Evacuation at Quedgeley's Orchard Hotel following suspected arson...
Dozens of residents were evacuated from a Gloucester hotel following a suspected arson attack at the crack of dawn.Paramedics, police and firefighters were called to the fire which broke out at Orchard...
View ArticlePictures: House 'owned by Connors forced labour family member' is...
This is what is left of a house believed to be owned by one of the notorious Connors forced labour gang after a lorry deliberately crashed into it.Shocked motorists saw a HGV being repeatedly reversed...
View ArticleTravellers arrive at Blooms Garden Centre in Haresfield
Travellers have turned up at a garden centre on the outskirts of Gloucester.Police were called to the Blooms Garden Centre at Haresfield yesterday when the centre called to say a staff member had been...
View ArticleInvestigations continue after lorry crashed into forced labour...
Investigations are continuing this morning into the deliberate lorry attack which left a house in Cheltenham virtually destroyed.Police still want to speak with drivers who may have seen the truck...
View ArticleTwo girls, 8 and 10, 'threatened with rape' in Linden
Two girls, aged eight and ten, were threatened with rape yesterday while walking along Seymour Road.They were walking towards the Co-op Shop and were near the Zebra crossing when they were approached...
View ArticleExtra police in Gloucester for Halloween, Rugby World Cup final...
There will be extra police patrols in Gloucester tomorrow night (Saturday, 31 October) as Halloween, the Rugby World Cup final and the first Saturday night since the darker evenings begin clash.Those...
View ArticleAttempted abduction of 11-year-old boy in Gloucester
Gloucester Police are urging extra caution after an abduction attempt on an 11-year-old boy.The child was walking home from school along Linden Road at around 4.30pm on Thursday October 8, when a...
View ArticleRelief as police to retain presence at Bearland in Gloucester
There is relief across Gloucester after police confirmed they will keep a small but permanent presence in the city. Gloucestershire Constabulary has surrendered the 230-year lease on Bearland in...
View ArticleTwo boys, 14, arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and robbery...
Two 14-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with two separate incidents in Gloucester.They were arrested alongside a 12-year-old boy on suspicion of assaulting a 39-year-old man on the canal...
View ArticleTwo men accused of starting blaze which wrecked mill at Bakers...
Two 19-year-old men accused of starting a massive blaze which wrecked the 150-year-old Provender Mill in Bakers Quay a month ago were today remanded in custody by a city crown court judge.Scott Parker,...
View ArticlePolice appeal for public's help to locate 'violent and dangerous'...
Police are asking for help from the public to locate the 'violent and dangerous' attacker who killed a pensioner in his own home in Cheltenham on Monday. 68-year-old Charles Anthony Swift, known as...
View ArticleTransgender Tara Hudson moved to women's prison near Wotton-under...
Transgender Tara Hudson is believed to have been moved to an all-women prison near Wotton-under-Edge.Her transfer to HMP Eastwood Park happened within hours of an appeal against her sentence being...
View ArticleDad-of-two facing jail after lying about truck being stolen...
A banned driver who led police on a dangerous chase through Cinderford is facing jail - because he tried to get out of trouble by lying.Mark Lloyd, 46, made things much worse for himself by claiming...
View ArticlePolice appeal for information about the death of Tony Swift in...
Investigations by Gloucestershire police into the death of Tony Swift in Cheltenham on Monday still need the help of the public.Mr Swift, 68 was killed at his home in Mendip Road in the Lynworth area...
View ArticleNo arrests yet in dsteruction of Cheltenham house by lorry.
Mystery still surrounds what happened when a truck was apparently used to destroy a house in Cheltenham.Nobody has been arrested for what seems to be a deliberate attempt to smash the house in the...
View ArticleCommunity concern in Gloucester over 'rape' threat to young girls...
Linden community leaders are urging parents to be vigilant after a rape threat to two girls and the attempted abduction of an 11-year-old boy.The two girls, aged eight and ten, were approached by three...
View ArticleTransgender inmate's mum reveals daughter is '10 times happier'...
A transgender woman is already "10 times happier" in a female-only prison in Gloucestershire after being moved from a violent men's jail, according to her mum. Make-up artist Tara Hudson was sent to...
View ArticleDrug addict who stole £11k from girlfriend in Stroud avoids...
Drug addict Sean Hutchinson walked free from court despite stealing more than £11,000 from his girfriend after it was revealed they plan to get back together.Hutchinson, 42, of London Road, Stroud,...
View ArticleHammer threat on Stroud woman sees man 'who had nothing to do...
Two men set out on a 'cowardly, thuggish mission' to terrify a woman with a hammer, a court was told.Katy Chivers was at home in Stroud smoking a cigarette in her kitchen when she saw Daniel Webb and...
View ArticleDrug taking, fighting and intimidation: Youths arrested in...
Police were forced to increase patrols in the city centre and made several arrests during the half-term holidays amid complaints of youths fighting, taking drugs and intimidating shoppers.Several...
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