Kingswood campaigners have questioned the legality of Bristol City Council’s plans to cut various bus services. The legal concerns follow the disclosure that the Liberal Democrat administration broke its own rules with the way it consulted on its plans to cut Sunday services on the cross-boundary 5 and 7 services from the end of September. From 24th June to 8th
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South Gloucestershire police have seized suspected cannabis with an estimated street value of more than £300,000 in an operation in Wick. Officers from the district’s Proactive Team acted on information from the community to plan the operation under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Police and Crime Scene Investigation officers went to a rented house in an isolated area on Tuesday
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A turf cutting ceremony to mark the start of building work on the new £5million St Peter’s Anglican and Methodist VC Primary School development will be held on Monday 14 September. Councillor Sheila Cook, executive member for children and young people, headteacher Keith Tinline-Purvis, teachers, pupils, governors, representatives from the church, together with contractors, Thomas Vale Construction, will be present
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South Gloucestershire Police arrested five men after a reported burglary at Little Stoke Youth Club on Sunday September 06 2009. Officers made the arrest the same night as the reported break-in after and recovered a cash till, cash and hi-fi system believed to have been stolen from the centre. Three men aged 17, a 20-year-old and a 28-year-old have been
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South Gloucestershire Council has funding available to improve public open space at Court Road in Kingswood, and residents are being encouraged to help decide how best to spend the money. Suggestions have already been made about how residents would like to see the area, which is on the junction with Hopps Road and Claypool Road, developed. These include installing play
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Police are appealing for information following the theft of diesel from garage premises in Alveston, South Gloucestershire, overnight on Tuesday 1st September 2009, The incident occurred between 9pm and 7am the following day, when a large quantity of diesel was removed from the storage tanks at Berkley Vale Motors in Thornbury Road. It is believed that a large lorry or
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An innovative competition to get commuters to swap their cars for greener and more sustainable modes of transport has recorded new levels of success. Now in its fifth year, more than 3,100 people took part in Jam Busting June this summer. Run throughout Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire by the local authorities during the
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South Gloucestershire police will be joining the festivities at the South Gloucestershire County Show over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The show is being held at Old Down between Saturday August 29 and Monday August 31 2009. Police, Police Community Support Officers and Special Constables will have a crime prevention display at the event. As well as being around during
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Students across South Gloucestershire have been celebrating today, as the district celebrates its best GCSE results to date. Overall, the results reflect continuing good improvement which is above the national average. The number of students achieving 5 A* to C grades this year has increased by almost 5 per cent, compared with the national increase of 1.4 per cent, taking
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South Gloucestershire Libraries’ annual summer reading scheme has been hailed a great success after more than 4,000 children signed up to take part in the Quest Seeker challenge during the summer holidays. As children read during the holidays they collected stickers (some being scratch and sniff ones) to complete a poster. Those reading six books completed the challenge and received
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