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April 3, 2024 at 3:50 PM

What’s new and exciting in Gloucester Docks?

**What’s new and exciting in Gloucester Docks?** ------------------------------------------------ The recent story of Gloucester Docks can so far crudely be divided into three phases:    1: Regeneration of Victorian Warehouses as offices and accommodation (1980s onwards)   2: The c…

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March 28, 2024 at 2:21 PM

What's happening with the Rwanda Bill?

**What’s happening with the Rwanda Bill?** ------------------------------------------ I’m sometimes asked why I voted for the Rwanda Bill, or even how could I have done so.    So in one sentence: as part of actions to reduce the number of immigrants arriving in small boats organised ille…

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March 7, 2024 at 10:27 AM

Education - a remarkable success story

*Talking to the Head Teacher and pupils at Field Court Infants, asking Grange pupils to get involved in tree planting and visiting Altus School’s pupils*   **Education – a remarkable success story** ========================================== *Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the schoo…

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February 23, 2024 at 5:51 PM

Tackling rough sleeping

**Action on Rough Sleeping in Gloucester City Centre** *Engaging with rough sleepers in Gloucester – this man is no longer sleeping on the streets.* Three things I dislike are litter, violence and homelessness.   Litter is about a culture of pride in where we live, and we can all hel…

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February 16, 2024 at 8:22 PM

What we've done on animal welfare

*The Kenyan Jack Russells, the Gloucester Constabulary horses, Winston Churchill's quote on animals and Anthea with puppy Tamu* **What are we doing to protect our pets and animals? ** *Supporting guide dogs, a vital help to those with bad or no sight* The idea that a pet was ever only a…

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February 9, 2024 at 7:45 PM

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What’s New in Dentistry? ======================== It has been a bad time for anyone trying to see a dentist.    The post-pandemic continuation of a huge backlog of dental work and an outdated NHS/dentists contract led to a lot of frustration for constituents everywhere.    It’s not…

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February 2, 2024 at 10:29 AM

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Mr Bates v Post Office Ltd: How do we sort this out? ==================================================== Toby Jones as Alan Bates in the ITV Drama I recommend everyone watch Mr Bates v Post Office Ltd ([[link removed]]([link removed])).   It’s a drama based on facts, bringing alive o…

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December 11, 2023 at 11:37 AM

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**Christmas 2023: What’s on in Gloucester? **   As always, I can’t possibly list everything that’s going on over Christmas and the New Year. So here are a few things in our city that catch my eye – do let me know of others on my Facebook page (@Richard4Gloucester) or by email; thank you.   …

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November 24, 2023 at 7:32 PM

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**What hope for Israel and Gaza?**   *Strike on Ashkelon, southern Israel* *Rubble of building in Gaza City * The appalling, ghastly events in first Israel and then Gaza bring alive the fragility of the Middle East region.    Go back a decade and in 2013 I was among those who told …

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October 10, 2023 at 2:42 PM

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**Getting the GL1 & Oxstalls leisure centres back in action** There is of course only one real option to when stuff happens, as far as I’m concerned: get stuck in and sort it out. **And ten days on, since GL1 and Oxstalls Sports Centre closed, the City Council and I have made significant progre…

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September 1, 2023 at 9:05 PM

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**Gloucester Day & the Gloucester History Festival 2023 - what’s new?**   Tomorrow (Saturday) marks Gloucester Day again: the annual celebration of the relief of the Siege of Gloucester in August 1643 - our city's most dire time, and a major turning point in the Civil War. *2022 Mock Mayo…

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August 4, 2023 at 6:13 PM

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**What’s happening in aerospace and aviation – ** **and why it matters to Gloucestershire** *The E.28/39 - the first jet aircraft* Let me start at the beginning.   Just under a hundred years ago the Frank Whittle prototype jet engine E.28/39 hopped down the runway of Hucclecote Airpor…

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July 25, 2023 at 6:21 PM

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**ACTION TODAY ON TICKET OFFICES!** The future of ticket offices at our railway stations is in doubt.   This is inevitable given only 10% of tickets on average are bought at ticket offices (though15% at Gloucester). The vast majority of tickets are bought online.    Unions don’t want …

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July 14, 2023 at 5:09 PM

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Summer Holidays in Gloucester - What's going on? It's almost school summer holiday time again! Here are some of the good things happening in Gloucester.   If I’ve missed any events in our city do let me know and I’ll update this list on my website [www.richardgraham.org]([link removed]) …

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June 28, 2023 at 2:39 PM

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**Which route for cyclists in Gloucester City Centre?** The old (current) Sustrans cycling route through Gloucester City Centre takes you through Lucy’s Garden and past the Cathedral.   The new £40million+ government / Gloucestershire County Council scheme for cycling route across our count…

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May 26, 2023 at 6:28 PM

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**Dredging and Gloucester Docks** There has been quite a lot of drama over the last fortnight at Gloucester Docks. What was it all about and where are things now?    **The issue...**   A business in the Docks armed with some frustrated boaters, the Lighthouse Sula and a few others cal…

