News - February 2020

Gloucestershire County Council is working with Balcarras Academy Trust to secure permission to temporarily accommodate the new Cheltenham school on the Balcarras site.

A total of 6392 Gloucestershire children who applied on time will be offered a secondary school place for September this year, with 97 per cent of pupils receiving a place at one of their preferred schools.

A new economic partnership across south Wales and western England which aims to boost local economies by working together launches a new website and prospectus today. The Western Gateway, launched by Cabinet Ministers in November 2019, is the UK’s third powerhouse after the Northern Powerhouse and the Midlands Engine.

Gloucestershire County Council will reopen the B4632 over Cleeve Hill from 5pm on Wednesday 19 February, ten days ahead of schedule.

On 5 February, Gloucestershire County Council along with other organisations and individuals from the South West region were celebrated at an event by Stonewall, a charity for lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality.

The county council is launching a new £200,000 Gloucestershire Digital Innovation Fund to provide grants to community groups and organisations that help adults live full and independent lives through the power of technology.

This week councillors approved a budget of £468million for 2020/21, a net increase of £31million on 2019/20.

Work on Pitchcombe junction is nearing completion, with Gloucestershire County Council highways contractors Knights Brown ready to carry out resurfacing.

A farmer from Toddington has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 after pleading guilty to breaches of animal health legislation.

St James Square and St Georges Place in Cheltenham are being resurfaced this month as part of the county council’s £150 million investment in Gloucestershire’s roads.

A series of free IT courses for beginners has been launched at new locations in Gloucestershire.

Gloucestershire Suicide Prevention Partnership (GSPP) has launched an incentive to get as many people as possible to complete free online training that could help prevent a suicide.