• Benefits given to 150 because of addictions

  By Bonkim2003

  Time people took responsibility for their actions - and if they don't suffer the consequences. Don't...

            

   

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 07:02 on 20/06/13

  

  SCORES of people in Cheltenham are on benefits because they are addicted to alcohol or drugs. The latest figures reveal that 150 people in Cheltenham are unable to work because their addictions are so bad. There are a total of 720 people in the county unable to work due to their addictions, with 60 in the Cotswolds, 60 in Tewkesbury, 70 in the Forest of Dean, 140 in Stroud and 240 in Gloucester. County alcohol abuse expert Con...

• Homes protesters see red

  By tishwash

  Like maybe 50 in that photo ? mostly children whom are unlikely to know what's going on and have...

            

   

  By Stroud Life at 07:00 on 19/06/13

  

  CAMPAIGNERS say their stall at their village fete was visited by hundreds of people worried about the threat of around 100 new homes on Rodborough Fields. An outline application for the new houses has just been formally submitted by developers Lioncourt to the Stroud District Council. So on Saturday the Rodborough Fields Preservation Group, which is opposing the scheme, upped its game with the stand at the annual Rodborough...

• Big Issue: Take up cycling in the most beautiful county and reap the rewards

  By BunnyMatthews

  by RichardburtonTuesday, June 18 2013, 8:12PM "I love cycling but the tyres are expensive,brakes,and...

            

   

  By The Citizen at 06:00 on 18/06/13

  

  NOW I love a comfy seat as much as the next man, I like being warm and dry and, well, I like it easy. On cold, dark, wet mornings I get up and I do grab my car keys to take me to work. But when the sun threatens to show the free spirit in me awakens. I dust off the old helmet and speedo and I venture forth. My better, two-wheeled self re-emerges and takes to the open road. Riding my bike to work from Stroud to Gloucester is always...

• County council workers 'could get £2,500 payrise'

  By norman937

  I did notice that the headline says,council workers COULD get,as apposed to WOULD get.there is a...

            

   

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 06:00 on 18/06/13

  

  COUNTY council workers should get the living wage like their city council counterparts, a new member believes. Councillor Steve Lydon (L, Dursley) wants to set wheels in motion so Shire Hall pays its lowest paid workers not just the minimum wage but a living wage of £7.45 an hour. He has proposed a motion to make the change which would benefit those working for companies which are contracted to the council. The issue had been...

• Drop in jobless benefit claimants

  By MrGarnet

  "Well where are the figures to prove this? This government has made it hard to claim social security...

            

   

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 06:00 on 18/06/13

  

  THE number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Gloucestershire has fallen to under 10,000 for the first time since 2011. A total of 9,809 claimers took Jobseeker's Allowance in the county in May, a 225 drop from the previous month. This compares to a 233 fall in April compared to March and a 250 drop in March compared to February. The last time the total number claiming the benefit was under 10,000 was in December 2011, at...

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