Citizen Gloucestershire, The back issues from October 2008:
Litter lout students hit the docks
Oct 01, 2008; ... Students are being blamed for blighting Gloucester Docks withlitter. Residents say they've seen youngsters from GloucestershireCollege dropping rubbish around the historic buildings. But they fear the mess being discarded could put off touristsvisiting the city. Steve ...
They're a bright bunch
Oct 01, 2008 ... New stars have been shining brightly at Hempsted Primary School. The class of four and five-year-olds are already enjoyingreception classes. Sarah Smith, co-headteacher with Phil Butterworth, said: "As ourslogan says, children are at the heart of everything that we ...
Elmbridge gets top marks
Oct 01, 2008 ... About The SCHOOL n Elmbridge Junior School, Elmbridge Road, Gloucester, GL2 0PE n Telephone number: 01452 523632 n Fax number: 01452 523632 n Headteacher Glen Tharia n Gender: Mixed n Age range: 7-11 n Number of pupils on roll: ...
Stroud cinema's Hollywood connection
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Hollywood screenwriter has become the first patron of Stroud'snewest community cinema. Catherine Johnson, who worked on summer smash hit Mamma Mia!, haspledged her support to the Wotton Electric Picture House Volunteers at the cinema, which is run by shareholders ...
Quality of patient care will improve
Oct 01, 2008; ... The new chief executive of Great Western Ambulance Trust haspledged to turn the service around and improve care for patients. Anthony Marsh, who is also the current chief executive of theWest Midlands Ambulance Service, started the interim post this week. His appointment ...
Labour let us down ...Time for a change
Oct 01, 2008 ... What do you think of the Conservatives? Gordon Brown's LabourGovernment clawed back some popularity at the Manchester conferencelast week but is it enough to stave off an attack by the Tories? Howdo you rate the Gloucestershire Conservatives? "GB and NU Lab claim the credit when ...
Centre celebrates peace
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Asha Centre in Flaxley marked the end of international peaceweek with a spectacular festival featuring; fire, feasts and music. The event, which also celebrated the Michaelmas festival, wasbased on a St George and the Dragon theme. "We wanted to show that you can't just be ...
Blaze tackled
Oct 01, 2008 ... Firefighters were called to a fire in a flat in Tredworth. Two fire engines from Gloucester were sent to the scene in StAldwyn ...
Plans to move fire control to Somerset look firmer.
Oct 01, 2008; ... Plans to relocate Gloucestershire's fire service control centrelook more certain as the county council has accepted Governmentcompensation for the move. At a meeting of the council's cabinet last week, finance reportsrevealed more than pounds1million was accepted from the ...
Put stamp on bicycle
Oct 01, 2008 ... Gloucester Crime Prevention Panel is holding a free cycle codingsession on Saturday. It will be held between 11am and 1pm at Beech Green School,Quedgeley. Everyone is ...
Hall to host choir night
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Forest of Dean Male Voice Choir will be performing at SoudleyMemorial Hall on Saturday. Tickets cost pounds5 and the concert will start at ...
Tardis to materialise
Oct 01, 2008 ... Youngsters have the chance to build their own Tardis at halfterm. Prema Arts in Uley is running a Life Beyond the Tardis workshopwith Jodie Bulmer on ...
Get fit with Sainsbury's
Oct 01, 2008 ... Children in the Forest of Dean are getting fit for free thanks toa new healthy lifestyles programme. Starting today, Sainsbury's sponsored MEND (Mind, Exercise,Nutrition ...Do it!) programme, aimed at seven to ...
Trust bids for centre
Oct 01, 2008 ... An educational trust for people on the autistic spectrum isbidding to convert a listed building in to a community centre. Stroud Court at Longfords, ...
Planners say 'yes'
Oct 01, 2008 ... Plans to build a new conservatory at a house in Elmbridge havebeen approved. The application for the house in Manor Park was granted planningpermission ...
Riders can learn rights
Oct 01, 2008 ... Horse riders can find out more about rights of way at a BritishHorse Society access training day on Sunday, October 12. The event at ...
Garage is approved
Oct 01, 2008 ... A House in Abbeydale is set to get a new garage after the ownerswere granted planning permission. The owners of the house in Stonechat Avenue now have ...
