The South Glos Post

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after two men forced their way into a 79-year-old woman’s home in Alveston on the night of Thursday 3rd March.

The lady answered the door at about 7pm after hearing someone knocking repeatedly. Two white men, wearing dark-coloured clothing, then pushed their way in, knocking her to the floor, before taking cash from her handbag.

The lady was so distressed it was only later that she was able to report the incident later to a neighbour.

Police are appealing for anyone who was in the Quarry Road area of Alveston or who has any other information about who was responsible for this callous crime to call South Gloucestershire CID on 0845 456 7000.

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Source: Avon and Somerset Police

Three heavy goods vehicle drivers pleaded guilty at North Avon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 15th February 2011 for breaching vehicle weight restrictions in South Gloucestershire.

The drivers, all of whom attended court in person, were prosecuted by the council for driving their vehicles through 7.5 tonne environmental weight restrictions.

Robert John Edwards of St George, Bristol was fined £80 and ordered to pay costs of £226 plus a £15 victim surcharge for driving his 18 tonne vehicle through the weight restriction between Alveston and Aust on Wednesday 1st September 2010, having been seen by an enforcement officer of South Gloucestershire Council trading standards.

Christopher Clarke of Headley Park, Bristol was also fined £80 and ordered to pay costs of £226 plus a £15 victim surcharge for driving his 18 tonne vehicle through a 7.5 tonne weight limit in Hallen.

Raymond Dennis Cox of Horfield, Bristol received a six month conditional discharge for driving his 26 tonne vehicle through Hallen village.

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Source: South Gloucestershire Council

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 Down resident, raised a petition of over 200 signatures to get it built. He is delighted that building work has started on the first phase.

As part of the scheme, new ‘bus borders’ are also being built at the bus stops to help those residents with mobility issues.

Local councillor, Matthew Riddle (Con, Severn), has backed the campaign. He said:

“I am really pleased that building work on the first phase of the much-needed Alveston to Old Down footway has started because Down Road is quite a busy road for a rural area.”

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Source: Conservative Group on South Gloucestershire Council

Police are re-appealing for information after reports of a man exposing himself in Alveston and Thornbury.

An e-fit has now been released of a man police are hoping to talk to in connection with their enquiries.

The man was seen jogging near Down Road Park at about 5:15pm on Monday 5th July 2010. He asked two girls aged 12 and 13 if they would help him find something he had lost in the bushes.

The girls moved away, but the man then exposed himself, before running off when an adult entered the park with another child.

Police have carried out door-to-door enquiries in the area and are now investigating two other similar incidents on the same day in the Knapp Road/Grovesend Road area of Thornbury.

One man was arrested but has been released without charge.

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Source: Avon and Somerset Police