Washing hands at a sink? Good old-fashioned soap is your friend – If you’re washing at a sink (at home, or in an office environment) and you have running water and good old-fashioned soap available then use them instead of a hand sanitiser. Soap and water usually work better than sanitiser as it is easier […]

Responding to Coronavirus locally – helping yourself and those around you It’s a time when looking after yourself, and those around you, has never been more important. We all know of vulnerable and isolated people in our communities and anyone forced to self-isolate is likely to feel isolated. We should support one another to help […]

Changes to food waste collections: A reminder that food waste must now go in your outside food caddy (the new grey one with the lockable lid) for weekly collection. It can’t go in your garden waste wheelie bin (if you have one) anymore. Don’t chuck (or recycle) the small (green) food kitchen caddy – that […]

Good afternoon,This will be an update from the North Cotswold Neighbourhood Policing Team and Gloucestershire Constabulary regarding our latest steps in regards to CONVID-19 (Coronavirus). We would like to assure residents that we will still be active in our communities and have been instructed by Inspector Ellson to get out as much as possible. Purely […]

Cotswold businesses are being advised that the business rates bills they are receiving this week do not take into account changes announced in Wednesday’s Budget. Read more…

On Saturday 7th March 2020 Police received reports of possible Rogue Traders visiting a number of properties in and around the Kingsmead area of Lechlade. Please can we remind residents that if you ever suspect that a rogue trader has visited you, even if you didn’t let them in, please call the Police straight away on 101 or 999 […]

Good hand washing is your No. 1 defence against most infections. Do it well and you’re helping to protect yourself and others against Coronavirus and all of the other infections (colds, influenza, etc) common at this time of year.

You may have seen in local news that we’ve now had one confirmed case in the Cotswolds so this is a brief update to ensure people are accessing the latest advice and information. Public Health England, the county council and local NHS colleagues are working closely together to respond. One of the recently confirmed UK […]

Fly tipping in the countryside is criminal! Together let’s #SCRAPflytipping#KeepCotswoldsClean

On Wednesday 26th February 2020 between 7.30pm and 8.30pm there was an attempt burglary via an unlocked door in Queensfield, Fairford. If you have any information that may help towards the investigation then please call 101 quoting Incident 417 of 26/02/2020 We would like to encourage residents to continue following our WIDE security advice and […]