The Latest Breaking News from Gloucestershire

Mum so bruised after false widow spider bite doctors thought she'd been in car crash

Tracy Keeble, from the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, was out walking her dog Dottie last month when she was bitten, she originally dismissed the bite but eventually things got so bad Tracy was terrified she had sepsis and might lose a leg

Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

Broadband firm rolling out Bristol network with £47.5m investment

Gloucestershire-based Netomnia said it was aiming to initially connect more than 150,000 premises

Birmingham Post · Aug 29, 2022

Resident alarmed after large metre-long 'foreign' snake spotted slithering in garden

A person has enlisted the help of Facebook users after waking up to find a terrifying looking metre-long snake slithering around in their garden in Gloucestershire

Daily Mirror · Aug 29, 2022

Brickbat: Cave Man

A British court has ordered Gloucestershire resident Graham Wildin jailed for six weeks for contempt of court for refusing an order to tear down a "man cave" he built without government permission behind his home. The building includes a bar, a bowling alley, casino, movie theater and squash courts. Wildin…

Reason · Aug 19, 2022

Heroic Plucky Villagers Douse Brush Fire With The Tools At Hand

Men, women, children came together on Sunday, August 14, to battle the fire in England's Cotswolds region.

Zenger · Aug 19, 2022

Gloucestershire bookkeeping and payroll company appoints new managing director

James Wetherall has worked as new client manager for the Stroud-based firm since December 2021

Birmingham Post · Aug 15, 2022

Neighbours of millionaire jailed over UK's biggest man cave gloat 'it's payback time'

Neighbours of Garham Wildin, 69, have expressed their relief after he was jailed for refusing to knock down a 10,000 sq/ft complex at his home in Cinderford, Gloucestershire

Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022

Source of Britain's River Thames driest ever as drought nears

(This August 11 story corrects spelling of last name of engagement officer in paragraphs 5 and 7)

Reuters · Aug 11, 2022

Gloucestershire exodus continues after T20 star Ian Cockbain not offered new contract

T20 star Ian Cockbain is set to become the latest player to join the exodus at Gloucestershire after he was not offered a new deal by the county.

Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2022

Woman on Expedia holiday arrives at hotel to find it closed for past two years

Patricia Jubb from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire landed at Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland and travelled to her Anton Apartments Piekna accommodation, only to discover she had no where to stay

Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022