Elections Gloucestershire County Council Local Interest Local News Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation 14 May 2025 / 7 August 2025 by Chris White The future of local government – and what it could mean for Tewkesbury Tewkesbury Borough Council (TBC) has published full details and plans around potential local government reorganisation, including information on the upcoming English Devolution White Paper and proposed timelines. EDIT 7/8/25 CW Your councils are changing. The government wants to give more power to […] Read more » Elections Future Gloucestershire Gloucestershire County Council TBC Tewkesbury Borough Council
Climate Action Environment National News Pollution Blood poisoning and coronary episodes: British water pollution and human health 17 April 2025 / 17 April 2025 by Chris White Source Environmental Journal British water pollution and human health Read more » River Severn Servern Trent Water Pollution
Climate Action Environment Gloucestershire County Council Transport Upcoming Events Latest News from GCC and Greener Gloucestershire 16 April 2025 by Chris White April and May 2025 Events Tab Read more » Gloucestershire County Council Greener Gloucestershire Pollution
Climate Action Environment Local News New Homes Pollution Transport Tewkesbury Garden Communities – Progress Update December 2024 9 April 2025 / 9 April 2025 by Chris White TGC 2024 progress Report which was presented at the Engagement sessions recently. There is a lot of useful information that readers may find interesting, particularly regarding housing, industrial units, and job creation. The document also includes sections on housing developments already in the pipeline that make use of GC land. However, it’s disappointing to see […] Read more » Active Transport Flooding Homes Pollution Tewkesbury Borough Council Tewskesbury Green Party
Climate Action Gloucestershire County Council Local News A Nature Recovery Strategy for Gloucestershire 4 April 2025 / 4 April 2025 by Chris White Source GCC “Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) has been named by the government as the responsible body for producing a new and first Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for the county. This will largely be done through the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership (GLNP) and its members with involvement of a wide range of stakeholders across Gloucestershire. A draft version […] Read more » Climate Nature Pollution
Climate Action National News Transport New report highlights inequality in active travel 3 April 2025 / 3 April 2025 by Chris White Data from the Sustrans Walking and Cycling Index shows lower active travel participation rates among women, disabled people, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and minority ethnic groups. For example, disabled people took 28% fewer walking or wheeling trips than non-disabled people in 2020. The report highlights that road safety is a key issue, with inadequate […] Read more » Active Transport
Events Local News Upcoming Events Stuart Galey is walking the West Highland Way, 95 miles this April to raise money for Tewkesbury Green Party Election Campaigns 3 April 2025 / 3 April 2025 by Chris White Please Donate Read more » Crownfunder Stuart Galey
Local News Spring statement ‘changes course’ but risks leaving net zero behind 28 March 2025 by Chris White Read more » Net Zero Pollution
Climate Action Gloucestershire County Council Local News Transport Huge £334m M5 project gets funding boost and could be on site by summer 6 March 2025 / 6 March 2025 by Chris White https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/huge-gloucestershire-project-gets-funding-boost-and-could-be-on-site-by-summer Read more » Cheltenham Railway Station Cycle Route J10 J9 M5 Mass Rapid Transport Tewkesbury Borough Council
Events Gloucestershire County Council Local News Greener Gloucestershire 27 February 2025 / 27 February 2025 by Chris White February 2025 Greener Gloucestershire In this edition… 🌎Climate change community fund – closing soon!🍽 Free cookery classes in Cirencester and Tewkesbury Climate change community fund – closing soon!The Greener Gloucestershire community climate change fund is to help Gloucestershire reduce carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change within communities. The closing date for applications is […] Read more » Gloucestershire County Council Greener Gloucestershire