South Gloucestershire Council employee Rhiannon Holder, 22, has been awarded an MBE in recognition of services to young people’s healthcare. Rhiannon, who was named in the New Year Honours List, has been employed as a project worker (teenage pregnancy) at the council since May 2009 and is based at the Bowling Hill offices in Yate. The scope of her work
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Conservative campaigners have expressed concerns after proposals emerged to downgrade Frenchay Hospital even further. The accusation follows publication of a paper from the Labour government’s NHS South Gloucestershire organisation that is to be presented to councillors on South Gloucestershire Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday 6 January. Entitled ‘Frenchay Project – the Emerging Themes’, the document refers to only 50-60
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Heavy falls of snow have disprupted transport and closed schools in South Gloucestershire. South Gloucestershire Council has set up a Severe Weather page on its website. Other useful links: BBC Bristol (FM: 94.9, 103.6, 104.6; DAB; Listen Live) Snow and travel information for Bristol and Bath Traffic information
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Proposals to help small businesses and defend the district against over-development are to be put in front of Ministers. In the summer, Conservative councillors drew up proposals that would see the government pay small business rate relief automatically and abolish regional planning, including the controversial Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) document that calls for 32,800 new houses to be built in
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