Safe stolen from van
Oct 01, 2008 ... A Safe containing pounds250 was stolen from a van. The blue Vauxhall Astra was parked in Whitefield Close, Bridgend,Stonehouse, when a digital safe, a digital camera and tools ...
Get ready for market
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Hempsted Meadows market and car boot sale is taking placetoday. The new purpose-built market and car boot site hosts a market andcar boot sale every Wednesday, ...
Trek earns fine sum
Oct 01, 2008 ... A Trio who walked from Salisbury to Abbeydale to raise money forcharity have collected more than pounds1,200. Pete and Katy Havers and Gaz Howells walked the 70 miles fromSalisbury ...
Try a taste of apples
Oct 01, 2008 ... All kinds of apples will be ripe for tasting at Apple Days atWestbury Court Gardens in Westbury-on-Severn. On Saturday and Sunday, October 18 and 19, from 10am to ...
Chalke up a top day
Oct 01, 2008 ... Gloucester Cathedral is hosting a Day of Prayer with a topspiritual speaker. Broadcaster, author and campaigner the Rev Steve Chalke willspeak at the service at ...
Car raiders take shades
Oct 01, 2008 ... A Jaguar car was targeted by burglars who stole designer glasses. The green motor was parked in Burma Road, Nailsworth when a pairof silver Ferucci sunglasses and a mobile phone charger were taken,between ...
Punk rock icons
Oct 01, 2008 ... Original '70s punk band, Stiff Little Fingers, will be taking tothe stage in Gloucester for a one-night appearance at The Guildhall. The Belfast four-piece, still fronted by the iconic Jake Burns,will make their mark on Gloucester on October 16 with a selection oftheir classic punk ...
Drama will have depth
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Fabulous Old Spot Theatre Company is taking comedy 100ftunderground. The King of Spain's Daughter, a comedy written and performed bythe company, will be held at Clearwell Caves on Friday, October 10,and Saturday, October 11. The story follows a galleon from the Spanish ...
Patients to be quizzed
Oct 01, 2008 ... Hospital patients in Gloucestershire are being asked to commenton their treatment. Surveys will be posted to 850 randomly chosen patients who wereinpatients during ...
Bag bargain at the tables
Oct 01, 2008 ... A Table Sale will be held at Newent Memorial Hall on Saturday,from 10am to 1pm. Visitors can grab a bargain from stalls ...
Witness appeal over digger theft
Oct 01, 2008 ... Thieves have stolen at pounds20,000 digger in Stroud. They started the engine, drove it up the road and then loaded itonto a low-loader lorry in Whiteshill. Now police are appealing for anyone who saw the theft to comeforward. The incident happened time between 6pm on ...
Builders to share skills
Oct 01, 2008 ... A Team of Gloucester builders will turn into a charity squad atConey Hill Community College on Friday. The group will carry out roof repairs and redecoration of theinternal walls as part of a nationwide event organised byconstruction company Wates ...
Talents on show
Oct 01, 2008 ... Singers, magicians and other gifted folk are gearing up for thisyear's Gloucester Has Talent. The competition will host a wide range of acts and there is stilltime to put names down. Central's ...
Choir needs singers
Oct 01, 2008 ... Budding choristers can sign up to join Philomusica ofGloucestershire and Worcestershire at rehearsals in Longlevens. The group rehearses every Friday night ...
Ex-soldiers to meet up
Oct 01, 2008 ... Aden veterans are meeting today in Stroud. The meeting of the Aden Veterans Association, Gloucestershirebranch, takes place at midday at Stroud Conservative Club's CarltonRoom. The meeting is important because branch president Brigadier RolphJames CBE will be in ...
Teen burglar's joyride ends in crash
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Teen burglar stole a set of car keys from a house while theowners were asleep upstairs and then went joyriding throughGloucester. The 18-year-old, who knew the occupiers of the house inSandyleaze, Longlevens, also stole a mobile phone from the hallwayin the early hours of ...
Ruth Archer's back on the farm
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Archers are coming to the Forest of Dean. Actress Felicity Finch, who plays dairy farmer Ruth Archer in thelong-running Radio Four soap, will be back on the farm when shevisits the Grange Village. She will officially open a new farmyardat the ...
