South Gloucestershire Council’s democratic and statutory services team has been awarded the Government’s Customer Service Excellence (CSE) standard for their commitment to delivering services with their customers clearly in mind. The CSE is a national standard which recognises organisations that are firmly focused on customer satisfaction and that go the extra mile to deliver it. Democratic and statutory services supports
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Police and South Gloucestershire Council targeted pubs in an under-age alcohol test-purchase operation for the first time on Friday 10th December 10. Two 16-year-old girls volunteered to try to buy alcohol at six pubs – two in Emersons Green and the rest in Kingswood, Longwell Green, Pucklechurch and Soundwell. Neighbourhood Inspector Kevin Thatcher said: “I’m delighted that these clearly under-age
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Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton & Bradley Stoke, has met with John Penrose MP, the Minister for Tourism, to discuss the future of Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, currently sited at Filton, Bristol. The meeting came in the wake of the announcement by Airbus stating that their focus has shifted towards finding the Concorde a permanent home. Mr Lopresti and the Minister
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was robbed in Staple Hill. The incident occurred on Friday 10th December 2010 at around 11:15pm as the victim was walking from High Street, Staple Hill towards Overnill Road with his girlfriend. As they approached the junction with Grace Road, they were approached from behind by three men. The victim
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The GP consortium in South Gloucestershire is one of four groups of GPs in the South West that will take the lead in the Government’s plans for commissioning health services. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that 52 GP consortia from across England have been selected to be the first to take on commissioning responsibilities as part of the Government’s
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Roadworks in place during the construction of a scheme to tackle traffic congestion and improve safety at the Kingsfield roundabout on the A4174 ring road at Longwell Green (near Asda) have been cleared to keep the traffic moving during the lead up to Christmas. Works to provide extra lanes and new traffic lights on the roundabout have been on-going for
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From the office of Jack Lopresti MP Jack Lopresti MP has asked the Secretary of State for Transport to remove the barriers to transport decisions being made locally. Jack asked the Secretary of State whether “whether he will review the previous administration’s Circular on Planning the Strategic Road Network so that infrastructure changes that are desperately needed can be decided
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Police are appealing for information following an aggravated burglary at a house in Emersons Green on Monday 6th December. At around 10am three men knocked on the door of a house in The Sidings. When the occupant answered the men confronted him, tied him up and threatened him. They then searched the house and made off with money, jewellery and
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Police are appealing for information about a racially aggravated assault in Patchway, north Bristol. It happened at 6am on Sunday 5th December near the Texaco service station on the A38 Gloucester Road. Two men asked a 28-year-old Polish man for directions. When he replied they racially abused him, chased him and one of them punched him in the head. The
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South Gloucestershire Council is consulting on plans to tackle an accident blackspot in Kingswood. Following a campaign by local councillors on behalf of their residents, the council gave formal approval for road safety measures to be installed at the junction of Orchard Road and Hollow Road. The Council is now consulting on proposals to install two speed tables on Orchard
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