Police launch urgent search for missing girl, 13, last seen in Gloucestershire 

Police launch urgent search for missing girl, 13, who vanished after leaving a home in Gloucestershire Jessica Partridge, from Cinderford, Gloucestershire, reported missing today  She was last seen at a property a property in Hollydean at 10.30pm yesterday  Described as being white and 5ft 5ins tall with dark brown shoulder length hair By Lydia Catling … Read more

Police launch urgent search for missing girl, 13, last seen in Gloucestershire 

Police launch urgent search for missing girl, 13, who vanished after leaving a home in Gloucestershire Jessica Partridge, from Cinderford, Gloucestershire, reported missing today  She was last seen at a property a property in Hollydean at 10.30pm yesterday  Described as being white and 5ft 5ins tall with dark brown shoulder length hair By Lydia Catling … Read more

Exploring Dr Jenner’s House in Gloucestershire – the world’s first vaccination hub

A museum for our times: The world’s first vaccination hub is in line to become a must-see attraction Vaccination was invented at Dr Jenner’s House in Berkeley some 200 years ago Well-wishers have sent donations to help save the little-known country museum  It hopes to re-open in June and is set to be a must-see post-lockdown … Read more

PHE spots FOUR more cases of Brazil Covid variant in South Gloucestershire and Yorkshire

Four more cases of the deadly Brazilian coronavirus variant have been spotted in the UK, Public Health England revealed today. The strain, known as P.1, was picked up in three patients in South Gloucestershire who were all close contacts or family members of two existing cases in the area. Another person tested positive for the variant … Read more

PHE spots FOUR more cases of Brazil Covid variant in South Gloucestershire and Yorkshire

PHE spots FOUR more cases of Brazil Covid variant in South Gloucestershire and Yorkshire and detects ANOTHER mutant strain ‘from Antigua’ in the South East P.1 strain picked up in three people in South Gloucestershire and one in Bradford Latest cases bring the total number of Brazilian variant cases in the UK to ten Antigua … Read more

‘Extremely rare’ meteorite is discovered in Gloucestershire after as month’s fireball

Chunks of a meteorite which caused an enormous fireball in the skies above south-west England last month have been recovered by scientists.  The largest is a 300g (10.5oz) lump which was found on a private driveway in the sleepy village of Winchcombe in the Cotswolds after being snared by Earth’s orbit. Other, smaller pieces were also … Read more

‘Extremely rare’ meteorite is discovered in Gloucestershire after as month’s fireball

Chunks of a meteorite which caused an enormous fireball in the skies above south-west England last month have been recovered by scientists.  The largest is a 300g (10.5oz) lump which was found on a private driveway in the sleepy village of Winchcombe in the Cotswolds after being snared by Earth’s orbit. Other, smaller pieces were also … Read more

Man, 50, arrested in Dundee over disappearance of woman and two children from Gloucestershire

Man, 50, is arrested in Dundee over disappearance of woman and two children from Gloucestershire  Bennlyn Burke, 25, and two children were reported missing on March 1  Ms Burke, from South Gloucestershire, was last seen in Bristol on February 17  A 50-year-old man has been arrested and inquiries are ongoing, say police  By Gemma Parry … Read more

Man, 50, arrested in Dundee over disappearance of woman and two children from Gloucestershire

Man, 50, is arrested in Dundee over disappearance of woman and two children from Gloucestershire  Bennlyn Burke, 25, and two children were reported missing on March 1  Ms Burke, from South Gloucestershire, was last seen in Bristol on February 17  A 50-year-old man has been arrested and inquiries are ongoing, say police  By Gemma Parry … Read more

Covid-19: Gloucestershire neighbourhood has only vaccinated 20% of over-65s

England’s Covid vaccine postcode lottery was laid bare again today by damning statistics that revealed parts of the nation have jabbed five times as many over-65s as others. NHS England figures show 93.6 per cent of all over-65s had received their first dose by February 28 — the most recent day local inoculation data is available for. … Read more