Don’t forget change of collection day. Residents in areas including Dudgrove, Eastleach, Fairford, Hatherop, Lechlade, Kempsford, Southrop and Whelford who are due all collections on Friday 19 July will receive their collections a day earlier on Thursday 18 July. Food and garden waste collections in both areas will return to normal in week commencing Monday […]

I met with Ubico (our waste partner) to learn about the changes coming with new lorries and systems being introduced into the fleet. Reliability has become a big problem on the current fleet as they’re now becoming quite old and experience now shows that things like recycling vehicles start to become difficult and expensive to […]

Cotswold District Council voted tonight (unanimously) to declare a Climate Emergency. Thanks to all those who spoke passionately about the motion this evening, including young members of the public who wowed us with their eloquence and argument. Thanks to our colleague Cllr Coxcoon (Cabinet Lead for Climate Change) this comes with a list of specific […]

This is a message from the neighbourhood policing team. In the last two weeks, there have been residential burglaries in The Croft, Back Lane and Lygon Court in Fairford. In all three cases offenders have gained entry through a window and have searched the properties. Jewellery and silverware were taken from two of the properties. […]

Everyone who subscribes to the garden waste service should now have received their bin licence sticker for 2019-2020 (that says “Valid until 31st March 2020”). You need to put it on the bin if you haven’t already – the collection teams will be checking for them again from this Friday (14th) onward.

The new Liberal Democrat administration at Cotswold District Council have announced their new leadership team at the authority. The local elections on May 2nd saw the Lib Dems storm to victory across the Cotswolds ejecting the Conservatives from power for the first time in 16 years. It is the first time the Liberal Democrats have […]

In recent weeks there have been a number of shed breaks throughout the Cotswold area. Offender(s) have been accessing the rear of properties and have been breaking the locks off garage/ shed doors and taking push bikes. The crimes that have been reported tell us that the offender(s) have been committing the crimes at night […]

Courier fraud is when you’re called on your mobile or landline by someone who claims to be from your bank or the police. The caller might say they have spotted a fraudulent payment on your account and say that your card needs to be replaced. They will ask you to disclose your card details and […]

We’re reminding residents to please be vigilant as we’ve recently seen an increase in distraction thefts taking place in supermarkets across Gloucestershire. From February to mid April, 19 distraction thefts have taken place where purses have been stolen from elderly victims and officers are urging people to make their family, friends and neighbours aware of […]

Thank you Fairford North for your continued support and for re-electing me to represent you on (Liberal Democrat controlled) Cotswold District Council. It was a fantastic night for our team winning control of Cotswold Distirict Council – long night of counting (finished at 5AM) but brilliant end to a very long day … Looking forward […]