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May 4, 2023 at 8:57 AM

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**King's Coronation celebrations in Gloucester** We're a slow burn nation but I sense things are now moving towards excitement about King Charles's coronation.   The route is being scrubbed up, security has been tightened, our Armed Forces have rehearsed, well over a hundred Heads of State …

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April 27, 2023 at 9:31 AM

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**Can an MP change the law?** Backbench MPs (i.e those who aren’t Ministers) have long played a role in introducing laws on important issues. It’s not always a quick process: William Wilberforce began his campaign to abolish slavery in the 1790s and the Bill finally succeeded on 23 May 1806.  …

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April 17, 2023 at 8:13 AM

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**Why does increasing childcare matter to us all?** After the March Budget I was messaged by an elderly male constituent to complain there was too much on childcare, it was no help to him and would be very expensive. How could we afford it?   Equally some constituents have spoken to me about …

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March 20, 2023 at 9:07 AM

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Gloucester's first 50PLUS Choices Event View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Gloucester's first 50PLUS Choices Event This coming Thursday (23rd March) our Job Centre Plus and I are jointly hosting Gloucester's first 50PLUS Choices Event from 10am-2pm at Gloucester Guildhall. With…

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March 15, 2023 at 10:03 AM

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What's new and exciting around the City Centre? View this email in your browser ([link removed]) What's new and exciting around the City Centre? It's hard to keep up with all that's happening in the City Centre and close to it, especially in Westgate and Kingsholm wards. Here are some of my hig…

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February 3, 2023 at 9:56 AM

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What’s Happening to NHS Dentistry? View this email in your browser ([link removed]) What’s Happening to NHS Dentistry? The main health focus at the moment is largely on waiting times for GP appointments, ambulances and treatment at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH). There is a lot t…

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February 2, 2023 at 9:00 AM

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What do you think of teacher strikes? View this email in your browser ([link removed]) What do you think of teacher strikes? Yesterday the National Education Union (NEU) was out on strike across the country. What are the details, why are they on strike and what does it mean? The details: The…

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January 10, 2023 at 11:27 AM

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Gloucester Highlights of 2022 and a Look Ahead 2023 View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Gloucester Highlights of 2022 and a Look Ahead 2023 There's a slightly gloomy consensus out there that 2022 was a bad year for the UK. And although there are good reasons for that - like the de…

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December 21, 2022 at 4:51 PM

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Christmas 2022: What's happening in Gloucester? View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Christmas 2022: What's happening in Gloucester? As we enter Christmas week I thought it would be good to share with you some of the things happening in our City over this festive period as well as con…

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December 16, 2022 at 6:55 PM

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What's happening about Violence Against Women & Girls? View this email in your browser ([link removed]) What's happening about Violence Against Women & Girls? Sometimes one single grotesque act of violence leads to real change – and I hope that the awful murder of Sarah Everard by serving polic…

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October 25, 2022 at 8:33 AM

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Rishi Sunak as PM: a time for humility, integrity and stability View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Rishi Sunak as PM: a time for humility, integrity and stability The last few weeks have, frankly, been a very long way from this government’s finest hours. But we have, decisively, sor…

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September 30, 2022 at 5:27 PM

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What help for homes, businesses, schools, charities etc? View this email in your browser ([link removed]) What help for homes, businesses, schools, charities etc? There’s a lot coming from a new government in a hurry to solve some big economic problems. Not all of it has gone very well and some c…

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September 14, 2022 at 3:27 PM

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Remembering our late Queen in Gloucester and Parliament View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Remembering our late Queen in Gloucester and Parliament Most of us have only known one monarch in our lifetimes: no-one alive has ever known an Accession Council - and we're all getting used…

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September 2, 2022 at 5:11 PM

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Gloucester Day- Celebrating the best of the City View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Gloucester Day- Celebrating the best of the City Gloucester Day- the first Saturday in September- celebrates the relief of the Siege of Gloucester in 1643 from King Charles 1’s army of 30,000. Many…

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August 23, 2022 at 4:15 PM

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Sudbrook Community Garden Opening View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Sudbrook Community Garden Opening For those who remember the abandoned Norville specs factory on Hatherley Road in Tredworth of a generation ago, followed by an arson attack a decade ago - leaving a half burnt down…

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August 8, 2022 at 8:33 AM

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Second bite at the Levelling Up Fund cherry: the £12m Gloucester Eastgate/Greyfriars bid View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Second bite at the Levelling Up Fund cherry: the £12m Gloucester Eastgate/Greyfriars bid I’m told some local politicians occasionally refer to the Gloucester…

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August 3, 2022 at 12:25 PM

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All about the 2022 Gloucester History Festival: 3rd-18th September View this email in your browser ([link removed]) All about the 2022 Gloucester History Festival: 3rd-18th September This is the 12^th year since I had the mad idea of creating a Gloucester History Festival, and it’s going to be…

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July 29, 2022 at 1:13 PM

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What's happening at Widden Primary and why does it matter for cohesion in Gloucester? View this email in your browser ([link removed]) What's happening at Widden Primary and why does it matter for cohesion in Gloucester? I almost literally grew up in a school in East Africa my mother ran. She w…

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