10 Gloucestershire Independent


Churches have say on women


CHURCHES in Gloucester- shire are to have their say later this year on the intro- duction of women bishops to the Church of England. Members of the Diocesan Synod, consisting of del- egates from parishes, will be asked to approve the latest step on the road to the ordi- nation of women to the epis- copate. It follows the passing of legislation by the General Synod, the ruling body of the Church of England, last Tuesday, which paves the way for the changes. These changes will now be discussed by members of dioceses around the country at special meetings.Aspecial meeting for members of the Diocese of Gloucester will take place on May 1. The Bishop of Gloucester,


the Rt Rev Michael Perham, said last Tuesday: “The Gen- eral Synod had a series of de- bates today to move forward the women bishops’ legisla- tion through our over-com- plex processes. The speeches were gracious.” “The new proposals are


now referred to the dioceses and in Gloucester the Dioc- esan Synod will be asked to approve them at a special meeting on May 1.


Newpostmistress takes up her role in the village


A NEW postmistress has taken to the counter of North Nibley’s Post Office. Housed in North Nibley Vil-


lage Shop, which has been owned by the community since 2002, the desk has been without a full-time postmis- tress for two years since the retirement of Joyce Wood- ward.


Sheryll Jones took up the


role on Thursday, January 30, after a chance conver- sation between a delivery driver and a shop volunteer led to her hearing about the vacancy. At the start of 2012 the Post


Office wanted to change the facility in North Nibley into a Post Office Local. There would be another till dealing with the services on the shop counter. Marjory Wright, secretary


of the North Nibley Village Shop Association, explained why the team fought to keep the original facilities. She said: “As a community


shop we rely heavily on an essential band of volunteers to assist Jenny, our manager, to keep the shop open seven days a week. “We felt the responsibility


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Outgoing postmistress Christine Wetton hands over North Nibley Post Office’s date stamp to Sheryll Jones (3737417)


for running the post office fa- cility in addition to the shop was too much to expect of them so we held out to retain our existing set-up and, after lengthy discussions between ourselves and the powers


that be, finally won the day, with the Post Office agreeing to allow us to keep the ‘for- tress’.” Over the past two years,


Jim Dale and Christine Wet- ton have held the fort, work-


ing part-time to keep the es- sential facility open. Ms Wright said she was de- lighted to welcome new post- mistress Ms Jones, who pre- viously worked for the Post Office for 10 years.


Calls for a lower speed limit to tackle the problemof cowdeaths


TWELVE cows were killed last year on the commons – the high- est number yet. There were 550 cattle put out to


graze the commons last summer between May and November. The worst place for accidents


was between Tom Longs Post and Moor Court, with one driver hit- ting two cattle in one incident. The two committees that man-


age Rodborough Common and Minchinhampton Common are


looking into measures to sort out the ever increasing problem. They believe one way to reduce cattle deathswould be to lower the speed limit and a 30mph limit has been suggested to encourage driv- ers to use the A419 to and from Stroud. Jane Answell, of Rodbroough Parish Council, said: “The reduc- tion in traffic will make the com- mons a safer place for cattle and drivers.”


February 20, 2014


Dad dies after being run over at blackspot


A MAN from Cheltenham died in front of his son on the A417 near Birdlip after at- tempting to move his broken down car from the road. The 59-year-old was killed


by his own black Toyota car as he tried to get it off the steep Crickley Hill carriage- way, close to the Air Balloon roundabout. His death is the fourth on


that specific stretch of road this winter and brings the number of fatalities to more than 30 since 2000. A spokesman for Glouces- tershire Police said the mo- torist was run over by his car as he attempted tomove it off the road. He said: “Officers suspect


that the man, accompanied by his son, was travelling up the hill in his black Toyota car when it broke down on the hill. “While attempting to move


the vehicle from the carriage- way the man was struck by the car and suffered injuries. “Paramedics and police at- tended the scene and the vic- tim was taken to Gloucester- shire Royal Hospital where he sadly died a short while later.” The incident, which hap- pened at around 9.30pm on Friday, February 7 on the Cirencester-bound carriage- way, brings into focus the campaign to fill the missing A417 link. The campaign calls for the stretch of single carriageway between Cowley and Brock- worth to be replaced with a dual carriageway bypass, dubbed the A417 loop. An witnesses to the inci-


dent can contact police on 101 quoting incident number 445 of February 7. For more on the campaign, visit a417 missinglink.co.uk


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