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Please register to vote now and avoid a visit from a canvasser

Release date: 1 November

Over 85% of residents in the Cotswold district have responded to the Council’s annual canvass to ensure the electoral register is up to date.

The Council sent out electoral registration forms to households at the end of August, and reminders in September.  We are now employing canvassers to visit properties which have not yet returned their form.

To avoid a visit from one of our canvassers, please return your form to us now.  If you are not on the electoral register, you will not be able to vote and may be refused credit when shopping or conducting other transactions.

Residents who haven’t received a form should contact the Elections Team immediately on 01285 623002.

Sarah Dalby, the Electoral Services Manager for CDC, says:

“Being on the register means you can vote and will also help with your credit rating.  Please check the details printed on the inside of the electoral registration form. If the information is correct, all you need to do is confirm your registration either online, by text, Freephone or post.

“If you need to make changes, you can register online or by post.”

For more information or for help or advice, contact us on 01285 623002

ENDS

Bob McNally

Press and Media Liaison Officer,

Cotswold District Council

Tel: 01285 623120

Website: www.cotswold.gov.uk

email: press@cotswold.gov.uk

Twitter: @CotswoldDC  @CDCBizmatters

I am pleased to inform you that  a new one stop shop for reporting road safety concerns in Gloucestershire is launching this week.

The Road Safety Community Hub is being launched by Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership, made up of Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire Constabulary, the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office and Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service.

The new hub launches today Friday 28^th October and will be the main point of contact for residents to report any concerns they have about road safety in their local area. Reports can be made via the Road Safety Partnership’s website.

This one central hub will bring together the expertise of the police, engineers and the road safety experts to provide a better, more efficient way of resolving the problems encountered in our towns and villages. It will bring a more consistent approach and because people will know where to go with their concerns, their ideas or for advice, it will make decision making more accountable.

A good number of Parishes have already engaged with the hub through the Road Safety Website ; http://roadsafety-gloucestershire.org.uk/communityhub/ as well as via email to roadsafetyhub@glosfire.gov.uk

Please do not hesitate to contact the hub with your concerns.

On behalf of the hub I welcome the opportunity to work with you and your community to improve road safety in the future.

Andrew Parker-Mowbray

Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership Hub

Tri Service Centre, Waterwells Drive, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 2AX

www.roadsafety-gloucestershire.org.uk

Please be advised that the next Parish Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday 1st November 2016 at 8pm at the Hunters Hall.

Below is the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting together with Minutes of the previous meeting.

AG-16-11-01
MINS-16-07-13

Please be advised of the following temporary road closure:

A4135/A46 Calcot Crossroads

These roads will be closed (as per the attached), between the 28^th November 2016 and 30^th November 2016, to allow for a essential carriageway patching by Amey, on behalf of Gloucestershire County Council. There will only be a small partial closure for one of the roads, the rest will be controlled by four way temporary lights.

If you require any further information regarding this closure, please contact the office on 08000 514514.

Regards

Bill Bellerby

Road Space Co-ordinator

Telephone: 01452 328986

Email: william.bellerby@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Road Closure – Calcot Crossroads

If you are happy to welcome a few trick or treaters tomorrow, Monday 31st October, between 6pm and 7pm, please let me know via email, and put a pumpkin or other appropriate welcome outside your house!

Thank you.

Alice Cooper

Tell us what you think about broadband in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire!

A survey looking at the availability of broadband in the two counties is being undertaken by independent researchers at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU). The survey is part of the ‘Evaluation of the impact of superfast fibre broadband in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire’ and is due to be published in 2017.

The responses will directly feed into to the Fastershire project and the results will also help demonstrate the level of demand in communities that are yet to benefit from the Fastershire rollout and help raise their profile for better broadband with potential suppliers.

The survey will be live until the end of November and takes around 5 minutes to complete, with questions relating to how residents and businesses currently use broadband and internet services and where better broadband services are required.

To complete the survey, please visit, www.broadband-feedback.com.

Regards

Fastershire Broadband Project

Click here for The Forerunner – November 2016

Dear ALL

 

PRIVATE Fireworks at The Kingscote Barn on Friday 28th October 2016 at 9.20pm for approximately 10 mins and will be run by Coates Fireworks .

 

Kindest Regards,

 

Juliette

Juliette Ford

Kingscote Barn, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8YE

01453 861161

Dear All,

PRIVATE Fireworks at The Kingscote Barn on SUNDAY 23rd October 2016 at 9.15pm for approximately 10 mins and will be run by Coates Fireworks .

Kindest Regards,

Juliette Ford
Kingscote Barn, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8YE
01453 861161

Don’t Forget Film Night!

Kingscote and Bagpath Film Night is tomorrow – Tuesday.

7.30 for 8.00 in the Village Hall

We are showing the much praised

Bridge of Spies

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan and Alan Alda

Free entry, pay bar