Month: January 2025
Council to spend £250,000 on flood experts
By Gavin McEwan – Local Democracy Reporter Herefordshire Council is to spend up to £100,000 on external flooding experts following a year of damaging floods around the county. Herefordshire Council has awarded the 12-month contract to Cheshire-based RSK Environment for...
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11th January 2025
Larger homes planned for village farm site near Hereford
By Gavin McEwan – Local Democracy Reporter Plans have been put forward to knock down farm buildings in a Herefordshire village and replace them with four larger houses. The application (number 242989) by local couple Mr and Mrs Brown seeks...
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11th January 2025
Plans for new homes for key workers near Hereford
By Gavin McEwan – Local Democracy Reporter A plan for 31 new homes for key workers near Hereford has been revealed – alongside what will be the county’s largest park-and-ride site. At Clubtail Drive near the junction of the A49...
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11th January 2025
£100m road repair contract renewal blasted as the ‘Christmas present no one wants’
Gloucestershire County Council Liberal Democrat group leader Lisa Spivey. By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter The £100 million renewal of Gloucestershire’s contract for fixing potholes has been blasted as a “Christmas present no one wants”. Gloucestershire County Council’s highway...
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11th January 2025
Go-ahead for new roof and balcony at Cheltenham home despite privacy concerns
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter Plans for a replacement roof and changes to a balcony on a Cheltenham home have been given the go-ahead despite privacy concerns. Cheltenham Borough Council considered Neil Perkin’s proposals for the “reasonably” large,...
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11th January 2025
Electric bike stolen in Tredworth
Police in Gloucester are appealing for information after an electric bike was stolen. Officers said unknown offender(s) gained entry to a property on Tredworth Road and stole an electric bike. The bike is an orange Carrera bike with a black...
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11th January 2025
Calls to delay Cheltenham tip closure amid plans for local government shakeup
By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter There are calls to delay the upcoming long-term closure of a much-loved tip in Cheltenham until after the reorganisation of local government in the county. Cheltenham Borough Council agreed in November that the...
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11th January 2025
Former Gloucester MP dies
Sally Oppenheim-Barnes Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, former Conservative MP for Gloucester, has died at the age of 96. Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes of Gloucester served as the city’s MP between 1970 and 1987 and never lost an election, building up a majority of over...
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11th January 2025
Two more men charged in connection with serious assault in Gloucester
Two more men have been charged in connection with a serious assault in Gloucester last week. Alexander Flanagan, 32 and of no fixed abode, and Daniel Walsh, 32 and of Newton House, London Road in Gloucester have both been charged...
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11th January 2025
Dog killed after being hit by car on main Herefordshire road
Police in Herefordshire are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the A49 Dinmore Hill outside of Queenswood Country Park. The collision happened at around 2.45pm on New Year’s Day and involved a Nissan Note in Blue, which collided with...
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11th January 2025