The A417 is closed in both directions after a lorry burst into flames on the busy route[1] at rush hour today, Tuesday, May 7. Emergency services are at the scene of the blaze, which reportedly began at around 7.30am, near Winstone, in the Cotswolds, w…
Cotswolds[1] villagers are up in arms over “ludicrous” plans to replace parking bays on a narrow street with spaces for coaches to drop off and pick up around “250,000 tourists” each year.
The privately owned Hacklings’ car park in Station Road in Bour…
Tributes have been paid to former county councillor and “lovely gentleman” Keith Rippington who has died at the age of 67. Mr Rippington, who died earlier this month, represented the Painswick and Bisley division at Gloucestershire County Council[1] fr…
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 …
Motorists will face an official diversion taking them into Oxfordshire and back again when a stretch of the A40 in the Cotswolds[1] is closed overnight this summer. The major road[2] near Northleach will be shut from Tuesday, July 25 until Tuesday, Aug…
Gloucestershire’s roads are “in the worst state they have ever been” according to opposition councillors at Shire Hall that they are calling for the issue to be treated as an emergency. County councillor Paul Hodgkinson[1] (LD, Bourton-on-the-Water and…
A major route through the Cotswolds was reopened by police this morning (Monday, May 15) after a serious crash involving a car and a motorbike on Sunday. The collision happened at around 1pm yesterday on the A429 Fosseway and the road was reported as b…
The A429 Fosseway in Gloucestershire has been closed overnight due to a serious crash between a car and a motorbike earlier today (Sunday 14 May, 2023). The road has been blocked in both directions since the dsmash which happened at about 1pm today.
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There are early reports of a collision between a bike and a car in the Cotswolds. Traffic-monitoring site Inrix is reporting a crash where two main roads meet near Northleach this morning (Sunday, April 30).
Inrix is reporting: “Reports of accident, a …