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 …
Read More »Post office to open in Co-op more than a year since it closed
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 …
Read More »First job of Royal Mail’s new £700k-a-year boss should be to sort out Gloucester’s ‘diabolical’ postal rounds, says civic chief
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 …
Read More »‘Just a slap on the wrist’ for Gloucester council data breach which saw people’s data fall into hands of criminals
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 …
Read More »Gloucester residents endure postal delays as civic chiefs are ‘ignored’ by Royal Mail
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 …
Read More »The nuclear bunker under a Cotswolds landmark you can actually visit
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 …
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 »New independent Gloucester bar owner says city ‘has got great potential’
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 …
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 »Criminals jailed in November including rapist and man who sent suspicious packages
November has seen some serious crimes heard in the courts, with the Joshua Hall verdict, the alleged rape of an elderly resident and fraudsters posing as police officers to target pensioners. There was also the conviction of a man for a horrific historic rape case, three decades after the crime …
Read More »