Citizen Gloucestershire, The back issues from February 2008:
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Feb 01, 2008 ... Gloucester's older residents are being given a helping hand, bythe Gloucester Rotary Club, to help them increase their mobility. The Gloucester Rotary Club has raised thousands of pounds topurchase seven mobility scooters for the Westgate Mobility Scheme. Ten scooters, ...
Study in Gloucester? It's an urban sprawl!
Feb 01, 2008 ... "I Agree with Hazel, Pittville has an amazing atmosphere whichwas one of the main things that attracted me. They've just updatedwhat was already a very nice exhibition space so it's a great shameto think that it will be lost. As a Gloucester resident though, thisis good news for a city ...
'City doesn't need these new homes'
Feb 01, 2008 ... A Greenfield housing development on the edge of Gloucester is notneeded by a city with more than enough capacity in brownfield land. That was the message from Gloucester City Council yesterday atthe inquiry in to plans to build 1,750 homes at Hunts Grove. Mick Thorpe, the ...
I'm percy the polecat m'lud!
Feb 01, 2008 ... As Crime and court reporter on The Citizen for a number of years,I thought I'd seen most things. Thieves, murderers, arsonists, burglars, rapists, drug dealers ... That was, until, earlier this week, when one of the ever-helpfulmagistrates court ushers - Ivor Panting - led me ...
Folk maestro comes to town
Feb 01, 2008 ... The "John Peel of folk" is coming to Stroud. The Ian McMillan orchestra, led by McMillan on vocals, will be atthe Stroud Subscription Rooms on February 10. Described ...
Great report for playgroup
Feb 01, 2008 ... A Newent playgroup is celebrating after an outstanding Ofstedreport. The Little Pickles group was delighted when Inspector Angela Colepraised the work of the group. Ms Cole said: "The quality and standards of the nursery educationare outstanding. "Staff effectively ...
Drink-driver jumped a red light
Feb 01, 2008 ... A Drink-driver jumped a set of red traffic lights and ended up onthe wrong side of the road at 2.45am. Ali Khan, of Belgrave Road, Gloucester, admitted driving withexcess alcohol, when he appeared before city magistrates. Prosecuting solicitor Rebecca Gardner said: "The ...
Jail escape car crook hid in Spain for a year
Feb 01, 2008 ... A Man who fled from Leyhill prison after being jailed for almosta thousand car break-ins spent more than a year in sunny Spain - andthen flew back into Britain without being detected! Andrew Winter then quickly returned to crime - stealing apounds1,500 generator in the latest of ...
Hairdresser set timer for suicide
Feb 01, 2008 ... Hairdresser Nigel French electrocuted himself by wiring hisfingers up to the mains and setting a timer switch for the power toturn on, an inquest heard today. Divorced Mr French, 51, had become depressed and delusional afterhis two children, whom he brought up single-handed, had ...
Slovakian to stand trial
Feb 01, 2008 ... A Slovakian man is to stand trial on May 18 accused of causingcriminal damage, theft, and recklessly endangering life. Gabriel Csicseri, 46, of Station Road, Gloucester ...
Rotary cash is given to charity
Feb 01, 2008 ... Over a dozen charities have received cash from Stroud RotaryClub, after October's Ebley Fireworks event raised thousands. Representatives of 12 local charities were presented with acheque for pounds600 each. These were: Acorn Children's Hospice Trust; CLIC Sargent CancerCare ...
Fund benefit
Feb 01, 2008 ... A Concert is to be held at the Christian Community in CainscrossRoad tonight. Featuring a ...
Panto time at centre
Feb 01, 2008 ... There's no time to waste in securing Painswick's hottest ticket -a seat at the Painswick Player's pantomime. Snow White and The Seven Not Particularly Tall People is showingat the Painswick Centre tomorrow at 2.30pm, and again at 7.30pm andthen on Sunday at the same ...
