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BBC News
16-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Severn Trent sorry as hole in Lydney garden left for weeks
A water company has apologised after digging a hole in a garden to fix a sewer but doing "very little" on the repair for more than a Luther, who lives in Lydney in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, had issues with a sewage pipe backing up in his garden for Trent came to fix it on 11 June but after digging a hole and removing the top half of the pipe have done very little, according to Mr Luther.A spokesperson for Severn Trent apologised for the delays but said it was a "complex repair" and they will sort it out "as soon as possible". The smell has had an impact and with the recent hot weather Mr Luther has seen a significant increase in flies around his property."It's the smell, the heat and the weather, with it being left open," Mr Luther sewage pipe runs up a hill connecting to half a dozen houses and is causing them problems as Fennells lives next door to Mr Luther and has found sewage backing in the pipe."When it blocks up it backfills up through the system back into our house," Mr Fennells said, adding they "can't come outside in the garden, the partner's been ill with it because of the smell and so many flies". A 'complex' repair A spokesperson for Severn Trent said they want to "apologise for delays to this complex repair"."Our teams had initially dug down to expose the sewer pipe on 11 June with a view to clearing the pipes and removing any defects."Unfortunately, our crews later discovered that due to how the pipe was originally laid out, we required a specialist team and equipment, so as not to cause any damage to the network."The water company said they will get a specialist team and equipment in as soon as possible.
BBC News
02-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Bathurst Pool could lose £2k during 'forced closure'
An outdoor pool will lose "vital income" after being forced to close for a day, volunteers have work on the power network in Lydney, Forest of Dean, will cut electricity to Gloucestershire's Bathurst Pool on Wednesday, resulting in the facility's closure and leaving hundreds of swimmers unable to Grid bosses said they have scheduled the work outside of the school holidays to minimise disruption to the Bob Berryman, chair of trustees and site manager, said they "rely on good days to counteract the bad days" and they could lose more than £2,000. Mr Berryman said he urged the National Grid to delay the work until the end of the season."They said they gave us plenty of warning and could give us some details if we wanted to hire generators ourselves. Generators are just too costly," he said. "We have to reply on the weather when we get it and at the moment we're making our expenses, so it's annoying to lose one day," he Berryman said they had already experienced some busy days during the hot weather."We've got a maximum of 350 on site at any one time and we've had to operate a one-in, one-out policy. "We've been up to capacity on three occasions over the past few days," he added. National Grid is replacing an electrical asset at a nearby industrial estate and the work must be completed by August.A spokesperson said: "While we know it's not ideal, planned outages are sometimes necessary when we are replacing assets on the electricity network. "We scheduled this work outside of the school holidays to minimise disruption to the pool, but we're sorry for the inconvenience caused by the closure."
BBC News
25-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Gloucestershire chronic pain sufferers making new connections
A club which supports people living chronic conditions has created a community network in partnership with a therapy Connect meets several times a month in Gloucestershire to help people who have conditions such as pain is pain that persists or keeps coming back for longer than three French, one of the members of the group, said: "When you talk to somebody and you get the same look back - they get it, which is hugely important." Shannon Dunkley was born with scoliosis, which is curvature of the spine, and also suffers from fibromyalgia."It means a lot to us to help others as well, just to let them they're not on their own - we understand," she said. She added some people think she "looks fine" so would find it hard to understand her pain."They can sympathise but they could never understand," she club, which meets in Lydney, Cinderford and Coleford, was set up to connect people who can understand each other's conditions. Former primary school teacher Emma Richards, from Gloucester, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) 20 years she was at university she went blind in one eye, and four years later she began to feel tingling sensations and suffer the pain which led to her diagnosis and a premature retirement from added she has been able to volunteer, including singing with babies at her local library and tutoring for friends."I'm just trying to give back just so it keeps my hand in, it was tough to give up [my] identity," she said. 'Source of strength' Ms Richards said having oxygen therapy at Charcot Therapy Centre in Gloucester has helped her symptoms."I've been going about nine months now, I really enjoy going to the centre. It's not just therapy - it's a community," she centre, named after neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot for his discovery of MS, was set up 40 years ago by a group of Rachael Evans said: "It became an acorn of hope which has grown over the years into a lifeline which is a source of strength and a true community."She said the people that go to therapy "become family".Jade Barnes, Charcot Therapy Centre manager, said the oxygen therapy can help with "brain fog, mobility and fatigue".
BBC News
20-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Lydney residents and businesses to celebrate reopening of bridge
Residents are holding a celebration for the reopening of a bridge, almost eight months on from when it was damaged by flooding and a bridge on Newerne Street, Lydney, closed in November after Storm Bert swept floodwater through the Gloucestershire town. In December, a car hit the bridge, causing further was partly reopened in January but fully reopened on Friday after weeks of repair work, with the community planning a celebratory fun day on Harris, from Gloucestershire County Council, thanked residents for their patience. Grace Williams from Knockley Pet Foods, which overlooks the bridge, said Saturday morning's festivities were being held to thank those who supported the business."Our customers are amazing and they did continue to support us, we know it was really difficult to get to us," she said."A lot of the other businesses weren't so lucky... town itself has been really quiet."We're definitely relieved that it's open, it's going to be a lot easier." Kirsty Scott, who owns refill shop Forest Friendly on Newerne Street, said the bridge opening was "perfect timing" for the summer holidays and tourist season."Business owners are [relieved], definitely, and I think people who own hot cars in this hot weather are too," she said."It's been eventful and I've seen a lot of traffic sitting outside. It seems quieter today because it's flowing in both directions." Joe Harris said "final work" to the bridge wall would be completed off-road, without causing traffic disruption."I do appreciate the impact of the closure on local residents and businesses and thank you again for your patience while we completed the essential repairs," he said."Thanks also to the team who tackled this challenging job which included diving below the bridge to check for structural damage."
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Bridge repair works brought forward
The repair of a bridge damaged during a storm in 2024 has been brought forward by nearly two months. Newerne Street Bridge in Lydney was initially due to be repaired from 28 July to 15 August after it was damaged during Storm Bert in November 2024. A high volume of rain from upstream caused the River Lyd to burst its banks, causing structural damage to the bridge. Further damage was caused when a car crashed into it nine days later. Now, Gloucestershire County Council has announced the bridge will be repaired from 3 to 20 June after securing written permission from the Environment Agency to carry out the work, which will happen under temporary two-way traffic light control. Following the storm and vehicle damage, the bridge was fully closed from 24 November until January, when it reopened under temporary traffic lights. A spokesperson for the county council said: "We would like to thank the local community for their ongoing patience throughout this repair." Follow BBC Gloucestershire on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Bridge to be repaired after storm and car damage Resurfacing work could bring more 'chaos' to town Gloucestershire County Council
