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Dog owners encouraged to help sniff out crime in Gloucester
STELLA, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier who has defied all odds by being rescued from wandering the streets to be recruited and trained by Gloucestershire Police as a proactive search dog meet her fans...
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Weather fails to dampen spirits at Gloucester's SportBeat Festival
THE grey skies didn't put revellers off this morning as they flocked to the first day of the SportBeat festival. Music and sport were fused together for the SportBeat's second event. The likes of Soul...
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Yes, we played well against All Blacks, but England are here to win the...
CHRIS Robshaw refuses to take any comfort from a heroic 20-15 defeat by New Zealand as he reiterates England's desire to deliver a Test series victory. It took a 78th-minute try by Conrad Smith...
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Thousands head to Gloucestershire Motor Show in Highnam
THE sun was shinning off hundreds of vintage cars at Highnam Court this weekend.. More than 4,000 visitors flocked to the Gloucestershire Motor show where star attractions included a Ferrari 458 and a...
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Sienna Miller's sister Savannah on swapping her Cotswold farmhouse for a new...
Sienna Miller's sister Savannah has written about selling up her family's 'idyllic' Cotswold farmhouse for a wild new life living in Panama. Writing in the Mail Online she wrote about the moment she...
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Figures show three out of five dog owners in Gloucestershire do not clear up...
NEW figures show that three out of five dog owners in Gloucestershire admit to not clearing up after their pets. And four out of five say dog mess in public places is becoming an issue across the...
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Changes to patients' travel expenses may dissuade some from attending medical...
CHANGES to the way travel expenses are paid to the sick will dissuade many from attending medical appointments, the Forest of Dean Health Forum fears. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust has stopped...
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Razorlight rounds off another successful year for Gloucester's SportsBeat...
JOHNNY Borrell left the door open for a Razorlight return to Gloucester by telling festival goers; "we will see you again". The band, whose self-titled second album reached the number one spot in the...
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Gloucester's new Mayor Debbie Llewellyn and Sheriff Lise Noakes appointed to...
TAILORS of Gloucester have been working tirelessly to adapt mayoral robes to fit the diminutive Debbie Llewellyn. The pint-sized councillor took over the city's mayoral reins from Chris Chatterton this...
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Young Ones star Rik Mayall dies aged 56
Rik Mayall, comedian and star of The Young Ones and Bottom, has died aged 56. His management company said that he died this morning. In the 1980s comedy series The Young Ones he played poetry-writing...
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'Vicious, nasty attack' on Tesco guard lands Gloucester man in court
A TESCO security guard was the subject of a "vicious, nasty and unprovoked" attack that will see a Gloucester man and Cotswold woman sentenced next month. Kaley Ray, a 23-year-old mum of Barnes Wallace...
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Commuters facing 'nightmare' journeys after vital sewer work starts on major...
FLOOD alleviation works mean a major traffic artery, used by thousands of commuters in the county, has been turned into a "nightmare" for the next six months. Dozens of cones have been placed in...
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Knife arch used in Friday night Gloucester city centre crackdown
A knife arch was installed Gloucester's The Regal pub on Friday night as part of a police crackdown. Gloucester City Centre licensing team carried out an operation to help combat knife crime with the...
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Major fire with hazardous materials at Cinderford factory
A major fire involving hazardous materials, believed to hydrochloric acid, has broken out at a Cinderford factory. BASF Metals Recycling, in Vale Road, is cordoned off as police, fire and ambulance...
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Gloucester man jailed after assaulting ex-partner in front of their...
CRAIG Francis broke into his ex-partner's home and attacked her in front of their distressed four-year-old child, a court was told yesterday. Francis, aged 36, of Howard Street, in Gloucester, kept on...
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Striking fire and rescue crews across Gloucestershire won't put public safety at risk this week, insist county fire chiefs. The Fire Brigades Union has called for industrial action from 130 staff over...
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Desperate measures in Gloucester after surge in food theft
Food theft is spiralling out of control in Gloucester with the value of stolen goods so far this year five times the amount taken in 2012. In 2012, there were 137 crimes of food theft across...
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Gloucestershire acting stars Simon Pegg and Keith Allen pay tribute to Rik...
COUNTY comic acting stars have paid tribute to Rik Mayall who died suddenly at the age of 56 on Monday. And as Keith Allen and Simon Pegg paid respects to the man most famous for his roles as Rick in...
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Teenagers have bikes stolen in Tuffley by six masked robbers
TEENAGERS had three mountain bikes stolen and were threatened with having their noses broken when confronted by six robbers in Tuffley. It took place last Wednesday at about 3.40pm, when the three...
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Road closed following head-on crash on the A48 in Westbury-on-Severn
A ROAD closure is in place following a head on collision on the A48 in Westbury-on-Severn this evening. Two vehicles were involved in the smash at 7.10pm this evening near the Red Lion pub in the...
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