Anyone with an MP3 player can now download hundreds of audiobooks for free from a new service available through public libraries in South Gloucestershire and across the region by visiting the Libraries West website. Choose from over 600 titles, which can be downloaded for three weeks to a PC, mobile phone or MP3 player. All titles are unabridged and available
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A Conservative councillor has joined local residents in welcoming the start of building work on a new footpath. South Gloucestershire Council has started to construct the first phase of a long-awaited footpath between the villages of Alveston and Old Down. Local residents have been requesting the footpath for a number of years. Back in 1992, Mr Arthur Webb, an Old
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South Gloucestershire Council is continuing its fight against fly-tipping and littering – which costs taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds each year to clean up – following the successful prosecution of four individuals for committing related offences. Following an investigation, the council brought a prosecution against John Cox, of Redfield Hill, Oldland Common after he fly-tipped six bags of waste
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Dear Editor, On the same day in December that the Conservative-led government published its plans for the Big Society (the Localism Bill) and announced how much money it was (or wasn’t) giving local councils, another announcement was quietly slipped out. This announcement related to the winding up of a scheme called the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The ILF was established
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A new man has taken charge of South Gloucestershire CID. Detective Chief Inspector Ian Norrie is the permanent replacement for DCI Stephen Tunks, who retired in 2010. Policing is in DCI Norrie’s blood, as both his father and grandfather served in the Metropolitan police. Ian said: “I always thought I would like to follow in their footsteps and joined Surrey
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Staff at Kingswood Library are holding a celebration to mark the library’s 50th birthday and they hope that some of the first people through the door when it first opened in the 1960s will be able to join them. The High Street library opened to the public in February 1961 and has provided an excellent facility for the community to
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Work to strengthen the bridge at Badminton Station in Acton Turville, which will improve safety for all vehicles and access for agricultural vehicles in the local area, are now complete thanks to a partnership scheme between South Gloucestershire Council and Network Rail. Cllr Brian Allinson, executive member for planning, transportation and the strategic environment said: “We are committed to ensuring
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A South Gloucestershire market trader has been handed a 12 week curfew order after his stall was found stocked with 255 items of counterfeit clothing, including copies of brands like Bench, Henleys and Adidas. Amarjit Singh, 18, of Sutherland Avenue, Downend, appeared before Northavon Magistrates on Tuesday 18th January and pleaded guilty to 14 charges of possessing counterfeit goods for
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Two new road surfaces, one of which is only a little over a year old, have started to break-up due to the bad weather. Gages Road in Kingswood was resurfaced by South Gloucestershire Council in two phases during 2009. A stretch from its junction with Courtney Road to Westons Way was resurfaced in March 2009 and the remainder to its
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after an elderly man was robbed in Staple Hill. The incident occurred at around 7:10pm on Sunday 23rd January 2011 on Hayward Road. A 72-year-old man was approached by a male who grabbed hold of him and threatened him with a hammer. At this time he demanded the victim hand over his wallet.
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