What we have written about The Citizen, Gloucester

Campaign brings heroin busts

Several people have been arrested as the result of a major campaign again heroin dealers by the Gloucester Citizen. The paper has been calling on readers to phone in with information on dealers or stories of heroin addiction in a

New blood donors respond to call

Delighted staff at the Gloucester Citizen are celebrating after signing up 250 new blood donors in just six weeks in response to the paper’s Time For A Pint campaign. During the campaign, the newspaper has featured stories from readers whose

A pint with your pinta

News of the latest move in the Gloucester Citizen’s Time For A Pint campaign comes from editor Spencer Feeney. The paper has already signed up 250 new blood donors in six weeks and wants to find as many again in

Reporter's mum helps campaign

When the Gloucester Citizen needed a human interest angle for its campaign to sign up more blood donors – there was one right in the newsroom. The paper’s Time for a Pint campaign aims to secure some 500 extra pints

Paper launches wristband bid to save under-threat hospital

“Stroud maternity matters, keep it open”, says Citizen

Prescott's "no" to The Citizen

The Citizen’s calls to halt a public inquiry over a controversial redevelopment of Gloucester Cattle Market have fallen on deaf ears at the very top of the Government. A plea direct to deputy prime minister John Prescott under a front

Prescott's "no" to The Citizen

The Citizen’s calls for a public inquiry over a controversial redevelopment of Gloucester Cattle Market have fallen on deaf ears at the very top of the Government. A plea direct to deputy prime minister John Prescott under a front page

"Shameful cover up" on foot and mouth

The Government’s decision to avoid a full public inquiry into the foot and mouth crisis has been slammed as a “shameful cover-up” by the editor of the Western Morning News. Barrie Williams was speaking following a High Court ruling that

Papers team up to demand action

A petition demonstrating anger over the Government’s failure to hold a public inquiry into foot and mouth has been delivered to Tony Blair. The huge petition, signed by 146,500 people, was handed over at Downing Street. It calls on the

Minister attacks calls for public inquiry

Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael has hit out at the Newcastle Journal and its readers who are backing a campaign for a public inquiry into foot-and-mouth. So far 22,330 Journal readers have signed its petition calling for a full and

90,000 sign papers' petitions for public inquiry

More than 90,000 people have told the Government it must review its decision not to hold a full public inquiry into the foot and mouth crisis by signing a petition from four regional newspapers. The petition, jointly launched by the

Phase in price hikes, demands Citizen

The Gloucester Citizen is calling for controversial price rises in social services home care to be phased in over several years. Gloucestershire social services has dramatically increased the cost of home care for pensioners and disabled people as one of

Citizen urges cyclists to keep their lid on

A campaign to encourage cyclists to wear safety helmets has been relaunched by the Gloucester Citizen. The Keep Your Lid On Campaign is being run in conjunction with Gloucestershire County Council’s road safety unit and a local cycle shop. Cyclists,

Car dumpers are targeted

The Gloucester Citizen has had enough of people dumping cars in the city and is joining forces with police to tackle the problem. The newspaper has become involved in the police’s Operation Dodger campaign to rid the streets of abandoned,

Queen Mum and a taste of steak and kidney

November 14, 1963, was a special day for the people of Gloucester. The Queen Mother paid her first visit to the city and a young reporter called Hugh Worsnip was one of the team recording the event for the pages