Published on 10th April 2024 The next scheduled elections to take place in Cheltenham are the Borough Council and Police and Crime Commissioner elections on 2 May 2024. All forty borough council seats will be up for election due to ward boundary changes. New postal vote handling rules are in …
Read More »The Gloucestershire stories you may have missed in the past seven days
Into the first week in October and the temperatures are surprisingly quite warm after the hottest September on record. As ever, here are seven weekly stories in Gloucestershire where we have a range of stories from all six parts of our county. This week the overwhelming news Gloucestershire Live has …
Read More »Death notices and funeral announcements from Gloucestershire area this week
Announcing the passing of a loved one in local news media is a long standing tradition and we are proud of the trust placed in us to make these important announcements. Every notice published to our newspaper and news site also appears on funeral-notices.co.uk – the UK’s number one site …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes leaves blind Cotswold Listener customers without Christmas news
A charity that sends out weekly talking newspapers and magazines to blind people in Gloucestershire has put out an urgent notice due to the Royal Mail strikes. ‘The Cotswold Listener’, who service Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and the North Cotswolds, have said that due to the postal strike, there have been severe …
Read More »Fears Royal Mail strike may disrupt postal voting for Gloucester by-election
Fears that strike action by Royal Mail staff could hinder postal voting for a Gloucester City Council by-election have led to calls from civic chiefs to voeters to cast their ballots and post it early. Voters head to the polls next Thursday October 13 to elect a councillor to represent …
Read More »Royal Mail postie praised for delivering letter to vague address ‘dept of creepy crawlies’
A university professor was taken aback when he received a handwritten letter vaguely addressed to him after he appeared as a guest on Radio Four programme ‘The Life Scientific’. The envelope had been addressed to the ‘department of Creepy Crawleys (sic) University of Gloucester, somewhere in Gloucester or Cheltenham, website …
Read More »Royal Mail apologises after ‘irreplaceable’ diamond ring goes missing in post
Royal Mail has apologised after an “irreplaceable” diamond ring seemingly went missing in the post. Its Cheltenham owner says she and her husband are devastated that it has happened. Rachel Murray lives with her spouse, Patrick Cooper, in the Fairview part of the town. She said: “The ring is essentially …
Read More »Royal Mail jobs available in Gloucestershire where you could earn over £27,000
The nation’s posties are among the most trusted and well-liked of public professions, delivering our correspondences whatever the weather. Across Gloucestershire there is a mixture of jobs going at the Royal Mail, that could set you off down the county’s urban and rural roads – or fixing the vehicles that …
Read More »Mum’s alarm as 6-year-old son finds ‘dumped’ knife in street
A young mum was alarmed when her little boy found a knife seemingly dumped or even hidden in Cheltenham town centre. The 27-year-old was walking with her six-year-old son at the lower end of the High Street when the boy went behind one of the trees in Poole way. The …
Read More »Mobile speed camera locations for Gloucestershire in November 2022
Major routes across Gloucestershire will be under the watchful eyes of mobile speed cameras over the next week. Officers will be monitoring the A40 Golden Valley where there has been a number of crashes over the past few months. Police will also be keeping an eye on the B4008 Bristol …
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