Gloucestershire Live readers have spoken out against changes made to Gloucester City Council’s recycling collections. After this website reported that residents had been left “fuming” because their recycling wasn’t getting collected by bin crews over the Christmas period, scores of people have come forward to complaining about the changes. Some …
Read More »Updates as they happened after Jeremy Corbyn visits Gloucester on General Election campaign trail
‘Brutality of the system’ Mr Corbyn says he met a woman from Gloucester who experienced the ‘brutality of the system’ first hand. She became a mother to a baby with Down’s syndrome in 2017 and her husband died soon after, he says. She has now been told her benefits will …
Read More »Easy, tigers: Where mobile speed camera vans are in Gloucestershire in October
We are well into autumn and we’ve experienced weather and flood warnings already, so driving carefully is vital when the weather can suddenly turn. Speed limits are there for a reason and in the locations below, there is going to be extra enforcement this month with mobile speed cameras in …
Read More »Royal Mail are looking for posties in Gloucestershire for the Christmas period and here’s what the pay is
There’s a lot very important letters that have to get to the North Pole in time for Christmas: and you could be the one to help. Royal Mail have announced that they are looking for postmen and women to work in Gloucestershire this Christmas. In the run-up to the big …
Read More »Royal Mail worker who died at Quedgeley delivery office named as statement released
Royal Mail has released a statement after the death of an employee at its Quedgeley delivery office. The worker has been named as Iain Appleby. He was 53. A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “Iain was a much valued member of the local team and our thoughts are with his family …
Read More »Royal Mail worker found dead at Quedgeley delivery office this morning
The body of a Royal Mail worker was found in a delivery office toilet cubicle this morning. The death is not being treated as suspicious but has been reported to Gloucestershire’s coroner Katie Skerrett. The 53-year-old man was found by a colleague at the Royal Mail Gloucester South Delivery Office …
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