A Cotswold District Councillor Clare Muir has resigned for personal reasons triggering a by-election. A former group captain in the RAF[1] and the authority’s Armed Forces champion, Cllr Muir represented Lechlade, Kempsford and Fairford South ward and …
A scene of devastation was recreated on a ‘hidden’ motorway in Gloucestershire to put emergency services to the test. The
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at the National Fire Service College in the Cotswolds was turned into a mass casualty event involving 17 vehicles and 28 ca…
The A417 near Wiltshire is blocked due to a crash involving multiple vehicles.
Emergency services were called to the scene between Lechlade and Fairford shortly before 7am this morning (Monday).
Police and the ambulance service are in attendance, with …
A multi-vehicle crash left a busy A-road blocked in Gloucestershire this morning (October 23). The incident was reported on the A417 in Fairford.
According to traffic[1] monitoring website Inrix, the road was “partially blocked” in both directions. It …
The Tour of Britain may be coming to Gloucestershire[1] in September but many of the county’s roads are dangerous for cyclists due to their atrocious condition, according to Cotswolds councillors. Residents say they are seriously worried about how bad …
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Sir, — In March this year, the Government’s carbon budget delivery plan was published, which shows that alongside road fleet electrification, a 20 per cent reduction in road traffic levels is needed by 2030 to meet their decarb…
Two accidents are causing delays on the M4, with a speed limit in place in one area due to flooding, and railway lines have also been blocked “due to a landslip”
Parts of Wales have been hit by travel chaos this morning(Traffic Wales)
Parts of Wales …
People will find out more about plans to repair a historic bridge in the Cotswolds[1] that was damaged when a car crashed into it. Halfpenny Bridge is closed to vehicles while engineers assess the damage and seek to repair it.
The crash happened in the…
Two RAF fighter jets were spotted low-flying at breakneck speed across Leicestershire this morning (Thursday, July 13) creating an immense noise which was reportedly heard across the county. The two military planes were seen flying over Leicestershire …
Motorists have been warned that roads leading to the The Royal International Air Tattoo[1] this weekend are going to be extremely busy. Up to 200,000 people are expected to attend the event at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds and many of them will be arri…
There are calls to ban lorries from travelling down a residential street in Gloucester[1]. Residents want the “immediate reinstatement” of a 7.5 tonne weight limit to heavy goods vehicles from accessing Derby Road.
The petition, which also calls for 20…
People stopped what they were doing and looked skywards as a loud rumbling plane noise coincided with the school run in Gloucestershire on Tuesday. Eurofighters flew loops over Cheltenham and Gloucester shortly after 3pm on Tuesday before heading north…
Police disrupted a huge gathering of ‘boy racers’ who had gathered in the Cotswolds[1]. Officers have since said patrols in the area will continue to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
There were reports of around 200 racers at a meet in Whelford on Sunda…
Two large passenger planes have landed at RAF Fairford[1] today (May 16), likely carrying the crew members and support staff for a squadron of B-1B Bombers. Both flights set off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas this morning, the home of the B-1B Bomb…