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February 27, 2017, 9:02 am

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Three men have been arrested, including one from Gloucester, after Britain First members marched through a town centre - including one supporter wearing a Donald Trump mask. The far-right group's leader Paul Golding and his deputy Jayda Fransen joined protesters as they met in Telford, Shropshire, on Saturday afternoon. Over 150 supporters marched from the town's train station to a nearby council building where they held a rally with anti-Muslim speeches. The group said they were...

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February 27, 2017, 9:45 am

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A teenager in Gloucester who police have described as 'vulnerable' is still missing. Michaela Keselova, 16, was last seen at 6.20pm on Saturday at her home in Park End Road. She is a white, eastern-European female, 4ft 11ins, medium build, and has dark brown collar length curly hair. Read: Storm Ewan brings Arctic blast for the start of spring in Gloucestershire Michaela was last seen wearing white jeans, a brown tiger print coat and brown boots. Police are very concerned for...

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February 28, 2017, 5:30 am

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This is where you can stay up-to-date during the day with everything that is going on in Gloucestershire. We have a story about explicit scenes for an adult film being shot at a Gloucester gym, and a report on a former Gloucestershire student who became a 'sugar baby'.There is also a distressing story about a man who says he is the target of homophobic abuse, and we report on how a anti-homes group needs to raise £4k to survive after losing a high profile High Court case. It is also...

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February 28, 2017, 6:51 am

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A woman was injured as she was robbed in Gloucester city centre. The 53-year-old woman suffered a bump to the head and a cut to the hand when she was struck from behind and knocked to the ground by a masked man as she entered a car park on Brunswick Road at 6.15pm on Friday, February 17. Read: Brace yourself for a hoar frost as gritters to be deployed from midnight Two women are believed to have been close by as the offender made off and police want them to come forward. The offender is...

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February 28, 2017, 12:49 pm

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These are just some of the individuals jailed this month for various crimes in Gloucestershire - and why they are now behind bars. Jonathon Sealeaf Three rail workers caused mayhem at a Cheltenham pub when they behaved 'oafishly' towards a group of women and then attacked several men who stepped into protect them, a court heard. The workmen, from Liverpool and Stoke on Trent, were having a drunken 'blowout' at Cheltenham's Bank House pub on when the violence flared, Gloucester Crown...

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February 28, 2017, 11:00 pm

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Cyclist Haroon Rehman's mobile phone saved him from a serious stab wound when a teenage boy attacked him with a knife in a Gloucester street, a court was told today. The teenager's first blow with the knife cut through Mr Rehman's jacket but luckily for him the blade hit his phone and went no further. But the young attacker, who cannot be named, did not give up - he ran after 19-year-old Mr Rehman and stabbed him in the buttock as he rode away, Gloucester Crown Court was told. The...

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March 1, 2017, 3:00 am

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Gloucestershire's Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl has commended a top police chief who suggested paedophiles who view indecent images should not be jailed.Chief Constable Simon Bailey, of the National Police Chiefs' Council, yesterday announced that UK police forces "cannot cope" with the rise in reports.He said there are 400 arrests every month for viewing child abuse online and figures show the number of child abuse reports are up by 80 per cent in three years.Read: Mobile...

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March 1, 2017, 3:01 am

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The family of missing man Damien Nettles say they have lost confidence in police after being told there is "no new information to justify a police search for human remains". But Nigel Greenhalgh, who lives in the Forest of Dean, said he thinks more could have been done to help find his nephew who disappeared as a teenager. Damien was 16 when he vanished after a night out in Cowes, Isle of Wight in 1996. A BBC programme in August last year tracked the teenager's final movements and...

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March 1, 2017, 3:44 am

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A 29-year-old Cheltenham woman has denied that she played any part in a raid on the home of Gloucester Road resident Anna Hardiman last summer.At Gloucester Crown Court Nicola Page of St George's Road, Cheltenham, pleaded not guilty to burglary and theft of jewellery, spectacles, a mobile phone and a bank card from the four bedroom semi on August 30, 2016.Prosecutor Susan Cavender told the jury Page did not dispute being at the scene of the raid but denied having any involvement.Read: Only phone...

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March 1, 2017, 7:48 am

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A 29-year-old Cheltenham woman was cleared today of taking part in a burglary carried out by her boyfriend last summer.Jurors at Gloucester Crown Court found Nicola Page, of St George's road, Cheltenham, not guilty of burglary of a house in Gloucester Road on August 30, 2016.Although present on her bike outside the house at the time that partner Lee Henry broke in she denied having any knowledge of what he was doing.When Henry was jailed the judge told him: "You are a lawless individual -...