Museum revamp nears completion
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Public is being given a glimpse of what to expect when amajor museum revamp is finished. The National Waterways Museum in the Docks closed for a majorrefurbishment at the end of last year. But the new-look museum is set to re-open in May with refreshedexhibits and a ...
Accused of robbery
Feb 01, 2008 ... A 44-year-old Matson man accused of robbery was remanded incustody at Gloucester crown court on Wednesday. Neil Bennett, of ...
Ditch plastic, says council
Feb 01, 2008 ... Coleford Town Council has suggested that the town should push tobe the first Forest Town to go plastic bag ...
Students recognised
Feb 01, 2008 ... Stroud College will celebrate the success of its students at agraduation ceremony next Friday. The event, at Stroud Subscription Rooms, will be a chance ...
'Royal Mail won't reveal PO closures'
Feb 01, 2008 ... Gloucester Mp Parmjit Dhanda has hit out at Royal Mail after itrefused to identify which post offices in his constituency faceclosure. His Tewkesbury counterpart, Laurence Robertson, has revealed thesix businesses in his area which are earmarked to close after ameeting with mail ...
Bid to make city tower a heritage hub
Feb 01, 2008 ... Plans to transform a 15th Century building into a heritage hubhave been lodged with the city council. A planning application to turn St Michael's Tower into acommunity heritage centre has been lodged with Gloucester CityCouncil's planning department. And drawings showing the ...
Making a splash for charity cash
Feb 01, 2008 ... Staff at Brockworth Leisure Centre will be making a splash forcash in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. The team at the sports centre in Mill Lane will be taking part inSwimathon 2008 between April 17 and 20. More than 500 pools nationwide will be taking part and hoping toraise ...
Prison warning for FA Cup pub brawl tearaway
Feb 01, 2008 ... Violent tearaway Alan Rackley faces jail again after admittingstarting a pub brawl during the televised FA Cup Final. The notorious 22-year-old troublemaker - sent to prison lastSeptember more than a year after a city nightclub incident in whicha doorman died - admitted his part in ...
OAPs' eviction is a shameful act
Feb 01, 2008 ... As Labour councillors we have been shocked at the council's plansto evict elderly residents from their homes in Bridgend (TheCitizen, January 23). Whatever the reason for needing more money, choosing to evict aclose community of people aged from 60 to 97 from their homes ofmany ...
Council must take the blame
Feb 01, 2008 ... Regarding the Wharfdale Way bungalows (The Citizen, Wednesday,January 23). I would like to explain why Jon Shaw appears to be the villain ofthe peace in Jo Barber's article. It is true he was the bearer ofthe cruel proposal to demolish six bungalows for elderly tenants, ashe is ...
Village schools build character
Feb 01, 2008 ... Please don't shut our village schools. They are the characterbuilders of our children. Each child is known by their Christianname. They know their strengths and weaknesses, and can encourage theone and help with the others, and that child has a ...
We face threat from building nobody wants
Feb 01, 2008 ... There are green fields on the edge of Gloucester, under threatfrom a development that few in the city want to see. Stroud District Council wants to dump 16 per cent of the 9,400-home allocation it must find by 2011 on the south side of a citythat continues to see thousands of homes ...
Blackburn says no, but Jim'll still fix it
Feb 01, 2008 ... Jim Harvey remains confident about his side's play-off chances,despite missing out on his top January transfer target. Swindon Town defender Chris Blackburn last night opted against amove to the New Lawn, preferring to stay put and fight for his placeunder new Robins boss Maurice ...
Hooligans cause pounds300 of damage
Feb 01, 2008 ... Around pounds300 of damage was caused by vandals in Stroud. A ground floor window and door in Bath Road was attacked ...
Boar is shot dead at primary school
Feb 01, 2008 ... A Wild boar was shot dead yesterday morning on the grounds of aForest of Dean primary school. The adult male boar was acting "aggressively" at Ruardean PrimarySchool before Forestry Commission rangers arrived at 8:55am andkilled it. Headteacher Peter Knight said: ...
