Police appeal for information following attempted robbery by teens in Kingsway
Police are appealing for information after a group of teenage boys attempted to rob a woman of her shopping bags in Kingsway earlier this week. The victim was walking along the footpath off Newhaven Road shortly before 3pm on Monday...
Bid to install solar panels at Sandford Parks Lido and save ‘one of Cheltenham’s crown jewels’ from closure approved
A bid to install solar panels at Cheltenham Lido which will “save one of the town’s crown jewels from closure” have been given the go-ahead. Sandford Parks Lido Limited has been granted permission by Cheltenham Borough Council to go ahead...
Liberal Democrat Richard Stanley eleced as Tewkesbury Borough Council’s new leader
Tewkesbury Borough Council has elected its first non-Conservative leader in decades. Liberal Democrat Richard Stanley, who represents the Cleeve West ward, was elected to lead the new administration last night (May 17). He received the support of all other political...
Cotswold Conservatives elect Tom Stowe to lead opposition after district council defeat
The Conservatives have selected who will be the new leader of the opposition in the Cotswolds after their previous chief lost their seat to the Liberal Democrats. Campden and Vale ward councillor Tom Stowe has been chosen to lead the...
Gloucester care home garage conversion to offices approved
Plans to convert a Gloucester care home’s garage into an office have been given the go-ahead. Alex Green has been granted permission by Gloucester City Council to convert the detached double garage at number 7 Denmark Road which is a...
Fears garden town plan pause will lead to open season for rural housing
There are fears it could be “open season” for developers building in rural Gloucestershire as Tewkesbury Borough Council is pausing its 10,000-home garden town plan. Newly-elected leader Richard Stanley (LD, Cleeve West) announced one of the first steps his Liberal...
County roads ‘are in the worst state they’ve ever been’, blasts Cotswold civic chief
Gloucestershire’s roads are “in the worst state they have ever been” according to opposition councillors at Shire Hall that they are calling for the issue to be treated as an emergency. County councillor Paul Hodgkinson (LD, Bourton-on-the-Water and Northleach) says...
Man who grew up on council estate never expected to become county chairman
Outgoing Shire Hall chairman Alan Preest says he still can’t believe someone who grew up in a humble Forest of Dean council home would go on to be the civic leader of Gloucestershire. The Conservative councillor for Lydney says he...
Premises licence for boutique bar approved
Plans for a new boutique bar with live acoustic music in Cheltenham have been given the go-ahead despite fears it would attract “undesirables” and cause a noise nuisance. Sorrel Stores Limited has been granted permission by Cheltenham Borough Council to...
Calls more 20mph signs to curb speeding in Gloucester ‘rat run’
There are calls for more 20mph road signs to be installed in a Gloucester street used as a “rat run”. Gloucester City Councillor Sebastian Field (LD, Podsmead) says residents in Tuffley Crescent are concerned about speeding along the road, between...