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New restaurant could be coming to Gloucester Quays Image

New restaurant could be coming to Gloucester Quays

A Turkish restaurant has applied to Gloucester City Council to take over the former Bella Italia site in the Quays.

£5.8 million investment improving energy efficiency of GCH homes Image

£5.8 million investment improving energy efficiency of GCH homes

Gloucester City Homes (GCH) has started work to improve the energy efficiency of around 170 of its homes between 2022 and 2024.

Shock as Gloucester wedding venue to close Image

Shock as Gloucester wedding venue to close

A wedding venue in Gloucester is set to close in August after announcing it is entering into liquidation.

Alex Chalk MP calls for sanctions against unscrupulous lawyers Image

Alex Chalk MP calls for sanctions against unscrupulous lawyers

Cheltenham MP and Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is calling for sanctions to be used against unscrupulous lawyers.

Cirencester Friendly announces new board member and Chair Image

Cirencester Friendly announces new board member and Chair

Cirencester Friendly has announced that Vicky Churcher has been appointed as a new non-executive director and Janice Banks has become their new Chair.

Blue light services double up Image

Blue light services double up

Newent and Winchcombe fire station to share with the police.

Burglars left whisky trail from store after raid Image

Burglars left whisky trail from store after raid

Two men involved in the burglary of a Co-op store in Gloucester were caught because of a trail of whisky the gang left behind during their getaway, a court heard.

242 cat cruelty reports made to RSPCA in Gloucestershire Image

242 cat cruelty reports made to RSPCA in Gloucestershire

RSPCA releases figures as part of its Cancel Out Cruelty campaign.

Unlicensed motorcyclist injured a child in Gloucestershire Image

Unlicensed motorcyclist injured a child in Gloucestershire

An unlicensed motorcyclist who crashed into an 11-year-old boy.

GE Aerospace - Cheltenham receives top award Image

GE Aerospace - Cheltenham receives top award

GE Aerospace has announced that its Cheltenham facility has been recognised as part of an elite group of top-performing suppliers by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.

Battery or vape caused blast and fire in Stroud recycling truck Image

Battery or vape caused blast and fire in Stroud recycling truck

A refuse collection team had a lucky escape when a discarded battery or e-cigarette exploded in the back of a recycling lorry and set the vehicle alight.

Cambray Place new surface welcomed Image

Cambray Place new surface welcomed

Cheltenham Civic Society has welcomed the resurfacing of Cambray Place in Cheltenham town centre.

Four teenage boys jailed for killing of Ramarni Crosby Image

Four teenage boys jailed for killing of Ramarni Crosby

Four teenagers who fatally stabbed another boy to death have been sentenced to a total of more than 36 years in prison.

Rent rise forces popular venue to relocate Image

Rent rise forces popular venue to relocate

Stroud's Boho Bakery in surprise move.

Greggs to open in Sainsbury’s Image

Greggs to open in Sainsbury’s

Lunchtime favourite, Greggs, has unveiled plans to open cafés in several Sainsbury's stores before the end of the year.

Britain loses 6,000 shops in five years Image

Britain loses 6,000 shops in five years

Six thousand shops have closed down in Britain in the last five years, according to the British Retail Consortium.

Historic Severn-side pub 'no longer viable' Image

Historic Severn-side pub 'no longer viable'

But campaigners urge Forest planners to reject conversion bid.

Under-age sales: police net two off-licences Image

Under-age sales: police net two off-licences

Alcohol test purchases suggest county could do better.

St. James's Place reports 'robust' business performance Image

St. James's Place reports 'robust' business performance

Cirencester-based wealth management company St. James’s Place plc today issued its half-year results.

New chief operating officer appointed at Gloucester Cathedral Image

New chief operating officer appointed at Gloucester Cathedral

Theo Platt This is the most senior non-ordained person in the Cathedral, supporting the Dean in the oversight and management of all operational aspects of the Cathedral’s life.

EXCLUSIVE: Opticians pulls out of market town Image

EXCLUSIVE: Opticians pulls out of market town

Call for more focus on struggling rural shops.

New COO for Superdry Image

New COO for Superdry

Cheltenham-based Superdry has appointed its global sourcing and sustainability director as its new chief operating officer.

A new Local Visitor Economy Partnership Image

A new Local Visitor Economy Partnership

Cotswolds Plus 'offers a real opportunity to make a difference for the region'.

Stroud's major leisure centre to be run by the district council Image

Stroud's major leisure centre to be run by the district council

Stratford Park Leisure Centre is to be run by Stroud District Council from November next year.

Cotswold District Council secures £700,000 funding for rural communities Image

Cotswold District Council secures £700,000 funding for rural communities

Through the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) CDC has been awarded funds to invest in rural communities.

Crime on the rise in Co-op stores Image

Crime on the rise in Co-op stores

Almost 1,000 incidents of crime, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour have happened in Co-op shops every day this year.

Special report: workplace safety Image

Special report: workplace safety

HSE death figures show risks are rising.

British Gas profits go through the roof Image

British Gas profits go through the roof

The parent company of British Gas has reported an eye-watering increase in half-year profits.

Small business confidence stalls following base rate hikes Image

Small business confidence stalls following base rate hikes

Downbeat economic conditions in the second quarter have dampened an upswing in confidence in the first quarter.

Three people robbed at knifepoint in separate Cheltenham incidents Image

Three people robbed at knifepoint in separate Cheltenham incidents

Police are appealing for witnesses after a series of knifepoint robberies on the Honeybourne Line in Cheltenham on Tuesday (July 25).

Frasers Group profits soar in record year Image

Frasers Group profits soar in record year

Owners of Gloucestershire's Cavendish House and Jack Wills post record profits as acquisition spree pays off.

BREAKING NEWS: GIANT Costco coming to Gloucester Image

BREAKING NEWS: GIANT Costco coming to Gloucester

Workers have been seen on the former Interbrew site preparing it for building works

£1.7m boost for market town Image

£1.7m boost for market town

Housebuilder pays out as part of development scheme.

Albright IP appoints new directors Image

Albright IP appoints new directors

Cheltenham-based Albright IP has announced the appointment of four new directors to its board.

Gloucestershire community raises £600,000 for CT scanner Image

Gloucestershire community raises £600,000 for CT scanner

The Cheltenham and Gloucester Hospitals Charity appeal funds a new state-of-the-art CT Gamma scanner.

Reach suffers slump in half-year profits Image

Reach suffers slump in half-year profits

The publisher of the Gloucestershire's Citizen and Echo newspapers has seen a major slump in half-year profits.

Cannabis farm 'gardener' is jailed for 16 months Image

Cannabis farm 'gardener' is jailed for 16 months

An Albanian man, who was discovered hiding among cannabis plants that were being cultivated in a basement of a former Cheltenham restaurant, has been jailed for 16 months.

Back in the black: profit at last for JLR Image

Back in the black: profit at last for JLR

Q1 results bode well for British car industry amid EV transition.

Charity shop raises over £10,000 in first year Image

Charity shop raises over £10,000 in first year

The Cotswold Canals Trust Charity Book and Music Shop celebrates its first year of trading in Stonehouse on Saturday, August 5.

Man stole scrap metal from businesses in Nailsworth Image

Man stole scrap metal from businesses in Nailsworth

A Birmingham man twice travelled to Gloucestershire looking for metal and stole scrap from businesses in the Nailsworth area.

Lloyds shareholders benefit from rising profits Image

Lloyds shareholders benefit from rising profits

Lloyds Banking Group has raised dividends to shareholders on the back of rising profits.

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