News - August 2022

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) is urging residents to get their chimneys swept by an approved sweep to prevent chimney damage and household fires.

Gloucestershire County Council has published the full Statutory Consultation Report for its proposed M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme.

Facilities will be improved for customers at Tewkesbury Library while it is closed for five weeks next month.

Councils across Gloucestershire will mark Ukraine Independence Day on 24 August having welcomed over 1000 Ukrainian guests to the county since March as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

Stage six of the elite cycling Tour of Britain will come to Gloucestershire next month with road closures planned to allow the race to go ahead safely.

Improvement work is due to take place in Nailsworth next month to help prevent flooding in the town.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) has dealt with a phenomenal volume of incidents and emergency calls during the August heatwave.

Three new Innovation Labs run by Gloucestershire Libraries are set to be officially launched with open afternoons.

Gloucestershire’s new road safety fund is providing communities with the tools they need to combat speeding.

Llanthony Road in Gloucester is set to be closed for 36-hours later this month to allow improvement works to be completed.​

Following an extensive and highly competitive recruitment process, Emily White has been appointed Director of Quality, Performance and Strategy for Adult Social Care.

Gloucestershire residents can get involved with the county’s summer of cycling by getting on their bikes in the lead up to Love to Ride’s national cycling challenge ‘Cycle September’.

Best-selling novelist Katie Fforde will formally open Stonehouse Library next week alongside a day of activities following its move to new premises on the High Street.

As temperatures continue to soar, businesses in Gloucestershire are being urged to be extra vigilant to ensure they are protected against the risk of fire this summer.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is reminding people to stay safe during the warm weather this summer.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service were in attendance at an incident near Drybrook on Saturday, 6 August.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service were in attendance at an incident in Cirencester on Sunday, 7 August.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service were in attendance at an incident in Didmarton on Sunday, 7 August.

Officers from Gloucestershire County Council’s trading standards department are disappointed in the number of shops found to have sold disposable e-cigarettes to underage buyers.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) incredible medal haul and top fundraising trophy at annual British Firefighter Challenge.

Gloucestershire County Council is proposing improvements to parking and traffic management in the All Saints area of Cheltenham to help residents find parking spaces near their homes more easily.