Gloucestershire County, England News

A MAN arrested at a Swansea brothel has been ordered to pay back 138,987 or face two more years in jail.

NORTHAVON MP Steve Webb is on board with local police after taking a tour on the forcea s ride along scheme.

The dragon boat race at the first River Festival in Chippenham raised more than A 8,000 for charity.

A murder investigation was under way last night after a man died following reports of a stabbing.

THE war memorial at Crewkerne has become a listed monument on the advice of English Heritage.

A Bristol man said by a judge to have a tendency for violence after he attacked three men has been jailed for five-and-a- half years.

Doctors have given British actor SIMON MACCORKINDALE just three years to live after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

A police officer who was meant to stop Bristol shop-lifters stole two computer games and ruined his career.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision between a car and a bus which left a driver in a critical condition.

Drivers are being urged to take extra care when approaching the Stanton St. Quintin roundabout this morning following a one vehicle collision.

Brownie: The family first grew concerned on Friday when Brownie didn't come up from the pond with their five other ducks.

Failing to fix broken tiles in a Bristol nightclub, which went on to cause serious injury, has cost a businessman his director's status as well as a 27,500 penalty.

Age Concern Wiltshire is calling on people to keep on knitting woollen items for Innocent drink bottles.

A gang of 13 men were jailed yesterday after a string of raids on cash machines - including two in Gloucestershire.

Buses in South Gloucestershire are to begin carrying posters urging people to HIV tests.

A microlight pilot who crashed his flimsy aircraft into a garden - badly injuring himself and his passenger - was jailed for eight months yesterday.

A motrocyclist is recovering in hospital after suffering a life changinga injuries following a crash on the B3109 near Bradford on Avon yesterday.

A TORQUAY man whose then seven-week-old baby son had been 'shaken' and suffered injuries to his brain has walked free from court.

Former soldier Stuart Ballinghall starts a life sentence today after being found guilty of murdering popular Gloucester musician Kim Hibberd.

Salt is in plentiful supply and gritters are on standby as Gloucestershire County Council looks to avoid a repeat of last winter.