⏩ The Gloucester Start: Wednesday March 12th
Mill restoration | Police morale | Community Noticeboard
Good morning and welcome to Wednesday’s Start. It’s a quieter bulletin today - Cheltenham Festival is dominating much of the focus for news outlets in the county at the moment so Gloucester headlines are in shorter supply. Here’s what I’ve found for today’s round-up, as well as recapping some bigger stories from recent days.
👷 Work to restore the only surviving remains of a water mill in Gloucester will take place over the next few months after funding was secured. The Sheriff’s Mill, off Abbeymead Avenue, is 200-300 years old. - Gloucester City Council
👮 Morale at Gloucestershire police was already low before recent turbulence involving job cut plans and leadership changes, a staff survey shows. Overall morale of the 495 people who took part was four out of 10. - Gloucestershire Live, via the Local Democracy Reporting Service
☁️ Today’s weather: Changeable with overcast skies, increased chances of rain and sunny intervals.
⚖️ A 21-year-old man from Brockworth has been given a suspended prison sentence after encouraging a 14-year-old girl to send him explicit pictures of herself. Kane Pearson connected with the girl on Instagram and tried to pressure her into meeting. - BBC Gloucestershire
🚨 Gloucester’s team of CPOs - City Protection Officers - who patrol the city centre intervened in more than 200 instances of street drinking and more than 100 of antisocial behaviour in February alone among more, their monthly report shows. - Gloucester BID
🪴 Take a picture tour inside the newly opened Gloucester Garden Centre, opened at the former Dobbies site near Haresfield over the weekend. - Gloucestershire Live
These stories are recaps and reminders from recent bulletins:
🅿️ Changes are coming to two city council-owned car parks. The Eastgate Shopping Centre and King’s Walk sites will switch to pay and display - currently they are pay on foot. Parking enforcement will also be outsourced by the authority. Jointly the plans are set to save £140,000 a year. - Punchline Gloucester
🫶 People in the community have been reaching out to see how they can help the Kings Theatre after it announced it had to shut for more than six months. The Barton Street venue needs £20,000 to carry out a range of structural and safety improvements. - BBC Gloucestershire
🤝 Devolution is coming to Gloucestershire, but what are the options and who wants what in a ‘once in a generation’ reorganisation of local government? BBC Gloucestershire have laid out what’s known so far. - BBC Gloucestershire
🏥 Temporary visiting restrictions are in place on some wards at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General hospitals to help stop the spread of norovirus. Visitors are being asked to check first before heading to see family or friends in the hospitals. - Gloucestershire Live
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📌 The Pelican Inn Winters Ale Festival starts tomorrow (Thursday) running until Sunday. More than 50 real ales will be on the line-up as well as burgers and hot dogs on Saturday at the St Mary’s Street pub. More here.
📌 The Fair Shares Great Big Seed Swap and Coffee Morning takes place this Saturday. Drop in to pick up, swap or donate seeds at the community allotment, St James City Farm from 10.30am-12.30pm. Enjoy a hot drink and a chat with other enthusiasts too. More here.
📌 Gloucester History Festival’s Spring Weekend takes place from April 25th-27th with a range of talks available in-person and online. Quench your curiosity and join over thirty of Britain’s top historians, broadcasters, politicians and thinkers. More here.
📌 Could you or someone you know help the James Hopkins Trust by baking a cake or two to stock their cake stall at the charity’s Easter Extravaganza on Saturday April 12th at Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre? If you can bake, get in touch at fundraising@jameshopkinstrust.org.uk. More here.
📌 Half-price entry will be available to the National Waterways Museum on March 21st and 22nd as part of the National Lottery Open Week celebrating lottery-funded venues. More here.
The top posts from Tuesday’s Start:
🚧 Thirty weeks of city centre cycle spine works start
📌 Have your say on King’s Square’s Whilers
🚨 Garages broken into in latest crime alerts
And the results from yesterday’s poll:
