On paper it would seem like any other English town: it has a train station, a cinema, a shopping centre filled with businesses, and a thriving town centre. But we know that Stroud[1] is more than that.
Making it stand out from the crowd is a thriving c…
A serious crash on Saturday night has closed a section of the M4 in Wiltshire into Sunday (December 10). The closure is likely to be in place throughout the morning.
Emergency services[1] are at the scene of the crash which has happened between junctio…
No alternate routes available
GWR has said that, due to industrial action, there are no other routes available for train passengers heading between Cheltenham Spa, Gloucester and Swindon.
These passengers are advised to wait at the train station until …
Opposing the application the residents said: “Many members of the day-centre reablement and respite service community at Headway House travel by road, either using mobility scooters, wheel-chair adapted vehicles, taxis or private cars.”[It is] vital th…
An iconic Gloucestershire pub[1] has been flattened to make way for a major road project. The Air Balloon near Birdlip closed almost a year ago, having become a well-known landmark for the community and for commuters along one of the county’s busiest j…
Drivers are facing long delays on the M5 in Gloucestershire this evening (Thursday, November 30) following a crash. According to roads traffic monitoring service, Inrix, two-vehicles are involved in the collision near junction 11.
The northbound side o…
A man died in a crash on the M5[1] yesterday evening (November 27). Emergency services were called to the northbound carriageway between junction 4A and 4 at around 8.30pm.
West Mercia Police said the crash involved a lorry and a van. Sadly, the driver…
A man who threatened to assault and harassed members of the public in Gloucestershire[1] has been handed an Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction. Pablo Hortiguela, aged 52 and of Worcester Street, Gloucester[2], is banned from causing annoyance, using or t…
A Gloucestershire nurse has been struck off after she abruptly told a patient “you will have to wait for the next shift for your pain relief”. Jeannette Makuete Gibson worked as a nurse in the Gloucestershire area since December 2007 and worked in adul…
Updated plans to build 315 homes[1] on a former Gloucester railway depot near the hospital could get the go-ahead next week. Eutopia Homes wants to develop 7.9 acres of land made up of former railway sidings and depot and commercial business premises i…
People using car parks in Gloucestershire are being warned about a new scam trying to exploit the use of cashless payments. Fraudsters[1] have been replacing QR codes on pay machines in car parks with fake ones.
Customers scanning the fake QR codes are…
A dilapidated listed building in Matson[1] is on the cards to be given a new lease of life and hopefully be repurposed into a building for the community[2]. Managers at The Redwell Centre, in collaboration with the Matson Anglers, are looking to create…
All traffic on the M5 northbound has been stopped due to a vehicle fire. The incident was first reported by traffic monitoring service Inrix at 9.41pm.
The incident is believed to have happened between junction 11 (Gloucester) and junction 10 (Cheltenh…
Main Road in Ruscombe is among the routes in Gloucestershire which will be improved.
Gloucestershire County Council[1] is set to benefit to the tune of £5.6m over the next two years for highways repair work.
This extra funding was allocated to Shire Ha…