Police divers are searching a canal in Stroud for a missing student.
George Ford is 20-years-old and is studying at Nottingham University. He hasn't been seen since he left his family home on Slad Road in Stroud at around 3 o'clock on Sunday morning.
He's 6 foot 1 inch tall, with brown shoulder length hair.
Anyone who has seen George is asked to call police on 101 quoting incident 175 of December 16.
Police want to trace a 20 year old Stroud man who's missing. They say they are extremely concerned for his welfare. George Ford is thought to have left his home in Slad Road early on Sunday (16 December).
He's 6' 1" with brown, shoulder-length hair. He may have gone to Nottingham as he is at university there.
A mother from Stroud who shaved her son's head and eyebrows to pretend he had cancer in an £85,000 benefit scam has been jailed.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, forged doctors' notes and made it look as though her son was taking medication for cancer.
The money was used to take her children to Florida, where she made the boy sit in a wheelchair so they could jump queues.
She kept up the elaborate farce for almost 3 years while the boy was aged between six and eight, but was found out when the boy's father became suspicious and went to his GP.
The woman was arrested and admitted one count of child cruelty, eight counts of fraud and one of forgery.
Judge Jamie Tabor QC sentenced her at Gloucester Crown Court to three years and nine months in prison, adding that having her children taken from her was also a powerful punishment.
Police in Stroud have issued an e-fit image of a man they want to speak with after a 14-year-old girl was approached on Stratford Road.
The incident happened at 8.30am on Friday as the girl walked to school near Jack Russell Close. A man grabbed her and asked her to come with him.
The girl refused and ran off to school. He is described as white, around 5ft 7ins tall, in his 40s, of skinny build with dark hair, bushy eyebrows and ‘deep eyes’. He was wearing a black water resistant jacket.
Officers are linking it to another incident on Tuesday (November 6) during which a 9-year-old girl reported that a man had been following her near Jack Russell Close.
Anyone who recognises the e-fit image or has any information about these reports should call 101, quoting incident 294 of November 2.
There's a row in Stroud over a lottery winner who has stayed in his council house, despite winning enough to buy several homes.
More than 3,000 people are on the waiting list for a council property in the area.
The man is entitled to stay in the property as a lifetime tenant under current rules.
An organisation which helps provide emergency food supplies for people who've hit hard times says it is busier than ever.
The Stroud Food Bank opened last December but says it now needs bigger premises and more food donations to keep up with demand.
The centre says up to 40% of those it is feeding are children.
Ken Goodwin reports:
Over 1,000 hungry people have been fed by Stroud's Foodbank in the eight months it has been open.
Read the full storyPolice investigating a robbery at a post office in Stroud have arrested a man.
The robbery happened yesterday morning at the Stratford Road branch.
A man went to the counter and demanded that staff hand over some money. The offender was holding what is believed to be a knife, and the staff handed over some cash.
As part of their investigation officers have arrested a 24-year-old local man on suspicion of robbery.
He has been bailed to return to the police station on October 18, pending further inquiries.
Anyone with any information about the robbery is asked to contact Gloucestershire Police on 101, quoting incident number 96 of September 17.
