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  • Burglary is soul destroying for police

    More than 80% of household burglaries in Gloucestershire are closed without police identifying a suspect, data reveals. The Police Federation says urgent funding is needed to reverse a situation which is "soul-destroying" for officers, as well as

  • Community rallies to pay for abandoned dog's vet bills

    KIND-hearted residents have raised more than £1,200 to pay for a dog's vet bills after he was abandoned with a broken leg outside a vets in Berkeley. The Saluki lurcher was found wrapped in an old curtain outside Armstrong Mobile Vets in Breadstone

  • Long delays on M5 after car lands on roof

    There are long delays on the M5 following an earlier crash. A car and van collided between the slip roads on the northbound carriageway at junction 16. All lanes are now open again but there are queues of slow moving traffic stretching back

  • Appeal after pregnant woman injured in M5 crash

    A pregnant woman with young children was left requiring medical attention following a crash on the M5 on Friday. The crash occurred on the northbound carriageway between junctions 18 and 17 at 5.20pm on Friday evening. Initially the female driver

  • Alveston cemetery hit by ash dieback

    A CEMETERY near Alveston has been hit by ash dieback. A small number of ash trees at Bristol Memorial Woodlands have been struck by the fungus. Ash trees have now been removed as an option for mourners. Christopher Baker, who founded the Memorial

  • LETTER OF THE DAY: WHY HUAWEI?

    So Huawei has been given the ‘go ahead’ by Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, so they are allowed to ‘play a part’ in the 5G network. Challenges to this country’s national security have not stopped Huawei being allowed in! There has been no reporting