by Alicja Shannon Filmmaker Shawn Sobers discusses storytelling as an agent of change and the power of participatory filmmaking at the University of Gloucestershire For the first day of the University of Gloucestershire’s annual Media Festival, UK filmmaker, photographer and writer Shawn Sobers explores the role of community engagement and its impact on his work. […]
The smell of damp, dust and old food is one I’ll never forget. As I walked around Gloucester Prison, the odour followed me. The cells were old and smelled like mildew and mould. The kitchens like month-old cabbage. The chapel like old dusty books. You could even smell body odour in one of the wings. […]
Gloucestershire Radio has been running for 17 years solely on grants and funding from charities but there has been a growing concern over a potential closure. During an interview with the community link coordinator, Carol Francis told us what the potential closure might mean for the community. They have started a crowdfunding campaign with the […]
Gloucestershire MP David Drew is campaigning to stop his constituency being broken up. He has called on the government to drop a review of the boundaries of his Stroud parliamentary seat. Dursley and Cam could be moved to a new parliamentary area should the review go ahead. Boundary Reviews are completed every eight to twelve […]
After months of negotiations Britain has struck a last minute deal to move vital talks with the EU to the next phase. There will be no ‘hard border’ with Ireland, the Brexit bill will cost somewhere between £35bn and £39bn, and both EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU will have […]
Domestic Violence is a storyline which is prevalent in many TV shows around the world, particularly in the UK. Hollyoaks is the latest soap to reveal that they will be producing a Domestic Violence storyline for 2018, starting at the end of January. The abuse will involve the Maalik family where Imran will be physically […]
A fire was reported at Kemble Drive in Cirencester this morning. At 7:04am, a fire engine arrived on the scene just three minutes after the the incident had been reported. Three more fire engines from nearby towns, Tetbury and Fairford, and another from Cirencester also attended to tackle the blaze with one water jet and […]
Blushes Hairdressing, on Montpellier Walk, Cheltenham, has failed to pay more than £1,000 worth of wages to two of its employees, according to a Government report. It was identified alongside 260 other employers across England and Wales as underpaying staff by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This means that more than 16,000 people worked for […]
A 25 year old man from Stockport has been arrested in connection with a sexually explicit video of a child which is being shared throughout schools across the country. Gloucestershire police have urged parents to search their children’s phones for a sexually explicit video featuring a unknown child and teenager after it became evident that […]
It happened to me this morning on my way to university. I was standing at the bus stop, listening to my music and waiting for my bus, when another pulled in and off came the passengers. One man got off in amongst the few; he was shorter than the average height, and had to be […]