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.
The City Council has successfully prosecuted the landlord of a Tredworth property which was ‘unfit to live in’. The landlord was fined £2,000 and under new laws could also face being banned from operating altogether.
BBC historians headline Gloucester’s Aethelflaed Talks
Dr Janina Ramirez and Tom Holland, two of the BBC’s most popular history broadcasters, will be speaking at Gloucester’s Aethelflaed celebrations marking the 1100th anniversary of the Queen of Mercia’s death.
Gloucester MP Richard Graham says the government announcement to crack down on loan sharks and help protect the most vulnerable is “an important step in the right direction.”
“After years of uncertainty this is a good step forward for local residents and the area,” summarised Gloucester MP Richard Graham after the decision from the Trust Inns’ board yesterday to refurbish and re-open the Ridge and Furrow Pub in Abbeydale.
Responding to the Home Secretary’s statement on the status of some of the ‘Windrush generation’ who arrived in the UK before 1973 and may not have proof of their right to be here, Gloucester’s MP Richard Graham has given his absolute commitment that no-one arriving at that time will lose any righ
