Business leaders hope that a new £7.5 million bus station will be a shot in the arm for Gloucester’s outdated city centre. Gloucester’s new stunning bus station opens this Saturday – inviting the public to have a look around the new complex. The new bus station will have digital timetables showing live arrivals […]
The University of Gloucestershire is celebrating 17 years of university status. Since its early civic function in the 19th century and the Park Campus designed originally to be a zoo, history is there for us to explore. This week marks 17 years since we became the University of Gloucestershire. We keep our letters patent […]
John Lewis is the latest in a line of large chain stores to dominate our high street. Taking over from Beechwood Shopping centre, the 115,000 sq. ft building is filled to the brim with all manner of artifacts and curiosities. We met with two independent traders to find out how they picture the future of small businesses […]
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. […]
It started with Harvey Weinstein, one of the biggest names in cinema, then went global with the #metoo Twitter hashtag before engulfing the UK’s members of Parliament. The sex scandal spanning Hollywood, Parliament and beyond has exposed a possible gap in UK legislation – sexual harassment is not actually a criminal offence in its own […]
Gloucester is the most dangerous place to live in the county according to the crime statistics released by the office for national statistics (ONS). The crime rate in Gloucester is nearly two thirds higher than that for the Gloucestershire area. Crime has been rising each month for some time, a Gloucester resident Amreet Atwal said […]
The number of hate crimes have risen in Gloucestershire, according to the Liberal Democrats. The statistics obtained via a Freedom of Information request have revealed the total number of hate crime in 2017 had increased by 21% since last year. The latest information reveals 343 incidences of hate crime have been reported to Gloucestershire Constabulary over […]
Organisations in Gloucestershire have come together to support the UK SAYS NO MORE Campaign with their own hashtag GLOSSAYSNOMORE UK SAYS NO MORE is a national campaign that recognises and raises awareness for domestic violence and sexual assault, with the aim of bringing it to an end. This years campaign has taken advantage of the major impact […]
Young people in Gloucestershire have called on crime prevention organisations such as the police to do more to educate the youth about knife crime. A recent incident involving a school boy who was threatened with a knife in Gloucester has sparked a growing concern. Students at the University of Gloucestershire had their say on ways […]
More than 200 firearms have been handed in to Gloucestershire Police during Operation Aztecs gun surrender. The Force are the first to implement the nationwide surrender, which saw six times the amount of guns and firearms handed in the last firearms surrender in 2014. The operation was organised by NABIS (National Ballistics Intelligence services) […]