Batches of the swine flu vaccine have begun to arrive in South Gloucestershire paving the way for the vaccination of frontline health and social care staff and patients in at risk groups to begin. The vaccine against swine flu will be delivered to NHS South Gloucestershire and GP surgeries in South Gloucestershire from now up until the 9 November. NHS
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Police are appealing for help to trace a Kingswood man’s treasured Morris Minor car. It was stolen from Hanham Road between 9.30pm on October 25 and 8am on the 26th. The owner says the car is of particular sentimental value – given to him by his grandfather when he was three years old. He’s lovingly restored it and says he’s
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South Gloucestershire Trading Standards have conducted a mystery shopper exercise to assess the advice being given to consumers in the run up to Christmas about the digital switchover. The exercise took place in October with Trading Standards officers ringing 19 aerial installers and visiting eight local retail premises to ask a series of questions about the forthcoming digital switchover, scheduled
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Police were called to reports of a multi vehicle road traffic collision on the M4 this morning at about 6am. The incident occurred between the exit and entry slip roads of junction 18 (Tormarton, A46 Bath turn-off) and involved three lorries, which had been in collision with the central reservation. One of the vehicles was carrying what is believed to
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South Gloucestershire Police hope Halloween will hold no horrors for local people this year. Officers have worked with schools, shops, the community and council to try to ensure people who want to celebrate the festival can do so safely, without causing problems for those who don’t. South Gloucestershire Police District Superintendent Steve Jeffries said: “Traditionally, October 31 has been one
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South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on plans for new traffic signals and road widening at the Kingsfield Roundabout on the A4174 Ring Road at its junction with the A4174 Marsham Way. The proposals include: Traffic lights to control the traffic on all the main approaches to the junction, with the exception of Leisure Road which will remain
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The X27 bus service is to be extended for the long-term after a successful ‘Use It’ campaign. As part of an initial council-funded 6 month extension, South Gloucestershire Council has been running a high-profile ‘Use It’ campaign since May to build up patronage on the X27 service in an effort to maintain an important bus link between the communities of
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A 13-year-old boy has appeared before Northavon Magistrates to face a charge of assault with intent to rob and another of possession of an offensive weapon. The case follows an incident in which a 14-year-old boy reported an attempted robbery in Page Road, Staple Hill on Sunday October 18 2009. A second boy arrested in connection with the incident has
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South Gloucestershire police arrested two youths after a car was broken into a Frampton Cotterell on Tuesday October 20 2009. Officers attended and arrested two boys nearby. A 15-year-old boy from Downend and a 16-year-old boy from Staple Hill were both released on police bail pending further enquiries. Police remind motorists to be vigilant as there is a seasonal increase
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A Kingswood garden which has been an eyesore for many years has been dramatically improved after South Gloucestershire Council took direct action to clear the site, much to the appreciation of the locla residents. Despite negotiations with the owner of the New Cheltenham Road property, Michael Summerill, and two successful prosecutions against him, Summerill failed to carry out any of
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