Former Prime Minister Theresa May will make her debut appearance at the Gloucester History Festival this year when she takes to the stage as part of the popular Blackfriars Talks. Mrs May will discuss trust, injustice and the abuse of power by politicians and public...

Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire will play a key role in deciding who is crowned this year’s Tour of Britain champion when the UK’s leading cycle race visits the historic county in September. The seventh and penultimate stage of this year’s Tour will start in...

Gloucester & Sharpness Canal has again been awarded prestigious Green Flag status by Keep Britain Tidy.  The nation’s canal charity has secured a further 53.5 miles of Green Flag waterways across England and Wales, with 592 miles now holding the international...

Bus stops around Gloucester could become havens for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Gloucester City Councillors have unanimously backed calls to find places to place planters to improve the natural environment. They also want to enter talks with...

There are calls to ensure the Gloucester murals on the former Sainsbury’s and those from the old British Home Stores are put on display in the city centre. A scheme to demolish the former Sainsbury’s in Northgate Street and build 55 flats in its place has been...

Mark Cummings will present his final show for BBC Radio Gloucestershire this week. The presenter is leaving the corporation after presenting the breakfast for the last 18 years. Mark will host his final breakfast show from the BBC’s London Road studio on Friday. A...

Repairs will be carried out on St Michael’s Tower in Gloucester following storm damage. Scaffolding has been erected around the 15th century tower on Gloucester Cross. Works will include masonry repairs after a series of tiles fell from the tower onto Eastgate...

The Museum of Gloucester is now selling tokens that be given out to people who are sleeping rough to exchange for a hot or cold drink. The tokens which are part of the BillyChip® Scheme, are £2 each and can be bought from the museum’s reception. They can be given to...

A man has been jailed after he punched another man leaving him with a life changing brain injury. Ben Davies, aged 24 and of Devonshire Avenue in Cheltenham, appeared at Gloucester Crown Court on Tuesday (4 July) where he was sentenced to two years and four months in...

A 47-year-old man has been served with an anti-social behaviour injunction following a spate of incidents in Gloucester city centre. The civil injunction was brought against Peter Duncan, of no fixed address, after reports which included thefts, threats, street...

A woman who has intimated shoppers and persistently shoplifted in Gloucester has been served with an Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction (ASBI). Fay Reese, aged 43, was reported to have targeted vulnerable people in the city centre while begging for money. She was served...

A woman who has persistently intimidated people living and working in Matson has been served with a civil Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction (ASBI). Kerry Ludlow, aged 44, was handed the order after it was ratified by Cheltenham and Gloucester County Court earlier this...