Police appeal for information after a high-value bike is stolen...
Police are appealing for information after a high-value bike was stolen from a garage in Gloucester.The break-in happened at about 12.30am last Friday morning at a home in Sandhurst Road,...
View ArticleDursley dealer Michael Hensley jailed for three years for...
Dursley drug dealer Michael Hensley has been jailed for three years for picking up heroin in Gloucester which he sold in the Stroud area.The 20-year-old from School Road admitted two offences of...
View ArticleSolicitors' concerns at plans to shut Gloucester and Stroud...
Magistrates courts in Gloucester and Stroud face the axe in cost-cutting measures announced by the Ministry of Justice.It would leave just Cheltenham Magistrates Court as the first rung of the justice...
View ArticlePolice appeal after two men assaulted in Dursley
POLICE are appealing for information after two men were assaulted in Dursley.The incident happened in the Bull Pitch area of the town between 12.15am and 1am on Sunday July 5th. The first victim, an...
View ArticleLorry driver's tears as he apologised to family of Newent man...
A tearful lorry driver responsible for a "tragic accident" in which a 69-year-old motorist was killed turned to the deceased's family in court today and apologised.The dead man's two daughters and son,...
View Article'Pathetic' family feud erupted in violence outside Coney Hill...
A longstanding and "pathetic" family feud erupted in violence outside shops in Coney Hill when a car was driven at one man and another wielded a rounders bat.A fight started in Coney Hill Parade on...
View ArticleDrug dealer busted when he called police to his Gloucester house...
A Gloucester drug dealer was caught red-handed when he contacted the police after his house was burgled.Anthony Major, 52, of Painswick Road, had admitted at Gloucester Magistrates Court last month two...
View ArticleDealer sold heroin to undercover police 'under pressure from...
A judge admitted he was taking a chance when he let a drug dealer snared in a police sting walk free from court.Matthew Gill, 27, of Sapphire Way, Brockworth sold heroin to undercover police officers...
View ArticleEastgate Street bollards broken after 12 months
Bollards are once again causing headaches in Gloucester as the vast majority protecting Eastgate Street revellers are not working.Of 24 metal bollards installed on the route, 17 are thought to be bent...
View ArticleGloucester man accused of pimping heroin-addict lover jailed for...
Gloucester father Justin Birt who was accused of pimping his heroin-addicted lover has been jailed for robbing, assaulting and intimidating her.Heroin and cocaine addict 34-year-old Justin Birt of...
View ArticleTeen arrested after alleged convertible sports car attack in...
A 19-year-old Gloucester man has been arrested on suspicion of affray in connection with an assault on a motorist in rush hour traffic on Tredworth Road in Gloucester.The incident happened at about...
View Article'Ghost' Gloucestershire car dealer who paid no tax has been...
A second-hand car dealer from who traded millions of pounds worth of cars for at least 14 years but kept no records and paid no tax has been jailed for four years and eight months.An HM Revenue and...
View ArticleWetherspoon's licence questioned after complaints of fights,...
Complaints have been made over revellers at Gloucester Docks accused of taking high spirits a step too far.Concerns have been raised over a spate of antisocial behaviour, including incidents when...
View ArticleGloucester MP Richard Graham has road safety award withdrawn by...
Road safety charity Brake has withdrawn an award it gave Gloucester MP Richard Graham in January after he was banned from driving for six months.Mr Graham was named one of the charity's two...
View ArticleGloucester MP Richard Graham handed six-month driving ban for...
Gloucester MP Richard Graham has been banned from driving after he was caught doing 90mph on the A417.The 57-year-old has been disqualified for six months for speeding on the 70mph trunk road in...
View ArticleCash stolen in security guard ambush in Gloucestershire
Police are appealing for information after cash was stolen from a security guard at a supermarket petrol station in Gloucestershire.The incident happened at the petrol station at Morrison's on...
View ArticleStella the staffie police dog discovers £25,000 in Forest...
One of the smallest members of the Gloucestershire Police force has discovered arguably one of the biggest hauls of the year after sniffing out £25,000 in the Forest of Dean. It was all in a day's work...
View Article'Walking chemist' caught with LSD, cannabis, magic mushrooms and...
Charity fundraiser Will McDonnell was a 'walking chemist' carrying six different illegal drugs for sale when he went into a Gloucester pub and music venue, a court heard today.The 27-year-old Bristol...
View ArticleHucclecote teen cleared of violence after being accused of...
A teenager accused of slashing another man's face with a Stanley Knife because he was told he could not attend a party was cleared of violence charges - but convicted of having an offensive...
View ArticlePolice "disappointed" by rise in robberies across...
Police chiefs say the huge surge in the number of robberies in Gloucestershire is "disappointing."The crime is up 44 per cent after 281 were recorded in the county in 2014/15 - a major increase on the...
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