600 police stations shut in eight years

LONDON - More than 600 police stations in England and Wales have been shut in the last eight years, a major British newspaper, The Sunday Times, reported on Sunday, saying that the central government's funding cuts are to blame.

London has lost 100 police stations and Gloucestershire has lost 21 out of 28 stations.

Some forces have closed more than half their stations. In Gloucestershire, 21 out of 28 police stations, including Tetbury, Bourton-on-the-Water, and Moreton-in-the-Marsh, have shut.