News - September 2022

Work on Brook Academy in Brockworth, Gloucester is now complete and this September the school has been welcoming its first pupils.

Gloucestershire County Council will be issuing extra payments to Ukrainian guests and their sponsors.

Apprentices at Gloucestershire County Council are celebrating after winning prestigious awards at the Gloucestershire Live Apprenticeship Awards 2022.

Gloucestershire County Council’s cabinet has approved up to £3.6 million to fund a family-based healthier lifestyles programme to tackle childhood obesity.

“Babies cry, you can cope!” that’s the message from the county council, NHS, police and partners who have come together this September to promote lifesaving messages to parents in Gloucestershire.

Following a six-week consultation, Gloucestershire County Council’s cabinet have decided to introduce a new service to support adult mental wellbeing in the county.

Two county council social workers have been shortlisted in the annual Social Worker of the Year Awards which recognizes inspiring social work.

Illegal tobacco with a street value of £29,000 has been seized from two premises in Cheltenham by Gloucestershire County Council trading standards officers.

As part of the county council’s further £100 million investment into Gloucestershire’s roads; highways crews will be resurfacing one of Gloucester’s most important routes from 23 September.

Gloucestershire County Council is proposing to introduce new measures to cut congestion, encourage more walking and cycling and improve road safety.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) is set to acquire three new and more modern specialist vehicles.

This week Gloucestershire County Council cabinet will be asked to decide whether to move Gloucester Library from Brunswick Road to the former Debenhams building, which is being transformed into University of Gloucestershire’s new campus in the centre of the city.

The reign of His Majesty King Charles III will be proclaimed across Gloucestershire on Sunday 11 September 2022 and communities are invited to attend.         

Gloucestershire County Council’s Chairman, Cllr Alan Preest, has today expressed great sadness following the announcement of the death of Her Majesty The Queen:

Leader of the County Council, Mark Hawthorne, said: I wish to express my heartfelt condolences to members of the Royal Family on the announcement of the death of Her Majesty The Queen.

This week is Business Fire Safety Week and Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) is advising businesses to take the necessary steps to protect their premises and employees.

A farmer from Churcham in the Forest of Dean has admitted 30 offences relating to animal welfare and disease control.

Following an extensive and highly competitive recruitment process, Amanda Jones has been appointed Director of Operations for Adult Social Care.

Two care leavers in Gloucestershire are sharing how their foster families have changed their lives, in a bid to inspire more people to become foster carers.

Gloucestershire County Council is proposing cycleway improvements on the B4063 between Elmbridge Court roundabout and Oxstalls Lane in Gloucester.

The Tour of Britain will not only bring a day of top-class cycling but also music and entertainment to Gloucestershire as the best cyclists in the world race through the county.

The government is on a mission to deliver lightning-fast, reliable broadband to everyone in the UK and is investing £5 billion in Project Gigabit to ensure that hard-to-reach communities are not left out.

Gloucestershire County Council has stepped in to fund an emergency replacement bus provider to serve a route in Dursley, after the previous provider pulled out just before the start of the new school term.

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

Tour de France stage winner Tom Pidcock will race through Gloucestershire after being confirmed in the Ineos Grenadiers squad for the Tour of Britain.

Gloucestershire Recycles is encouraging people to reduce the amount of textiles wasted by reusing and rewearing clothes.

The brand-new £35 million carbon neutral secondary school building in Cheltenham is complete, ready to welcome its first pupils next week.