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March 1, 2017, 8:28 am

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Thomas Ryan has been jailed for 31 months after sparking scenes of sickening violence in a Gloucester bar when he drunkenly attacked another man with a broken bottle.Ryan, 53, of Chestnut close, Quedgeley, Gloucester, actually come off worst from the incident because after the bottle attack he was beaten up so savagely by three men in the bar that he almost died.Today at Gloucester crown court his solicitor Claire Williams argued that he had already had significant punishment for his offence and...

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March 1, 2017, 10:58 am

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A son has denied killing his own father in a rage because he wanted to pull out of the family drugs business as one of their customers went on trial for murder.Sam Swift was asked if he had battered his "lovely" father Tony to death because the 68-year-old told him didn't want to sell drugs from his flat in Cheltenham any more.But although he admitted his father had repeatedly threatened to quit the business in a move which would have left the shop fitter in dire financial straits, Mr...

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March 1, 2017, 4:01 pm

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A damning report has said Gloucestershire police's response to serious and organised crime is 'inadequate' and that it 'requires improvement' in crime prevention, investigations and how it protects vulnerable victims.The report, by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, says the Gloucestershire force does not have "essential processes" in place to understand the threat from serious and organised crime and it is making too little progress in investigating emerging crimes such as modern...

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March 1, 2017, 10:58 pm

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All the news as it breaks around the county. Round up of yesterday's news Paddy Power using drones? The betting firm is renowned for its creativity when it comes to marketing and publicity stunts - and this year it sounds like it is truly surpassing itself. It is understood, from a reliable source, that it will be helping punters to bypass the notorious queues at Cheltenham Racecourse by delivering their winnings with drones. You read that right - drones. Hundreds line roads and bridges for...

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March 2, 2017, 3:08 am

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This is the moment a dad claims a shopkeeper in Gloucester was filmed selling laughing gas to a 14-year-old boy as part of a DIY 'sting' operation. The teenager was filmed buying 24 canisters from Costless in Eastgate Street on Monday evening at around 6.50pm. The boy's father used his son to catch the store in the act after he was found taking laughing gas at school. Police are now investigating the incident and say they have also seized suspected illegal tobacco from Costless today -...

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March 2, 2017, 4:43 am

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A 21-year-old Cirencester woman has today admitted three child sex charges which she had previously denied.At Gloucester Crown Court Sian Ada-May Donnachie of Park View, Stratton, pleaded guilty to inciting a girl, under 16, to engage in sexual activity by presenting herself naked in front of her.Red-haired Donnachie also admitted two charges of possessing child pornography, six Category B images of children and 19 Category C images, between June 2013 and July 2015.Judge Jamie Tabor QC bailed...

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March 2, 2017, 7:05 am

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Footage of youths trying car door handles has been released after a huge spike in car crime in a Gloucestershire village.Police have posted this CCTV showing teenagers trying to identify unlocked cars in Bishop's Cleeve on their Facebook page.Theft from vehicles has more than doubled since the beginning of the year.Read: Only phone in pocket saves cyclist stabbed by 'prolific' teen criminal in Gloucester "I would like to reassure my community that we are working hard to tackle this issue...

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March 2, 2017, 8:02 am

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Used car dealer Patrick Van Der Moyle has today admitted dishonestly handling a rare £400,000 Ferrari that was stolen from its owner's Cotswolds home last year.Van Der Moyle, of Cypress Road, Walton Cardiff, was paid £1,000 to take care of the limited edition Ferrari Barchetta after it was taken from a house in Southrop, near Fairford, last summer, Gloucester Crown Court heard.He pleaded guilty to handling the Ferrari, owned by merchant banker Dominic Hollamby, between August 22 and...

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March 2, 2017, 9:03 am

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This is the sickening moment a man was beaten to a pulp after he attacked a man with a broken bottle.Thomas Ryan, 53, of Chestnut Close, Quedgeley, sparked scenes of sickening violence at Bar H20 in Eastgate Street and was jailed for 31 months.He was savagely beaten by three men during the incident last year and nearly died as a result. Read: Man beaten to pulp when he started violent fight at Gloucester bar goes to jailRead: Man beaten to a pulp for attacking another man with a broken bottle at...

Tony Swift found dead with "massive pool of blood"...

March 2, 2017, 9:07 am

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Paramedics found Tony Swift dead in his living room with a "massive pool of blood" around his head while his son shouted 'Don't do this to me, Dad'.The 68-year-old was found dead at the ground floor flat in Mendip House, Cheltenham on October 26, 2015.Lee McCatchley, 30, of Cromwell Road, Cheltenham, is on trial for the murder of Mr Swift but denies the charge.In Bristol Crown Court today, Mr Swift's son Sam Swift was questioned as a witness. He denies killing his father in a fit of...