⏩ The Gloucester Start: Thursday January 30th
Wilko sold | Ticket jumper fined | Star player leaving
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🔨 Gloucester’s former Wilko building has been sold. It was due to go to auction with a guide price of £1.3million on Tuesday but it’s not known what the final bid was or who the buyer is just yet. - BBC Gloucestershire
🚦 Coopers Edge residents want a new pedestrian crossing on ‘rat run’ Lobleys Drive amid safety fears. It will be discussed today, among other local concerns. - Gloucestershire Live, via the Local Democracy Reporting Service
☀️ Today’s weather: Bright and crisp this morning, temperatures hitting 8C later in the day with minimal chance of rain.
🤝 A not-for-profit partnership working to keep Gloucester safer is marking its 10th year. Gloucester City Safe was formed to reduce crime, disorder and antisocial behaviour. - Punchline Gloucester
❌ Unsafe broken paving and unsightly temporary repairs in the city centre have been called out, with answers being sought from highways officials about why it’s ‘slipped down the list of priorities’. 👇
🚆 A train trip from Stroud to Gloucester is set to cost one man more than £500 after he was caught without a ticket. Jake Le-Vance’s case went all the way to court where he was fined and ordered to pay costs. - Stroud News & Journal
🏉 Gloucester Rugby’s star player Santi Carreras looks set to leave fans gutted by signing for arch rivals Bath. The Argentina back is one of the Premiership’s hottest properties after a string of match-winning performances. - Gloucestershire Live
↪️ Cherry and Whites owner Martin St Quinton thinks the league’s salary cap should be set independently, rather than by the clubs who, he says, have ‘proved completely incapable’ of agreeing a sensible limit. - BBC Sport
⛳ Soft play and mini golf will return to the former Dobbies site near Haresfield when it reopens under new ownership at the end of February. British Garden Centres have taken it over. - Gloucestershire Live
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The top posts from Wednesday’s Start:
💷 Pillar and Lucy House at Gloucester Quays for sale for £3.2million - Punchline Gloucester
🏫 Man punched in face while on school run - Gloucestershire Live
🚑 Health bosses grilled on lengthy ambulance response times - Gloucestershire Live