Changes to your shopmobility service in Gloucester

Gloucester City Council is changing how it charges for the shopmobility service. Following a detailed consultation, and subject to approval from the council’s cabinet next week, as of the 1st April there will be changes to the shopmobility service charges. Since...

/ 13th February 2018

Female assaulted before having mobile phone stolen in Gloucester

Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident which took place in Gloucester during the early hours of Sunday morning. At around 4am, a 20-year-old female was assaulted on the junction of Station Road and Whitfield Street before having her...

/ 13th February 2018

Man arrested on suspicion of murder

Police are investigating a suspicious death in Gloucester yesterday. Officers were called to an address in Hopewell Street in Gloucester at 8.25am on Thursday 8 February. A woman in her 20s had been found dead at the property and a...

/ 12th February 2018

Sparks fly as hidden illegal stash is discovered

Gloucestershire County Council’s Trading Standards officers have continued their crackdown on illegal tobacco with a successful raid in Eastgate Street. Trading standards officers carried out a search on a Gloucester city centre shop yesterday following intelligence about large quantities of illegal...

/ 12th February 2018

Man arrested following collision on M5

A man has been arrested in connection with a collision which happened on the M5 in Gloucestershire early this morning. The collision happened shortly before 4.30am in the southbound carriageway between junctions 9 and 10 and involved a black Vauxhall...

/ 8th February 2018

Tom Kerridge to search for Britain’s best artisan food producers

Gloucester chef Tom Kerridge will front a new show searching for Britain’s best artisan food producers. The amateurs will promote and sell their wares in a real shop in the Yorkshire Dales – and showcase their offerings to two judges....

/ 8th February 2018

Prolific burglar jailed after officers recognise his eyebrows from CCTV footage

A prolific burglar who was recognised by officers from CCTV footage due to his distinctive eyes and eyebrows has been jailed for four years. 27-year-old Jason Potter was found guilty of committing a burglary on 27 March this year in...

/ 8th February 2018

Gloucestershire hotspot for new home starts

Gloucestershire is one of three locations around the country delivering the highest number of new home starts. Latest figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government show that Gloucestershire, South Derbyshire and South Norfolk are providing a significant percentage...

/ 8th February 2018

The Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo to become weekly publication

Trinity Mirror has announced The Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo will become a weekly publication from next month. At the same time, a Gloucestershire edition of the Western Daily Press will be launched to cater for readers in the county who...

/ 8th February 2018