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Here are the full results for Gloucester (and Hardwicke and Severn) following yesterday's county council elections: ABBEY ANDERTON Mike (LD) 284 BARRETT Emily (LAB) 532 BIRCHER Charley (Green) 81 GRAVELLS Andrew (C) 1390 SPARKES Danny (UKIP) 687 Elected: Andrew Gravells (C) BARNWOOD AND HUCCLECOTE BROWN David (LD) 1530 NOAKES Lise (C) 1143 POTTAGE Steve (UKIP) 693 SHUTE Shaun (LAB) 357 Elected: David Brown (LD) BARTON AND TREDWORTH...

by Jack Maidment Gloucestershire joins the rest of England today as it goes to the polls to elect a new county council. The Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo have a team of reporters and photographers covering the election as it happens through the night, who will be providing live tweets from the counts which can be viewed at Cover it Live - link below. Tweets from all the councils in Gloucestershire will also be included in the...

Citizen reporter Mike Wilkinson interviews Quedgeley Parish Council chairperson, Anna Mozol, and vice-chairman Graham Smith, following the unanimous decision by county council planners to reject the controversial proposal to build a giant waste incinerator at Javelin Park, Haresfield. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

Gloucestershire County Council has confirmed how it will be spending more than £1m of efficiency savings in flood defence works across the county. The council had a pot of £1.086m available for flood alleviation, and asked the six district councils to bid for funding for works in their areas.  All six came back with a list of projects, and the county council was able to give them nearly all the funding requested. The...

Quedgeley parish councillor and active campaigner for Gloucester Labour Party, Barry Kirby, writes a very interesting and regularly updated blog called The Murmurings of Barry Kirby. In his latest blog entry, Barry responds to a comment posted in relation to an article published on thisisgloucestershire.co.uk recently, titled County's budget to see £2.3m cut to children and families service. Reader, Shireresident,...

Childrens services in Gloucester a part of our local authority are failing the children of Gloucester and failing the taxpaying people of Gloucester. When all we read about and hear on the news is how bad the wages are for civil servants and the public sector workers of Gloucester. I am disgusted to see that the so called pay freeze has not happened and that hundreds of thousands of public sector workers enjoyed a pay rise....

by Ben_Falconer Residents in the Stroud district are being reminded that the Christmas and New Year bank holidays may mean changes to their recycling and rubbish collection dates over the festive period. The following changes will apply: If your normal collection date falls on Christmas Day (Tuesday, December 25), it will be collected a day earlier on Christmas Eve (Monday, December 24). If your normal collection date falls on Boxing...

Residents in Kingsway are reminded that the Christmas and New Year bank holidays may mean changes to their recycling and refuse collection dates over the festive period. The following changes will apply: If your normal collection date falls on Christmas Eve (Monday, December 24) - either fortnightly refuse or weekly recycling - then the usual service will be provided. If your normal collection date falls on Christmas Day (Tuesday,...

City Life, Gloucester City Council's feature magazine for residents is now out. The Spring 2012 edition features the Olympic Torch relay arrangements, news of the revised parking charges and much more. If you have not seen a copy you can download at www.gloucester.gov.uk/citylife

I am pleased that several local groups are in line to receive funding following successful bids under the City Council Youth Grant Scheme. Quedgeley Wanderers FC, the Spring Centre, KIngsway-based TS Bulldog of the Naval Training Corps and the recently formed Angling for Youth development are all due to receive sums from the Scheme's £50k pot. The decision is still subject to the call-in process and is expected to be finalised on...