Teenage pregnancy rates in South Gloucestershire have fallen by 14.2 per cent, according to figures released this week. The provisional 2008 under-18 conception rate for South Gloucestershire was 29 per 1,000 girls aged 15-17; a decrease of 14.2 per cent since 1998. This compares favourably with the 13.9 per cent fall for England and Wales in figures released by the
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Police in South Gloucestershire are warning householders to be on the alert after recovering two cars stolen during burglaries. Two homes in Oldland Common and Longwell Green were burgled this week, and on each occasion the thieves used the householder’s own car to make off having found the keys. Overnight Tuesday February 23 to Wednesday February 24 thieves broke into
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative transport chief has revealed that the authority is considering legal action after Ministers confirmed a larger than expected cut to the district’s bus budget. The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed its intention to cut funding for free over 60s bus travel by £390K from April 1st. This is £50k more than the £340k funding cut
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for witnesses after a woman was sexually assaulted in Filton in the early hours of Sunday, February 14. At around 2am the victim was getting out of a taxi on Kenmore Crescent when she was approached by an unknown man, asking for directions. When the victim – a 23-year-old woman – started to give
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South Gloucestershire Council has welcomed the announcement that work is planned to start in the spring on a new £300million science park. The state of the art scheme – which will be located in Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire – will create around 6,000 high-skill and ancillary jobs and will help bring significant economic benefits to the West of England region
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South Gloucestershire police have recovered two quad bikes and a go-kart stolen from an outdoor activity centre in Winterbourne. The theft happened overnight Monday January 18 to Tuesday January 19 2010. Thieves are believed to have broken into a metal shipping container used for storage to get an angle grinder which they then used to break into the container used
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South Gloucestershire police are appealing for people living in Downend to check their property after five burglaries in the area on Friday February 19 2010. The break-ins all happened between 7.30 and 9.30pm within half a mile of Badminton Road, Downend. DC Jason Hulbert said: “The thieves were simply letting themselves in through unlocked front doors even though the householders
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South Gloucestershire Council has adopted a 2.5 per cent council tax increase and a budget of just under £190m for 2010/11. The rise will mean the average band D property in South Gloucestershire will pay a council tax of £1,245.20. This represents an increase of just under 60 pence a week for council services, compared to 2009/10. The budget provides
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South Gloucestershire Council is lending its support to celebrations to mark the centenary of aircraft production in the area. In 1910 the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company was founded in Filton, and later became known as the British Aeroplane Company, or more commonly as ‘BAC’ to generations of local people. The leader of the council, John Calway, and the chairman
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Mangotsfield councillors and residents have handed hundreds of petition signatures to the Leader of South Gloucestershire Council in defence of the local Green Belt. The petitions are in response to a planning application for 180 new houses on Green Belt land at Cossham Street in Mangotsfield. The developers – Taylor Wimpey UK – have submitted the plans on the back
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