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Celebrating the history of Staple Hill

Staple Hill Library will be celebrating the history and neighbourhood of Staple Hill with a special evening on Wednesday 23 June. It was 100 years ago that Alderman AW Page presented Page Park to the Parish of Mangotsfield in perpetuity, ensuring that generations of local people can enjoy Staple Hill’s own 19 acre park. The Page Park story will be

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Joint operation to tackle under-age drink sales

Teenage volunteers helped police and Trading Standards officers check whether licensees were prepared to sell alcohol to children. The operation on Friday April 16 2010 checked a dozen off-licences and convenience stores in Hanham, Kingswood, Oldland Common, Soundwell, Staple Hill, Warmley and Willsbridge. The two clearly underage volunteers – one male, one female – were only able to buy alcohol

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Police ‘pedal’ bike security to children and sell security to shoppers

Police have been peddling cycle security to children in the run up to a force-wide operation encouraging people to mark their property to deter thieves. The neighbourhood Police Community Support Officers visited Patchway Youth Club and Filton High School and helped the young people to mark their bicycles. Neighbourhood Sergeant Steve Ives said: “Bike theft is one of the most

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Police scramble to tackle nuisance

Police in South Gloucestershire have a new weapon to help tackle nuisance – two off-road motorbikes. Five neighbourhood PCs based at Staple Hill, Filton and Chipping Sodbury police stations have been trained to ride the bikes, which will be used to tackle anti-social use of motorbikes. In Staple Hill the two officers will be targeting scramblers riding off-road on Siston

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