THE body of a 48-year-old man was found in Dudbridge on Friday. A passer-by spotted the man's body near a footpath and bridge at Dudbridge Mead around 11.20am. Police and an ambulance crew attended and the man, believed to be from Dudbridge
A 30-YEAR-OLD man who assaulted two people was caught because his DNA was found in a bite mark on one of his victims. Neil Rigby, of Boddington Drive, Kingsway, Quedgeley, pleading guilty to assaulting Rocco Zimbalatti and Sam Elliot causing them
HUNDREDS of shoppers celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Emmaus charity shop in Nailsworth on Saturday. Staff and volunteers thanked residents for their loyal support with a bumper sale plus tea, coffee and live music throughout the day.
THE work of Gloucestershire Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit has today, Wednesday June 26, seen two people sentenced in Gloucester Crown Court for their part in a conspiracy to supply class A drugs and a third sentenced for money laundering
CONCERNS have been raised after Forest Green Rovers FC submitted a planning application seeking to scrap a legal obligation which requires it to build a children's play area. When planning permission was granted for FGR to build New Lawn stadium
DOZENS of residents gave their views on plans for a new £15 million supermarket at Ryeford during a public consultation. The plans proposed by developer Property Alliance Group to build a 55,000sq ft store on a brownfield site at the Ryeford junction
POLICE are appealing to the Amberley community for information after a suspicious incident on Culver Hill. A 42-year-old woman was walking along the road between 1am and 1.25am on Sunday, June 23, when she became aware of a man walking behind
TRADER Luke Pettitt has accused parish councillors of failing to support businesses after being forced to remove bikes displayed near his cycle shop in Nailsworth. Luke, 26, owner of Black8Bikes in Market Street, had been displaying bikes on Leves
A SECOND man has been arrested as part of an investigation by Gloucestershire Police into the theft of money from collection boxes a Gloucester Cathedral. Thievesbroke padlocks on three metal boxes attached to candle stands in the church, emptying
ANTI-INCINERATOR campaigners are once again preparing to do battle after Urbaser Balfour Beatty announced it would appeal Gloucestershire County Council’s decision to refuse its plans for a mass burn facility at Javelin Park near Haresfield. The
A new online search tool will make it easier for people to find ways to make or learn music in Gloucestershire. Using this exciting new tool, people will be able to search for and promote music lessons, workshops, music tutors, masterclasses, places
RACHEL Joyce lives in Chalford, and her first novel, 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' (published last year), was on the Sunday Times bestseller lists for most of the year, as well as winning a number of literary prizes. She will be reading
THE Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, is proud to be supporting Gloucester’s first Armed Forces Day, this Saturday 29th June. The Museum will be offering 2-4-1 museum entry and serving tea, coffee and cakes throughout the day. The 28th Regiment
“OH CRUMBS, I’ve got Captain Kirk’s jacket,” said Mike Beckingham, examining the hand tailored garment in the boot of his car. It was the morning after a particularly big night out. Ebley-based actor Mike had been at the red carpet premiere of the latest
The county councillors responsible for the Javelin Park fiasco should hang their heads in shame. At a time when council budgets are being squeezed and cuts are being made to vital public services, it is galling to think they’ve already squandered
CRICKET supporters are being encouraged to stump up funds for a club in Sheepscombe to buy its grounds. Sheepscombe Cricket Club has launched an urgent appeal to raise £25,000 by the end of September so it can purchase the historic Laurie Lee Field
Police are appealing for information after a horse box trailer was set alight in Cam. The incident happened at around 4am on Monday June 17 at stables on Field Lane. Officers have arrived at the farm and discovered an Equi-Trek Star-Trekka horse
Review of Almost Legal Productions' Misery, at Lansdown Hall, by Mark Johnson. STEPHEN King's name has been synonymous with the horror genre for nearly 40 years. His first published book was the epic Carrie (1974) followed by a succession that went
ONCE upon a time two sets of identical twin babies and their parents survived a shipwreck. Fate, however, decreed that the family should be split up, the mother one way, the father and one of each twin another, and the final pair a third way. Twenty
BABAJACK play at the Prince Albert, Rodborough on Saturday night. Trevor Steger, who plays slide, acoustic and self-made winebox guitars with the band, became interested in making instruments when working in Zimbabwe as a VSO woodwork teacher. “All
"THE finest country-rock band currently flying the freak flag of freedom, eco-peace and psychedelic transcendence on planet earth" (Mojo) are to play at the Prince Albert, Rodborough as part of their fourth European tour. Psychedelic country rockers
ARTIST Cyril Corio celebrates his 90th birthday by sharing his passion for painting. Landscapes by the Rodborough based nonagenarian will be on display at the Lansdown Gallery in an exhibition which opens on his birthday, Tuesday, July 2. "
SHORTWOOD captain Jake Parrott and team-mate James Baldwin fly off to Russia on Friday to represent Team GB at the World University Games. Parrott and Baldwin, who study at Harpury College, helped the Team GB squad to 4-0 hammering of Prestatyn
REPRESENTATIVES from Brimscombe Primary School will be presented with a Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning plaque during an event at Gloucester Rugby’s Kingsholm stadium on Friday. The school is among several to have achieved the new awards
A FORMER security guard at the Merrywalks Shopping Centre is one of two men charged in connection with an attempt to set fire to a mosque in Gloucester, the SNJ can reveal. Clive Michael Ceronne, aged 37, worked at the shopping mall in Stroud back
POLICE have issued a warning after a 74-year-old woman was charged £200 for cleaning items by a doorstep caller. The man called at the woman's home in Burleigh at 1.45pm on Friday, June 7 claiming to be poor. He was allowed inside and asked
Two people sentenced for keeping a brothel in Cheltenham have been ordered to pay back their gains. During the financial confiscation hearing at Gloucester Crown Court on Monday June 24, under the Proceeds of Crime Act, Ailing Zhuang and Barry
A tiny coin dating from the time of William the Conqueror and of ‘major historical importance’ has been found in Gloucestershire. The silver penny was struck in Gloucester in 1080 and 900 years later, it was found in nearby Highnam by Maureen Jones