'If I wasn't wearing a seat belt I could have been killed'
Feb 01, 2008 ... Police in Gloucestershire yesterday launched their campaign toremind drivers to belt up and help save lives. Hannah Creed, 19, from Brierley in the Forest of Dean, isfronting the campaign which marks 25 years since the introduction ofseatbelt laws in the UK. Hannah, an ...
Store wants to donate food
Feb 01, 2008 ... A Gloucester supermarket is appealing to charities to contact itto receive food donations. Sainsbury's in Barnwood wants to donate surplus food. Store manager Andy Hooper said: "Very often at the end of eachday there is perfectly good food left over that has ...
Harris wants response as unbeaten run is finished
Feb 01, 2008 ... Tim Harris has called on his players for an immediate responseafter their 11-game unbeaten record was ended by Yate Town inmidweek. The Gloucester City manager felt his side's magnificent firsthalf performance warranted all three points as the Tigers sought aplace in the British ...
Valuable win enables town to relish their weekend off
Feb 01, 2008 ... Cinderford Town will take a break this weekend after picking uptheir second win under Lee Relish's reign. The Foresters manager would have been keen on a quickfire returnto action following their midweek 1-0 win over Rushall Olympic. But after picking up a clutch of injuries in ...
Clash of the champions
Feb 01, 2008 ... Two former Hellenic League champions meet at the Elms RecreationGround tomorrow when 2005 title winners Highworth Town take onShortwood United. The Wood, crowned in 1985 and 1992, are locked together withHighworth on 38 points just outside the Premier Division's top sixas the ...
Arctic weather warning has county on alert
Feb 01, 2008 ... The county's gritters will be out in force as arctic conditionshit the county this weekend. Temperatures will drop as low as -2C, and a severe weatherwarning has been issued for the county. Met Office forecasters said that the colder weather was expectedto spread southwards ...
At last - the bridge is opening
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Lobleys Drive "bridge to nowhere" will open to traffic onSaturday, allowing the introduction of a new bus service. It will see the creation of a link between the Abbeymead estateand the Cooper's Edge housing development at Brockworth. The bus will provide a vital link ...
Appeal on missing man
Feb 01, 2008 ... Police are appealing for help in tracing Graham Snelling, who wasreported missing from his Gloucester home on Sunday, January 27. The 60-year-old was last seen at his house in the Quedgeley area. His family and police said yesterday that they were growingincreasingly concerned ...
Paterson vows to produce right reaction
Feb 01, 2008 ... Chris Paterson has vowed to use any time he gets on the pitchtomorrow to prove why he should be starting for Scotland andGloucester. The utility back suffered the chastening experience of beingdropped from the Scotland squad for the first time in his eight-year international ...
Luke ready to get stuck into debut chance
Feb 01, 2008 ... All Luke Narraway wants is not to make a fool of himself on hisEngland debut at Twickenham tomorrow. Gloucester's mobile 24-year-old back row has already caused astir by claiming the number eight shirt for the Six Nations gameagainst Wales. Now he is keen to get his head down ...
Lawson to face italians
Feb 01, 2008 ... Rory Lawson will head up a three-strong Gloucester contingent inthe Scotland A squad that will take on Italy A in Venice on Sunday. The scrum-half retains the captaincy of the second string, whichhe has led since the 2006 Churchill Cup, while prop AlasdairDickinson and flanker ...
Parents learn lifesaving skills
Feb 01, 2008 ... Enthusiastic Gloucestershire parents and carers have beenlearning how to save the lives of babies and toddlers. More than 70 people attended the BabySafe Roadshow held this weekat Sir Thomas Rich's Sports Centre in Longlevens, Gloucester wherethey learnt essential lifesaving ...