Arboretum is the tops
Oct 01, 2008 ... Westonbirt Arboretum has been voted Britain's top public gardenin a poll on travel website TripAdvisor. The historic woodland near Tetbury beat off the challenge ofrunner-up the Lost ...
It's ladies' night at car firm
Oct 01, 2008 ... Ladies living in Gloucester and the surrounding areas are beinginvited to a free evening under-the-bonnet tomorrow. Car care and maintenance company Gloucester Protyre is hosting afree fun and informative ladies' night at its retail centre onBristol Road. There will also be a ...
New film initiative
Oct 01, 2008 ... Young people could get their first break into the film industry on Saturday. And it's all thanks to a new initiative from Gloucester HeritageUrban Regeneration Company, Gloucestershire College and Blue SkyEvent & Media production company. The Big Smart Film Project is an ...
Dogs have their day
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Companion Dog Show is set todelight audiences and entrants on Sunday. The show will give dog owners the chance to show off theirtalented pooches at Park Farm in Park Lane, St Briavels, and winprizes. Categories include puppies, junior dogs ...
Get on the trail of the harvest scarecrows
Oct 01, 2008 ... Matson Baptist Church is launching its harvest festivalcelebrations with a scarecrow trail and harvest fair. The events on Saturday kick off at 11am and last throughout theday until 3pm. The trail will start from the Redwell Centre, next to MatsonRugby Club, in Redwell Road, ...
Police give pupils road safety lessons
Oct 01, 2008 ... Road safety is at the heart of lessons at one Forest of DeanSchool. After the success of Road Safety Awareness classes last term atHeart Of The Forest Special School, police safety officers havebeen asked to return to teach the new pupils, the core safetylessons when crossing ...
Market woes - signs of a turning point
Oct 01, 2008 ... How safe is my money? With all that has been happening in worldof finance of late is an entirely reasonable question to be asking. In the UK, we have witnessed Northern Rock being nationalised,Bradford & Bingley part nationalised and part sold to Santander, theSpanish owner of ...
One will be amused at one's 60th bash
Oct 01, 2008 ... Basil Fawlty and Mr Bean will be returning to the stage tocelebrate Prince Charles' 60th birthday. Actors John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson will be joined by MrsDoubtfire star Robin Williams for the televised gala. The event isbeing held to raise tens of thousands of pounds for youth ...
A shameful way to treat animals
Oct 01, 2008 ... We call ourselves a nation of animal lovers. Yes, many are, butmany are not. On Sunday, September 21, at approximately 5.30pm, two brotherswho I know, aged eight and 12, brought a dog to my next doorneighbour and I, that they had found wandering on Robinswood Hill. I rang the ...
We can't park outside homes
Oct 01, 2008 ... Once again the school holidays are over - and we cannot park ourcars outside our own houses. Every day pupils and staff park outside our houses, forcing us topark elsewhere and having to ...
Tuffley woman could sue after fall
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Gran from Tuffley may sue the county council after trippingover a huge "lump" in the road. Sue Cross, 54, is still in agony a month after tripping inGloucester's Market Parade. She is just one of 74 people across the county who have beeninjured after falling on roads and ...
On a mission from the doctor
Oct 01, 2008 ... Youngsters at Harewood Junior School have enjoyed a visit from aspecial visitor in a time machine. The Year 5 pupils at the Tuffley school were amazed and delightedto find a real Tardis waiting in their playground when they arrivedat their school last week. Attached to the ...
Couple still singing each others' praises after 50 years
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Shared passion for choir singing brought two young loverstogether more than 50 years ago. Now Colin and Phyl Dunford are celebrating their golden wedding. Although they were both born outside Gloucestershire, they hadeach moved to the county by their late teens and met at ...
We're still full of life
Oct 01, 2008 ... Hundreds of Gloucestershire's older residents mingled with super-fit sportsmen last week during an action-packed Full of Lifeexhibition held at Gloucester Rugby Club's new ...
Homeowner's application
Oct 01, 2008 ... The owners of a house in Linden Road have submitted anapplication to Gloucester City Council for a lawful developmentcertificate. This would signify ...
