⏩ The Gloucester Start: Thursday June 5th
Music festival planned | Hospital strikes extended | Old factory transformed
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🌧️ Today’s weather: Wet for much of the morning, brightening up later.
🏺 Help’s needed to sort through thousands of historical items at the Museum of Gloucester. Volunteers are being called for to help with the sorting, reboxing and consolidation of artefacts. - BBC Gloucestershire
🚨 A driver going the wrong way round the Air Balloon roundabout while others watched on caused a shunt and traffic delays yesterday evening. - Gloucestershire Live
🚫 Tightening up guidelines for shopfront signage in the city centre will help make Gloucester a ‘go-to destination and shout about our heritage’. It’s a city council plan set for sign-off next week. - Gloucester News Centre, via Local Democracy Rreporting Service
🎹 Plans for a new three-day music festival have been approved by councillors. The Sunflowers Festival takes place in October on the site formerly used by Witcombe Cider Festival. - Gloucester News Centre, via LDRS
🩸 Blood sampling staff at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General hospitals have further extended their strikes, after reaching the 70th day of industrial action. The dispute over pay banding will last until at least June 22nd. - BBC Gloucestershire
🚨 The two surviving victims of the stabbing incident last week which saw one man die and led to a murder charge have been discharged from hospital. A picture of the man killed, Matthew Cainey, has been released by his family. - Gloucestershire Live
🏗️ Building work is ongoing to transform a former shirt factory in Derby Road into a into a new space for multiple businesses. It was also previously occupied by Norville Optical Company as their headquarters. - Punchline Gloucester
💼 Nick Gazzard is stepping down as chief executive of the Hollie Gazzard Trust after 11 years. He’ll move into a different role and serve as a trustee, handing over the reins to Jane Harvey. - SoGlos
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📅 Things to do today and tomorrow
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😆 Comedy with Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby at Gloucester Guildhall | Today, 7pm | £18 | Details
🖼️ Evening Painting Workshop at Gloucester Cathedral | Friday, 5.30pm | £25 | Details
🔱 Roman Gloucester Walks from the Museum of Gloucester | Friday, 10.30am | £7 | Details
🤸 Your Next Move: Multi Styles Battle and Workshops at Gloucester Guildhall | Friday and Saturday, 6.30pm, 8pm | From £10 | Details
🎫 Character Tour of the Folk of Gloucester | Friday and Saturday, 11am | £10 | Details
🎸 Southern Fried Groove Queens at Cafe Rene | Friday, 10pm | Free | Details
Top posts from Wednesday’s Start:
👑 Gloucester Cathedral features in new ‘worst King of England’ documentary
❤️ Two Love Island contestants with Gloucester links
🎭 Full Moomins programme kicks in next weekend