Going away this weekend? Keep your house safe warn Gloucestershir...
IT MAY be the season of goodwill, but it is also the season of opportunist crime as criminal gangs look to take advantage of unsecured properties around Gloucester as families disappear off to see...
View ArticleGloucestershire police's calls about aliens revealed
Gloucestershire police are one of 17 forces to have received 999 calls about UFOs and the supernatural. According to the Daily Mail, 17 police forces in England and Wales have revealed details of 277...
View ArticleGloucestershire police warning on drink drive self-test machines
SAFETY device or an excuse to get behind the wheel after a drink?As the market for drink-drive limit self-testing machines grows, police who have arrested 39 drivers on suspicion of drink driving in...
View ArticleFirst person: Citizen Chief Reporter Ben Falconer on drink...
I HAVE been reporting on magistrates' courts for 15 years and it never surprises me how many people are caught over the drink drive limit.If the consequences of what they have done don't hit them hard...
View ArticlePolice appeal after serious assault in Gloucester
Police are appealing for information after an 18-year-old man was assaulted in Gloucester. The incident happened on Central Road, Gloucester at around 3.30am on Sunday December 29. The victim, an...
View ArticleGloucestershire dad Julian Stevenson takes own life in French...
Alleged child killer Julian Stevenson has reportedly hanged himself while in prison in France. Stevenson, who previously in Cheltenham, was found dead on Monday while awaiting trial for allegedly...
View ArticleShocking figures reveal Gloucestershire's worst drink-drivers -...
SHOCKING figures released by police show more than 100 drink-drivers prosecuted in Gloucestershire were at least four times the legal limit in the last five years. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes of...
View ArticleDon't let thieves see discarded Christmas present packaging
Dispose of packaging from new Christmas gifts at recycling centres rather than outside your own home, police have urged. They fear that thieves will eye up the packaging before raiding your house for...
View ArticleTwo people remain in 'serious but stable' condition after A48 car...
Two Gloucestershire people remain in 'serious' conditions in hospital. A 72-year-old woman involved in a fatal car crash on the A48 at Lensbrook on December 27 remains in a 'serious but stable'...
View ArticleGloucestershire Police officer investigated after amateur...
Police are investigating after a Gloucestershire traffic officer apparently seized an amateur photographer's camera and threatened to make his day "a living hell". The 26-year-old man was taking...
View ArticleCrime is up in Hardwicke, police warn
CRIME is up in Hardwicke year-on-year, police have said. There were a total of 43 incidents in a three month period in 2013 compared to 33 in the same period a year previous, in 2012. Hardwicke parish...
View ArticleTracey Stephens talks of her 'living hell' amid false accusations...
SINGLE mum Tracey Stephens is hoping for a brighter 2014 after two years of 'living hell' amidst false accusations of stealing from Innsworth Pre-School. All 19 charges against Ms Stephens, 52, were...
View ArticleGloucester teen who ran away from home in Ibiza aged 12 admits...
A TEENAGER who ran away from home in Ibiza when he was 12 has admitted burgling a house in the road where he lives. Jacob Ali, 18, of the Hollygrove, Quedgeley, admitted breaking into a neighbour's...
View ArticleTaunton lorry driver admits causing death of Stroud's Martin...
A lorry driver could have been trying to do an illegal right turn when he killed a Stroud dad-of-four, Gloucester Crown Court heard. John Essex admitted causing the death of motorbike rider Martin...
View ArticleSlovakian woman accused of claiming dead mum's benefits in...
A SLOVAKIAN woman who is alleged to have claimed more than £36,000 in benefits in her dead mum's name has appeared in court for the first time. Renata Nistorova, 42, of St James Street, Tredworth, is...
View ArticleSolicitors and barristers stage walkout of Gloucestershire's...
Solicitors and barristers have staged a walkout this morning causing disruption to Gloucestershire's courts. It is the first time they have withdrawn their services in protest of government plans to...
View ArticleGloucester man caught with £40 of heroin hit with...
SCRATCHING a police cell door after being caught with £40-worth of heroin cost a Gloucester man dear. John Phillip Walters, 33, of Southgate Street, Gloucester, was told to pay £270 after he admitted...
View ArticleTeenager lashed out at policeman in Gloucester city centre
A TEENAGER who lashed out at a policeman trying to arrest him has been told to keep out of trouble for a year. Kieran Gabriel Hawker, 19, of The Fairways, Huntley injured the officer when he "panicked"...
View ArticleKingsway man Aaron Pugh confronts nuisance kids with gun
AARON Pugh confronted a group of youngsters with a gun after his complaints about their behaviour fell on deaf ears, he claims. The 32 year-old man of Lyneham drive, Kingsway, "felt he had no option"...
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