League and Widden reach plate semis
Feb 01, 2008 ... Stroud 5 GORDON LEAGUE 11 GORDON LEAGUE reached the semi-finals of the County Plate with awin at Stroud. The game began with a string of handling errors, but Stroudstarted stronger, driving League back into their 22. Handling errors let them down as their final pass ...
Howells to be honoured with plaque
Feb 01, 2008 ... Lydney-born composer Herbert Howells has been honoured with amemorial in St Mary's Parish Church, the place where he began hiscareer as chorister and assistant organist. The slate plaque, near the church organ, will be dedicated with achoral evensong service on the 25th ...
Hillmen have room to manoeuvre at Frome
Feb 01, 2008 ... Berry Hill believe they have every chance of making the EDFEnergy Senior Vase quarter-finals as they head for a last 16appointment at Frome tomorrow. The Hillmen sent veteran front row Nick Harris on a scoutingmission after drawing the Somerset club and he felt a Hill side ontop ...
Tomlins is the try star
Feb 01, 2008 ... St Peter's High School are through to the quarter-finals of theDaily Mail Under-18s Cup after seeing off Wellington College 12-10at Newbury. Playing with a strong wind in the first half, St Peter's took thelead with a try off a driving line-out from blindside flanker ...
Attractions get boost in guide
Feb 01, 2008 ... Tourism in the Forest of Dean is set for a boost with the launchof a new visitors' guide. It is hoped the new guide will encourage more visitors to stayfor longer in some of the picturesque settings on offer throughoutthe Dean. The new 2008 Visitors' Guide has been produced ...
Council critical of farm plan
Feb 01, 2008 ... Coleford Town Council will write to Forest of Dean DistrictCouncil to show its ill-feeling towards planned buildings at theAngel Farm site. Members say the infrastructure in the ...
Drugs won't be tolerated - sergeant
Feb 01, 2008 ... Tackling illegal drugs is high on the agenda for yet another newpolice appointment in the Forest of Dean. Sara Sleeman has been made sergeant to lead the Forest SouthSafer Community Team. She will oversee the 14 police community support officers andthree police constables ...
Benefits fiddler is sentenced to work
Feb 01, 2008 ... A 53-YEAR-old Coleford man who failed to disclose insuranceincome of pounds200 a month when he claimed state handouts wassentenced to do 150 hours of community work. Gloucester Crown Court recorder Shamim Qureshi said suitable workwould be found for Gary Lambert even though is ...
Children perform at cathedral
Feb 01, 2008 ... Aylburton Primary School are tuning their vocal chords inpreparation for a big day out. Russell Burton, from the Choir Schools' Association outreachprogramme, visited the school this week for the first session withthe children in the run up to their big musical ...
T'pau reunion - it's more than a dream
Feb 01, 2008 ... Twenty years ago they were topping the UK charts with two iconic80s singles China in Your Hand and Heart and Soul. Now T'Pau singer Carol Decker and guitarist-cum- songwriter RonRogers have reunited in Redbrook after two decades to pen a newsingle. The duo, who scored a No 1 ...
2,620 in long wait for their council house
Feb 01, 2008 ... There are 2,620 reasons why the refusal of the Hunts Grovedevelopment would be a catastrophe. That's the number of families currently in the queue waiting fora council house in Stroud. The shortage of affordable housing inStroud District is so acute that the refusal of the Hunts ...
...And our young are sleeping rough
Feb 01, 2008 ... Young people in Stroud are being forced to leave the town - orsleep in sheds or on sofas - because of a desperate shortage ofadequate housing. There is a shocking lack of will to address their needs saysStroud housing expert Charlie Burling. When Keith Birt found himself with ...
We have to grow in way look at food
Feb 01, 2008 ... Food, glorious food. It seems that not a week goes by without acelebrity chef cook-off. What with Jamie's School Dinners and GordonRamsey's Hell's Kitchen, cooking now has wall-to-wall coverage. I welcome all this interest in food, catering and cooking. I'mpleased that at long last ...
