Another driver has been prosecuted for driving his 15 tonne HGV through the 7.5 tonne environmental weight limit in Easter Compton and Pilning in South Gloucestershire. The driver, Michael Christopher Bate of Bridgwater, Somerset pleaded guilty by post to North Avon Magistrates’ Court, but offered no explanation why he chose to drive through the weight restriction and on Tuesday 5th
Continue reading
Plans by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to stop providing homes for elderly people are to be challenged at a special council meeting. Labour councillors have mounted a challenge to the Conservative-led authority’s plans to stop providing homes for elderly people. The councillors have “called-in” a decision made by Councillor Matthew Riddle in which he is authorising the lease of land
Continue reading
Campaigning councillors have expressed their delight after an application to increase a Kingswood industrial estate’s working hours was thrown out by planners. In August, a planning application was submitted by the owners of the Bridge Road Industrial Estate to extend their hours of operation from 8:00 – 18:00 to 7:00 – 19:00 Monday to Friday and from 8:00 – 13:00
Continue reading
Police are asking for help tracing two men after an assault in Staple Hill. It’s believed they were involved in an attack on another man in Upper Station Road, a lane at the rear of the Royal Oak pub. The 36-year-old victim needed hospital treatment for a cut to his head. One is described as aged about 19-20 years, of
Continue reading
A ceremony marking the start of work redeveloping New Siblands special secondary school, Thornbury, took place on Wednesday 6th October. Leader of the council, Cllr John Calway, Vice-Chair of the council, Cllr Sheila Mead, local members, headteacher Paul Casson, pupils, staff and representatives from the contractors Leadbitter all attended the event. The £5 million scheme, funded by South Gloucestershire Council,
Continue reading
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
Continue reading
A new school for primary-aged children has been downsized after cuts imposed by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. South Gloucestershire Council’s plans to build a new school in Kingswood for 15 primary-aged children with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD) have been changed after the coalition government announced it was snatching back a grant of £660,000 already allocated for new
Continue reading
South Gloucestershire police have charged a woman in connection with a robbery in Hanham in which an elderly woman had her hands slashed with a knife. The robbery happened on Thursday 9th September 2010 and the 77-year-old victim needed hospital treatment for the injuries to her hands. A 25-year-old woman from Kingswood was arrested on 1st October and appeared before
Continue reading
Police are appealing for information and witnesses following an assault that occurred recently in Kingswood. At around 2am in the morning of Sunday 26th September, the victim was stood on the corner of Regent Street and London Street when he was approached by a man who punched him with such force he fell and hit his head. The victim was
Continue reading
South Gloucestershire Council has received a good rating for its work with vulnerable adults and older people in an independent inspection report. Following the recent assessment by Care Quality Commission inspectors, the council was judged as performing well in all the key areas with a promising capacity for further improvement. Cllr Matthew Riddle, executive member for community care and housing,
Continue reading