South Gloucestershire Council has made a series of grants to groups across the district to help strengthen and improve communities. This financial year, more than £38,000 has been distributed in two phases by the council to Safer and Stronger Community Groups (SSCGs) to fund crime prevention initiatives and to strengthen and improve the quality of community life. In this latest
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Wick nature reserve wins Green Flag Award
Wick Golden Valley Local Nature Reserve in South Gloucestershire has been awarded a Green Flag by Keep Britain Tidy for the way in which it is managed. The Green Flag is awarded annually to organisations that meet the national recognised standard for maintaining parks or open spaces and this is the third year in a row the site has won
Continue readingPolice seize £300,000-worth of suspected cannabis plants in raid
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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