'Shortage of staff raises terror risks'
Feb 01, 2008 ... Gchq does not have enough staff to prevent terrorist attacks,according to an important government committee. The Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee, whichoversees the work of the Cheltenham-based listening post, MI6 andMI5, has issued a report saying the monitoring ...
Teens caught free running
Feb 01, 2008 ... Four teenagers from Stroud have been arrested on suspicion ofcausing criminal damage while pursuing the dangerous sport freerunning. Also known as Parkour, the extreme sport involves running andjumping between buildings and walls. Yesterday, police arrested a 13-year-old and ...
Dan's the man after racing into limelight
Feb 01, 2008 ... There is more than one Gloucester player whose call to arms fromEngland came out of the blue. Luke Narraway claimed the spotlight this week when Brian Ashtonstunned the nation by naming him at number eight for tomorrow's SixNations opener against Wales. But lurking in the ...
Nuclear clean-up costs soar
Feb 02, 2008 ... Clean-up costs for tackling Gloucestershire's nuclear legacy haverocketed by nearly pounds1 billion. The figures for the decommissioning of both the county's ageingnuclear power stations has soared to pounds2.7 billion. The price tag for Berkeley leapt by 35% to pounds1.065 ...
Baldwin has final say as city hit back
Feb 02, 2008 ... Gloucester 2 VALE OF WHITE HORSE 2 GLOUCESTER'S A squad staged another late fightback to share thespoils with visitors Vale of White Horse at Longlevens. The home side enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges, thoughthe City forwards were well shackled by an organised Vale ...
Mccray scores four in win
Feb 02, 2008 ... Tredworth Tigers 9 FC LAKERS 0 FC LAKERS made the trip to Oxstalls to face a Tigers sidedesperate to atone for their exit from the County Cup the previousweek. After six minutes, Jack McCray started the scoring with a typicalpoachers goal and soon after, Harry Benfield made ...
Hatcher comes off bench to net treble
Feb 02, 2008 ... Hucclecote 1 TREDWORTH TIGERS 10 TIGERS took the trip across town to face a mobile and determinedHucclecote side that they had got the better of in their firstleague match of the season. There was the first change in weather conditions with the wetweather probably making life ...
James seals fine victory
Feb 02, 2008 ... Tredworth Tigers 4 LYDNEY TOWN 0 LYDNEY travelled to Oxstalls to find conditions had taken a turnfor the worse after their journey to the ground. The game started fast and Jack McCray had Tigers two goals upafter six minutes. The Lydney defence had to work hard to keep ...
Gare is Tredworth's star
Feb 02, 2008 ... Hardwicke 0 TREDWORTH TIGERS 3 IT WAS a 'Super Sunday' with top of the table clashes at numerousvenues and there was a nervy affair between Tredworth and closerivals Hardwicke at Green Lane. With home advantage, Hardwicke showed little respect for theearly pace-setters and ...
Tigers cruise to success
Feb 02, 2008 ... Tredworth Tigers 11 QUEDGELEY WANDERERS 0 QUEDGELEY Wanderers made the trip over to the Tigers' dendesperate to better their previous encounter. This was surely the main aim for the bottom club facing theleague high-flyers. The visitors defended well for 10 ...
Million does it again to give highnam the edge
Feb 02, 2008 ... Jason Million continued his winning ways in Division One of theGloucester Table Tennis League. He enjoyed three wins in Highnam A's 6-4 win at Rudford A. Bob Trimble and Richard Maddrell won a game each and Million andTrimble teamed up to win the doubles in a close ...
Golden Graham can't halt Tredworth slide
Feb 02, 2008 ... Graham Edkins was the leading skittler with 96 for Tredworth RFC(One North). His slate was 6, 9, 7, 15, 12, 15, 7, 9, 8, 8. However, his team's 757 was not enough against Fabulous BakerBoys, who had the top team score with 785. Paul Dexter (Quarters, Division Three East) had ...