The Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Sue Mountstevens visited South Gloucestershire yesterday (Thursday 7th February) on her fourth day consulting on the area’s first Police and Crime Plan. Residents were invited to visit the Commissioner in Patchway and Hanham to discuss their local policing priorities. Ms Mountstevens spoke with many groups of people including students, a mother
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South Gloucestershire Council, in partnership with Wiltshire Council, has agreed a deal with BT which should enable 94 per cent of homes and businesses in South Gloucestershire to have access to world class broadband speeds by the end of March, 2016. The remaining premises within the project area will see a significant improvement in their speeds with the vast majority
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Young people demonstrated how they spend their time supporting the local community to tackle anti-social behaviour when Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Sue Mountstevens visited South Gloucestershire and attended the ‘Friday Night Project’. The Project was set up in 2009 by Hanham and Hanham Abbots Parish Council. It was initiated after several groups of youths had begun gathering in public
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A new park and ride on the A4174 Ring Road in South Gloucestershire has moved a step closer with the granting of planning permission. A 264-space ‘multi-modal interchange’ (MMI) will be accessed off the Rosary Roundabout opposite Sainsbury’s Emersons Green store and is being built as part of the new Emersons Green East development, which has permission for over 2,500
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The South Gloucestershire Asian Project (SGAP), a non-profitable, social and cultural community organisation started in 1999, is holding its Annual Show in Bristol on Saturday 26th January 2013. This marks the 14th anniversary of SGAP. Many dignitaries in the socio-cultural spheres will be attending this year’s Annual Show. Honourable Robert Bernays OBE (Her Majesty the Queen’s Vice Lord Lieutenant of
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Frenchay Hospital campaigners grilled health bosses at a council meeting today (Wednesday 22nd January) about the latest uncertainty that hangs over a new community hospital. Plans for Frenchay’s new community hospital – now known as a Health and Social Care Centre – were only agreed last year and envisaged a greater range of services than that proposed in the original
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Calling all community heroes! Nominations are now open for the 2013 South Gloucestershire Chair’s Community Awards. This year’s annual celebration of community work and volunteering marks the tenth anniversary since the awards scheme began in 2003. From charity fundraisers to local football club managers, sports coaches and arts festival organisers, South Gloucestershire Council has honoured the dedication and commitment of
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Local residents and businesses are being invited to have their say on potential locations for additional housing development in the district between 2012 and 2017. The Inspector responsible for reviewing South Gloucestershire’s long-term planning blueprint, or Core Strategy, is to hold an additional day’s hearing session during March to hear the public’s views. Following the public examination last summer, the
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Measures to conserve energy by switching off street lights between midnight and 5am have reduced South Gloucestershire Council’s annual carbon emissions by 12 per cent and are already saving approximately £90,000 in energy costs each year. About 6,000 of the district’s 29,500 street lights have been switched to ‘part night’ operation since the scheme was adopted by the council in
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Wessex Red’s number 13 and 19 bus services are to be improved from Monday 14 January, serving a wider area with better frequency. The 13 route is being extended from serving the University of the West of England (UWE), Frenchay campus and Bristol City Centre to now include Bradley Stoke. The 19 is being doubled in frequency and re-routed through
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