⏩ The Gloucester Start: Tuesday June 3rd
Murder trial date set | New businesses nearly ready | Shop signs targeted
Good morning, welcome to Tuesday’s Start. If you like updates about restaurants and shops, today’s is the edition for you! It’s not a deliberate choice, just what happens to be making the news at the moment. You might have noticed I’ve extended the Things To Do section the past couple of days too to give greater notice of events coming up later in the week. Let me know if you like it - you can hit reply to the email edition, or drop your thoughts into my reader survey.
☁️ Today’s weather: A wet start should give way to a brighter, dry day.
🚫 Gloucester City Council wants to hold greater control over city centre advertising, particularly fascia signage on businesses. Examples of ‘inappropriate’ fascias - characterised by bright plastic and large fonts - include The Works, Vodafone and Bargain Buys. - Gloucester City Council (agenda item 8)
🍝 Italian restaurant Topoly’s will reopen tomorrow after the life of its owner, who died on May 27th, was celebrated by staff and customers yesterday. Hussain Heravi opened Topoly’s in Southgate Street in 1990 and it’s been a city centre fixture ever since. - Punchline Gloucester
❌ Portivo Lounge will be shut this Monday, along with its sister bars around the county, for Loungefest, their annual staff party. - Gloucestershire Live
🐔 Chicken restaurant Popeyes is seeking permission to open through the night. It’s applied for a licence to provide refreshments from 11pm to 5am daily at its St Oswald’s branch. - Gloucester City Council licensing
🍬 Two new businesses are set for imminent openings in neighbouring Westgate Street shop units. Indian street food restaurant Bom-Bai Boyss has taken up the old Knobbly Cob space, next door to treat parlour Jessica’s Sweets 👇
🚨 Police and crime news
🚨 Kane Kotwica, accused of murdering Matthew Cainey and the attempted murder of two other men in Bedford Street last week, will stand trial in November. Kotwica, 39 and from Longford, will first face a plea and trial preparation hearing in August. - BBC Gloucestershire
🚨 A man in his 50s was arrested on suspicion of assault in Quedgeley yesterday lunchtime. He’d been reported as acting aggressively and threatening injury to himself and others. - Gloucestershire Live
🚨 A man in his 20s suffered facial injuries after being attacked with a bottle in Whitfield Street yesterday. Another man in his 20s was arrested and it’s thought they’re known to each other. - Gloucestershire Live
🚨 The two front headlights for a transit van were stolen from a business premises in the Quedgeley West Business Park between Friday, May 30th and Monday, June 2nd. - Your Community Alerts
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📌 Gloucester Contemporary Artists are holding a pop-up exhibition of paintings and sculpture in Cathedral Quarter, 21 Westgate Street, 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 5pm Sunday. This is part of the current city wide Adopt an Artist art trail and art competition. The exhibition is free. More details here. - Thanks to reader David for this submission
📌 On Saturday, PCSO Chloe Bennett and Cllr Caroline Courtney will be at Tuffley Court Community Centre, Seventh Avenue, Tuffley between 10am-12pm. Please come along and talk about any police or neighbourhood concerns you may have. More details here.
📌 Come buy some cuteness at Roots. Hand knitted by our Monday knit & natter group. Suggested donation £5, all money raised goes to the Gloucester Foodbank 👇
📅 Things to do
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Today and tomorrow
❓ Pop Culture Pub Quiz at Hop Kettle | Today (and every first Tuesday of the month), 7pm | £2 | Details
🪡 Creative Welcome Space at City Works | Wednesday, 10am | Free | Details
🪴 Gardening for Wellbeing at Gloucester Cathedral | Wednesday, 11.30am | Free | Details
Further ahead
😆 Comedy with Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby at Gloucester Guildhall | Thursday, 7pm | £18 | Details
🤸 Your Next Move: Multi Styles Battle and Workshops at Gloucester Guildhall | Friday and Saturday, 6.30pm, 8pm | From £10 | Details 👇
🖼️ Evening Painting Workshop at Gloucester Cathedral | Friday, 5.30pm | £25 | Details
🛍️ Pop-up Market, 49 Westgate Street (the old Dough from Dough pizza restaurant) | Saturday and Sunday, 10am | Free | Details
🎉 Community Celebration Day at St Paul’s and St Stephen’s Church, Stroud Road | Saturday, 10am | Free | Details
Top posts from Monday’s Start:
🚨 Man charged with murder as victim named
🧀 Cheese rolling record holder shares tips for success
🚆 How £1.75billion rail scheme will impact county commuters