Dozens of businesses across Gloucester have signed up to an initiative which allows people to enjoy water when they’re out and about and fill up reusable water bottles for free.

I’m delighted that Gloucestershire has been allocated an extra £272k from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to expand a new service for entrenched homeless people.

1. This new façade is part of which organisation’s offices in Gloucester?

2. Who is this great Saxon Queen ceremonially reburied at St Oswalds Priory in June?

3. What is this new building off Bruton Way?

4. What is the name of this new micro pub on Southgate Street?

‘It welcomes sheep not Facebook’, Gloucester MP Richard Graham said, explaining the popularity of new independent pub Turk’s Head in Gloucester’s Southgate Street.

In 2011 I led a small group to link our celebration of the relief of the Siege of Gloucester (Gloucester Day: reinvented by Alan Myatt in 2008 on the first Saturday of September) to the national Heritage Open Days programme (second weekend of Sep), fill the gap with a week of talks at Blackfriars

This is a bit of very good news for cyclists.

Gloucester this summer is packed with even more great family events from food and culture festivals to funfairs, than ever before. Here are some of the best I've seen and everything is free entry unless indicated.

Thanks to the c700 constituents who came to my street stall on Saturday and discussed NHS70 and did my street survey with volunteers. Lots of helpful feedback on what you care about most in Gloucester.

The Queen’s Birthday Awards cannot capture all the great things done in every community, but I’m delighted that over the last few years there has been greater recognition of some of those in our community who’ve done a lot over a long time.

Historic re-enactments are a fine balancing act. They need enough real history abd dressing up to be convincing. And enough tongue well through the cheek to be enjoyable.