Transport and Logistics Network
Safety fears for children on a suburban Gloucester street which is used as a “rat run” have been rasied and now there are calls for 20mph signs to be installed along it. Gloucester City Councillor[1] Sebastian Field (LD, Podsmead) says residents in Tuf…
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…
Outgoing Shire Hall[1] 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 is eternally grate…
A five-metre sinkhole has caused the closure of a road through a Gloucester suburb[1]. Gloucester highways teams and water company Severn Trent are investigating the sinkhole which forced the closure of Church Road, Longlevens, on Monday, May 22. A spo…
There is widespread shock and anger after four sheep were decapitated in Gloucestershire over the weekend. The sheep’s heads were cut off in fields near Newent and police are appealing for information about the horrific incident.
Police said the sheep …
Wild beavers and their dams could be returning to Gloucestershire’s[1] rivers after more than four centuries. Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and Forestry England has launched a feasibility study exploring which of the county’s waterways could benefit f…
A road in Gloucester has been closed following an incident involving a lorry and a resultant fuel spill. It’s happened in Severn Road near the Docks and The Quay at around 9am on Tuesday (May 22).
The incident is reported to be between the Upstairs Dow…
In February 1835 the Monthly Notices of the Astronomical Society regretted the death of one of its earliest members, “Thomas Telford, Esq., the President of the Society of Civil Engineers”. Although his obituary appears on the same page as a warning of…
A mum has slammed a West Midlands Police probe into her son’s assault claiming the force has “done nothing”. The youngster, 12, was beaten in Gloucester Way, Solihull[1], on May 7.
His lip burst after being punched and he required hospital treatment to…
The lush green grass of the Cotswolds[1] is being torn up as preparatory work continues on the A417 Missing Link project near the Air Balloon roundabout. Motorists and ramblers have seen diggers removing top soil along the A435 close to Crickley Hill.
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