal
A premium drinks producer based in Cheltenham has secured £4.5 million in financing to support their global export of bespoke drinks packages, including to Asia. Provided by HSBC, the package combines a receivables finance facility of £3 million and a...
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11th November 2024
Civic chiefs ‘kept in the dark’ for nine months over deputy police chief constable suspension
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Civic chiefs tasked with scrutinising Gloucestershire’s police and crime commissioner were “kept in the dark” for nine months over the suspension of the deputy chief constable. Gloucestershire Constabulary’s former deputy chief constable Shaun...
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4th November 2024