Flood warnings in place
(Image: Rowan Griffiths / Daily Mirror)
River levels have peaked, but the Environment Agency has said water will remain high over the coming days.
These were the Flood Warnings correct as of Friday evening
River Severn
River Se…
CrossCountry warns of train cancellations amid ‘extremely busy’ services
CrossCountry says it expects services to be “extremely busy” over the next couple of days, with some subject to cancellations or an amended timetable. Services are expected to be …
The A48 was closed due to emergency bridge repairs both ways from Tidenham turn off to Bishton Lane. It is believed the road had been closed since Friday with drivers being diverted via Woodcroft.
A lorry collided with a bridge and shed a glucose like …
After being closed for three whole days, a key stretch of road linking Wales and England is now able to be reopened. The A48 at Tidenham[1], between Lydney and Chepstow, will finally be passable following an incident on Friday evening when a lorry carr…
A 19-year-old footballer and former Bristol Rovers[1] Academy player, remains in intensive care following a crash that killed three teenagers[2] on December 11. Lucas Vaughan was a passenger at the time of the incident, which took place in Coedely, Ton…
One of Britain’s most popular indoor motorsport events roars back into Cardiff on Saturday, September 2, when the FM British Speedway Grand Prix brings some of the world’s top riders to the Principality Stadium.
Road closures
Westgate Street and Wood S…
There are calls for cheaper rail journeys between Gloucester and Lydney[1]. The cost of an adult return day ticket from the city to the Forest of Dean market town currently costs £11.60 while one to Chepstow is £13.20.
There are no off-peak concessions…
Three very different civil engineering projects in Gloucestershire have been shortlisted for the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards 2023, with the public encouraged to get involved by voting for their favourite scheme.
Blakeney West landslip remed…
A car has crashed on the level crossing at Lydney railway station this morning (June 30). There is now heavy traffic building[1] on the northbound side of Harbour Road.
The crash reportedly took place at around 8.38am. A live traffic map from the AA sh…
Steam Dreams[1] has announced a day trip on Saturday, 16th September to Cardiff[2] with optional excursions to the gardens of King Charles III’s Gloucestershire[3] home at Highgrove House or the Dean Forest Railway[4].
The tour will depart from London[…
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…
Travelling by train is not something I do regularly, but it is a mode of transport that most of us have used. The idea behind this opinion piece comes on the back of the launch of Train Tripper[1], a new website designed by Gloucestershire[2] Community…
Getting around Gloucestershire when you don’t have a car can be difficult at the best of times. It means relying on trains and buses[1] to get to those must-see destinations you’ve always wanted to visit.
Now an interactive online platform has been lau…
A two-car crash saw one of the vehicles overturn as police launch an appeal for witnesses. Two people were treated at the scene for minor injuries following the collision in Lydney on Wednesday afternoon (March 29)
The incident happened on Park End at …