Gloucester, South West, England News

Official opening of canal bridge
A new landmark bridge over the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is officially opened.

Woman jailed for false rape claim
A 22-year-old Gloucester woman is jailed for falsely accusing a man of rape.

Police concerned for missing man
A 50-year-old man with the mental age of eight goes missing from his home in Gloucester.

British Royals Join Remembrance of End of WWI
Prince Charles and Camilla joined other European dignitaries in commemorating the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I today, Tuesday, November 11, 2008. They had arrived in Paris...

Funding hopes for homeless club
Culture Minister Barbara Follett says funds could be made available to help homeless Gloucester City FC return to its ground.

Supply issue delays A40 reopening
Bad weather and supply problems are blamed for a delay in the reopening of the A40 near Gloucester.

Mass. pair sentenced in child abuse porn case
A Gloucester woman and her boyfriend have been sentenced to decades in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges that they posted pornographic cell phone pictures...

Balshaw wakes up to douse Dragons' fire
Some teams take this competition a bit more seriously than others. On paper, Gloucester looked far stronger than a diluted Newport, but it didn't quite work out as expected.For a decent proportion ofthe match the Welsh region looked the better team, butwere finished off by Lesley Vainikolo and Iain Balshaw.

Robinson stars to send Tigers home with tails between legs
Much more of this and the Welsh may start to suspect they are actually better at all this oval ball stuff than the English. Certainly in the capital they have come over all superior after the Cardiff laid out their third Guinness Premiership heavyweight in a month. Leicester were consigned to the same dustbin as Sale and Gloucester as Dai Young's side took one huge stride towards the semi-final of the EDF Energy Cup.

Balshaw dazzles to leave Dragons chasing shadows
Gloucester are odds-on favourites to make it through to the knock-out phase of the fourth and last EDF Energy Cup, not least because their final pool...