Tag Archives: Gloucester

Numerous Gloucestershire heroes have been recognised for their outstanding achievements in King Charles’ Birthday Honours list. Charity workers, emergency service workers and educators from the region are among those celebrated in the list which also includes Post Office campaigner Alan Bates and former prime minister Gordon Brown. The list honours …

A Gloucestershire teenager obtained pills for an illegal abortion while six months pregnant, a court has heard. Sophie Harvey is accused of taking the drug to terminate her pregnancy after discovering she was 28 weeks and five days gestation, making it too late for a legal abortion in England. Prosecutors …

Many people in Gloucester have experienced issues receiving postal deliveries for months, with long delays and missed parcels plaguing some parts of the city. Earlier this week Gloucestershire County Councillor Andrew Gravels called for a meeting with Royal Mail bosses over the recent “diabolical” postal service. With the chief executive …

A Gloucestershire community will get a Post Office back when it re-opens in a supermarket. The St Johns Avenue Post Office in Churchdown will be moving to the new location more than a year since it closed. The branch will be renamed Parton Road Post Office and it will restore …

The first job of Royal Mail’s next top boss should be to sort out the “diabolical” postal service in Gloucester, according to a civic chief. International Distribution Services, the owner of Royal Mail, appointed Martin Seidenberg as their new chief executive this month. Mr Seidenberg will reportedly be paid a …

After months of chaos which saw data fall into the hands of cyber criminals from Russia who hacked into Gloucester City Council, the authority will “just get a slap on the wrist”. The authority was targeted by hackers in late 2021 and public services across Gloucester were severely disrupted during …

There are concerns over delays to post deliveries in Gloucester and civic chiefs say they are being ignored by Royal Mail. Residents in Abbeydale have been reporting problems with postal deliveries for several months with some people not having any post delivered for days. Some have had late hospital appointment …

It stands high above the Cotswolds and from the top you can look out across Gloucestershire. Inside it features designs by William Morris, who was inspired by the view. But underneath the Broadway Tower is a piece of history that is far less romantic. And you wouldn’t know it was …

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The owner of a new independent bar in Gloucester believes the city has got great potential. Arron Lang has been running The Common Room in Aldate Street since last month having lived in the city for the past six years. “It’s getting loads of investment at the minute and I …