Gloucester News Centre Round-Up: Tuesday 18th February 2025
Bridge closure, political row and body found in search.
There is growing frustration over the ongoing closure of a River Wye bridge during the year of the 50th anniversary of a popular 136-mile walk.
The Black Bridge in Lydbrook, also known as Stowfield Viaduct, closed again in October because the bad state of its decking was deemed a risk to life.
An appeal to locate 37-year-old Brindusa, also known as Maria, who had been reported missing from Cinderford, was issued earlier this morning.
A body has since been found and, while formal identification has not yet taken place, Maria’s family has been informed.
A political row has broken out over delays affecting plans to build 172 homes in Gloucester which could see the city lose out on £20m of Government funding.
Gloucester City Homes (GCH) bosses fear they will lose funding for their regeneration of Podsmead Estate project at Masefield Avenue.
Police are investigating a serious single-vehicle collision which happened in the Cotswolds yesterday.
At around 2.20am police were alerted to a collision on an unclassified road near to the village of Elkstone.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision near Chepstow earlier this month which left a woman needing hospital treatment.
Emergency services were called at around 6.45am on Thursday 6 February with a report of a collision involving a Vauxhall Mokka and a black BMW at the junction of Severndale Farm in Tidenham.