Street set to close
Oct 01, 2008 ... Southgate Street in Gloucester is set to close in a northbounddirection from October 28. The road will close from its junction with Spa Road to itsjunction with Parliament Street. Traffic will the ...
Break-in at takeaway
Oct 01, 2008 ... Burglars broke in to a takeaway through a skylight steal tools. A pounds500 disc cutter was taken from an extension underconstruction at the Trafalgar Takeaway in ...
Last sale for booters
Oct 01, 2008 ... The last Longford Car Boot Sale in 2008 is taking place thisSaturday. It will run between 10am and 1pm at Longford Village Hall. The gates will open at ...
Burglars are foiled
Oct 01, 2008 ... A Flat was burgled in Dursley on Sunday morning. The incident happened between 12.30am and 12.50pm in MapleClose. Thieves kicked down the front door, breaking the ...
Car blaze is extinguished
Oct 01, 2008 ... A Car caught fire in Barnwood on Monday night. The vehicle was ablaze in the park off Barnwood Road at ...
Students show skills
Oct 01, 2008 ... An Exhibition of work by Gloucestershire College's art studentsbegins at Gloucester Guildhall today. The display is running ...
Homeless man's drunken rampage
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Homeless young man told a court that whenever he was drunk hewent on the rampage. David Hayward of Lichfield Road, Barnwood, told city magistratesyesterday that alcohol got him into a lot of trouble. The 20-year-old pleaded guilty to using threatening words ...
Police praised in priest case
Oct 01, 2008 ... Police have been praised for their work to bring former priestPeter Carr to justice. Carr (pictured), 73, was sentenced to 12 months in prisonfollowing the indecent assault of eight victims over 30 years ago inBlaisdon. Detective Chief Inspector Simon Atkinson said: "All ...
Fratellis back Stroud charity
Oct 01, 2008 ... A Stroud charity has received backing from alt-rockers theFratellis. The band has donated a signed guitar and drum skin, as well asoriginal album cover artwork to a raffle to raise funds for theMeningitis Trust. Kim and Sinclair Macleod, whose son Calum was just 12 when ...
'Trust of voters has to be won'
Oct 01, 2008 ... Tory Leader David Cameron admits his party has still got a "hugeamount of work to do" to unseat political opponents inGloucestershire. Mr Cameron said that the Conservatives had got to win the trustof people who feel let down by the Government. But despite a recent poll, ...
100 lose their jobs
Oct 01, 2008 ... Nearly 100 staff at ITV West in Bristol have lost their jobs in abid by company bosses to save millions. More than half the 190 staff who work at ITV West and ITV WestCountry were made redundant at a meeting yesterday. In all, there will be 429 redundancies among 1,075 staff ...
Demolition planned
Oct 01, 2008 ... The owner of a house in Gilpin Avenue, Hucclecote, has appliedfor planning permission to demolish a conservatory. If permission is granted by Gloucester City Council ...
Big win for Bream
Oct 01, 2008 ... Smiths Ind 10 BREAM 62 FOR the second week in a row Bream recorded an emphatic victory,but it failed to satisfy acting captain Rob Byett and his squad. Bream ran out convincing 62-10 winners with tries from TaiLakapuka (4), Dan Hardy (2), Richie Halford and Sean ...
Positive performance from Hucclecote
Oct 01, 2008 ... Despite the defeat, this was a more positive performance from theyoung Hucclecote side. Unfortunately their inability to function effectively as a teamin the first quarter of the game left them playing catch-up for therest of the afternoon as the visitors ran in two early tries to ...
Cinderford united continue unbeaten start
Oct 01, 2008 ... Cinderford United 26 BRIDGWATER UNITED 5 CINDERFORD UNITED continued their unbeaten start to the seasonwith an impressive West of England Merit Table victory overBridgwater. Charlie Simpson-Daniel opened the scoring for Cinderford with anunconverted try in the first ...
Depleted Spartans lose out
Oct 01, 2008 ... Spartans went into their second Premier League game needing a winbut were forced to make 10 changes from the previous week due toinjury and unavailability. It was always going to be difficult, yet they made OldColstonians fight all the way for their win with a gritty ...