News - February 2022

The county council and its health partners are launching a new support service for over-18s in Gloucestershire bereaved by suicide.

A total of 6,536 Gloucestershire children who applied on time will be offered a secondary school place for September this year, with 86 per cent of pupils receiving a place at their first preference school.​

Residents are being asked to provide feedback on a proposal to move Stroud Library from its existing location to a more central and accessible building within the Five Valleys Shopping Centre.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) was inspected by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) in September and October last year (2021).

The proposed route of the 26-mile ‘cycle spine’ through Gloucestershire has been revealed.

Gloucestershire County Council has approved a £521 million budget for 2022/23 to help the county build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following the Met Office’s severe weather warning for Storm Eunice, Gloucestershire County Council’s home to school transport will not operate on Friday, 18 February.

Storm Eunice - red weather alert and flood warnings issued.

Gloucestershire’s Local Resilience Forum has this morning declared a major incident due to the risks posed by Storm Eunice.

A national campaign to prevent shoppers from being conned into buying fake designer goods and other illicit items is being backed by Gloucestershire County Council’s trading standards department and Cotswold Markets.

Gloucestershire County Council is highlighting transport support to residents after changes to Stagecoach’s 32/132 bus time timetable.

Gloucestershire Libraries are encouraging their customers to live a low carbon lifestyle to help tackle the effects of climate change.

People in Gloucestershire who keep poultry are being reminded to keep them housed or kept under cover to prevent the risk of infection.

Members of the public are being encouraged to have their say on proposed improvements to M5 Junction 10, before Gloucestershire County Council’s statutory consultation closes on Tuesday 15 February.

A new project to be launched by the county council in April 2022 will target the county’s most disadvantaged areas, to provide additional support for families with babies and toddlers born during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over £100,000 of additional funding has been awarded from Gloucestershire County Council’s Build Back Better – Market Towns initiative to help communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

An area on the Severn Estuary is in the running to be the home of the UK’s first prototype fusion energy plant based at Oldbury and Berkeley.