All eyes were on South Gloucestershire during election night on May 6 and the council certainly didn’t fail to deliver! In fact, the three counts at Kingswood, Filton and Bradley Stoke and Thornbury and Yate, ran so smoothly, leader of South Gloucestershire Council, Cllr John Calway has praised all the staff and volunteers involved. Cllr Calway said: “I was delighted
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Police release details of items stolen from murder scene (Iron Acton)
Detectives investigating the murder of Barry George Rubery have released details of property missing from Crossing Cottage a month on from his death. On Wednesday April 28 Mr Rubery returned to his home on the Latteridge Road in Iron Acton, following a night out with friends. The following day he was found with fatal head injuries. Officers investigating this crime
Continue readingCouncil cracks down on benefit fraud
Social security fraud, including bogus claims for housing benefit and council tax benefit, costs the country billions of pounds each year. South Gloucestershire is no different. The council is committed to identifying, investigating and preventing benefit fraud and has a zero tolerance approach to fraudulent claims. There are tight measures in force to crack down on housing and council tax
Continue readingNew Sunday service launched to Severn Beach
The Sunday train service from Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth has been extended to serve Severn Beach for the first time in some years. South Gloucestershire Council is funding the extension from Avonmouth to improve transport provision in the area and also to attract tourists and encourage families to have a day out travelling around the region by train. The
Continue readingCoalition to scrap Labour’s RSS housing plans
Conservative councillors on South Gloucestershire Council have welcomed the pledge by the new Coalition government to ‘rapidly’ scrap the previous Labour Government’s controversial Regional Spatial Strategies. The pledge was contained in the Coalition’s ‘Our Programme for Government’ document published on Thursday 20th May. The South West Regional Spatial Strategy (SWRSS) had proposed huge new urban extensions in order to accommodate
Continue readingSouth Gloucestershire Council appoints new Chairman
The new Chairman of South Gloucestershire Council has been appointed during lat Wednesday’s (19th May) meeting of full Council. Cllr Janet Biggin (Conservative), who represents the Downend ward, was sworn in during an official ceremony at Kingswood Civic Centre and named Frenchay After Burns Children’s Club as her official charity for the year. Cllr Biggin will be joined by Cllr
Continue readingPolice investigate suspicious incident involving schoolgirl (Downend)
Police are appealing for help identifying a man who approached a teenage girl near a school. The incident happened at 8.10am on Friday 14 May in Bristol. The victim, a 14-year-old girl, was walking from the Badminton Road playing field along the lane towards the back of Downend School. She was approached by a man who grabbed her arms and
Continue readingAppeal for information after vehicle is damaged (Yate)
Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information after a 04-plate green Ford Ranger was damaged in the car park of B&Q in Yate. At around 3.30pm on Wednesday, May 12, the left-side wing mirror and the side panel on the vehicle were damaged. The victim, a man in his 40s, was involved in an earlier altercation on Station Road,
Continue readingTwo arrested and motorists warned as thieves target cars (Frampton Cotterell)
Police have arrested two young men after cars were broken into in Frampton Cotterell overnight. Officers were called at St Saviours Rise at about 1.40am today, Wednesday May 19 2010, by a resident who had spotted a group of youths trying car doors. Police attended and searched the area, finding property including satellite navigation systems, laptops and wallets hidden in
Continue reading£10,000 reward offered for information in Iron Acton murder case
As investigations into the murder of Barry George Rubery continue three weeks on from his death, the independent charity Crimestoppers have offered a £10,000 reward to anyone providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons linked to Mr Rubery’s murder. On Wednesday April 28 Barry George Rubery returned to his home on the Latteridge Road
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