News - April 2016

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is gearing up to start supporting residents across the whole county with Telecare response from May this year following a successful launch last year.

Gloucestershire County Council is advising residents in Gloucestershire about how to ensure they have an easy and pleasant trip to a household recycling centre ahead of May.

The hospital education service in Gloucestershire and a teaching assistant for the service have both been nominated for an award for their outstanding work.

At a time when 1 in 10 young people have a diagnosable mental health issue, Gloucestershire Libraries is today launching a scheme to support them with expert endorsed books available to borrow for free

A whopping 20,286 rural homes and businesses in the Cotswolds have got faster broadband thanks to Gloucestershire County Council's Fastershire project.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is joining fire and rescue services up and down the UK to support Water Safety Week 2016 from 25th April - 1st May.

More than £2million is set to be invested into helping more than 4,000 people gain new skills, find a job or gain an apprenticeship.

Gloucester Library is holding a job fair on Thursday 21st April, and is inviting all job seekers to come along to speak to organisations and potentially find a new career.

Gloucestershire County Council has appointed Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd to build phase one of the spine road for the Cinderford Northern Quarter scheme, with work starting this spring.

Gloucestershire libraries are calling all lovers of literature, and those yet to find a passion for reading, to come together to appreciate stories, poems and all things literature.

Gloucestershire County Council officially hands over five of its countryside sites to the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust at a celebratory tree planting event.

Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership has launched a new campaign in the Cotswolds to improve road safety especially on the A429.

The wait for news of primary school places is almost over for pupils and parents.

On 11th April 2016, Rashad Abdulla Mohammed, 26, appeared before Cheltenham Magistrates and entered guilty pleas to offences concerning the sale and possession for sale of illegal tobacco.

A new community drug and alcohol service to help vulnerable people across Gloucestershire will be discussed by cabinet next week.

Next week, cabinet is being asked to approve a recommendation for new state of the art equipment for Gloucestershire's firefighters to help them stay safe when fighting fires.

Residents in Painswick will have the opportunity to meet their new community safety advisor on the 16th April at a safe and well event in the centre of the village.

Gloucestershire County Council is planning to change the way support is delivered for healthy lifestyles, helping people to stay fit and well for longer.

Proposals to ban private hire vehicles from using council bus lanes are set to be scrapped as the county's transport blueprint is updated.

Gloucestershire County Council is planning to offer tenant farmers the rare opportunity to buy their land at the same time as investing in revitalising remaining farms.

Work will start later this month to repair the popular A4013 which runs from GCHQ to the Kingsditch Retail Park.

Following the announcement by Cotswold Council for Voluntary Services (CVS) that they have gone into administration, Gloucestershire County Council officers have been working hard to keep communities connected.

The Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership has arranged for two sessions to run in Cirencester and in Northleach this month teaching safer rural driving.

Drivers are being advised to allow extra time for journeys while repair work takes place this month on the A430 Secunda Way, known locally as Hempsted bypass.

Following a successful trial last year, Gloucestershire County Council will now rollout its lengthsman scheme countywide.

Important geotechnical repairs to stabilise the B4234 at Cannop will begin this May with a short diversion for traffic while the major improvements are made.