• AROUND £13,000 of taxpayers money has been "put aside" so parish councillors can launch a legal battle over controversial incinerator plans.

  By Bonkim2003

  Money down the drain - that is just 5 day's worth of legal service.

            

   

  By The Citizen at 07:00 on 07/02/12

  

  AROUND £13,000 of taxpayers money has been "put aside" so parish councillors can launch a legal battle over controversial incinerator plans. Parish leaders in Quedgeley and Standish have earmarked the cash to fight Shire Hall's £500 million facility set for Javelin Park. A member of GlosVAIN, a campaign group opposing incineration, also sits on each of the committees. Graham Smith, vice-chairman of Quedgeley...

• Fishing on Friday: Rules, red devils and a battery to help charity

  By bigcatman

  by Dave_Kemp Saturday, Feburary 4 2012, 3:09PM . "Releasing any alien animal into the wild can have...

            

   

  By The Citizen at 07:00 on 03/02/12

  

  THE topic of conversation this week with anglers is the American crayfish. These red devils are making life in our rivers for fish very difficult. If you see any, please report where and when to the Environment Agency. I have been looking at the British Waterways Board and how the management board will work. So far, it's all about boaters. When will the angling fraternity wake up? Once again they are overtaken by boaters, stop...

• Council tax freeze in Gloucester

  By Douglasknows

  You just can't please some people!

            

   

  By The Citizen at 07:00 on 03/02/12

  

  COUNCIL tax is set to be frozen for people in Gloucester for the second year running after the city's Conservative leadership backed the plan. The cabinet has agreed to accept a Government cash windfall to keep rates pegged (£1,470 a year for average Band D households). Residents in Quedgeley will pay a few extra pounds each month to their parish council. The Government will pay the Gloucester City Council £176,000...

• Right to shred Fred's knighthood?

  By Takeaway22

  Anybody remember who we hated before the bankers? Now you see why the politicians are being so...

            

   

  By The Citizen at 07:00 on 02/02/12

  

  OPINIONS are mixed in Gloucester about whether former RBS boss, Fred Goodwin should have had his knighthood taken away. John Price 61, a retired banker, from Ashleworth said: "I think it's all a political move. I think he definitely made a mess at the Royal Bank of Scotland but they shouldn't have given an honour one day and take it away the next because he made a bad job of it. If I was asked to vote I wouldn't have voted for it...

• Town or country?

  By ShorterNews

  This just in: Public Pay More for Nicer Location.

            

   

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 07:00 on 02/02/12

  

  Living in a town or in the countryside both have benefits says Nigel Lewis, head of content at www.findaproperty.com. The main reason why so many of us work in a town but live in a rural setting is to avoid the drudgery of a city commute – and the joys of clean air and rolling countryside. Also, there's the advantage of jumping in your car and motoring off to work in less time than most trains take to get between stations. But,...

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