Work started yesterday (Monday 5th July) to construct an additional bus lane on Lysander Road, Cribbs Causeway. The new southbound bus lane will be constructed between the Pegasus Road and Merlin Road junctions on Lysander Road. The new lane will serve the shops and facilities at Cribbs Causeway and will help to alleviate delays to bus services caused by congestion
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Police in Thornbury have arrested a number of youths after a garage was broken into and a car stolen. Officers were called to Hamble Close at about 3am on Tuesday June 29 2010 by a member of the public reporting four people acting suspiciously near a garage. A garage had been broken into and a blue Fiat Cinquecento stolen. Police
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Police investigating the disappearance and murder of Bath woman Melanie Hall, whose remains were found in undergrowth beside the M5 near Thornbury in October 2009, have arrested a 38-year-old man. He is being held at a police station in the Avon and Somerset force area and will be interviewed in connection with her murder and the disposal of her body.
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South Gloucestershire Council has been awarded a grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop a project which aims to get local communities involved in archaeology. The HLF has given £21,000 towards the establishment of the South Gloucestershire Community Archaeology Research Project (SCARP). The award will be used to help establish community groups and to train members of these
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Cold callers are being frozen out in Yate thanks to a new pilot scheme between South Gloucestershire Council and Avon and Somerset Police. ‘No Cold Calling Zones’ have been launched in parts of the town in a bid to help reduce doorstep crime. They have been set up by the Council’s trading standards officers with support from police and local
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The ground has been broken on the site of a new housing development in Kingswood. Merlin Housing Society’s chairman Les Good, who is a Merlin resident, got the work underway last week. Over the coming weeks and months two new buildings will be built on the site, providing ten new flats and a new Kingswood Housing Office. “This development will
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South Gloucestershire Council in conjunction with the Avon Frome Partnership is organising a special 20 mile walk along the entire length of the River Frome to celebrate the wildlife and heritage of the Frome Valley. On Sunday 4th July, we will walk the whole length of the river and discover the many wonderful natural resources within the Frome Valley, including
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Police are warning people to be on their guard against a scam happening in supermarket car parks. A man is approaching people as they sit in their cars and asking for directions. While they are distracted looking at his map, cash and bank cards are stolen from bags left in the car. There were two incidents on Tuesday June 15
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South Gloucestershire Leisure has announced that its Government-funded free swimming scheme for the over-60s is to end on 30th July. The move follows an announcement by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, in which the scheme is described as a “luxury we can no longer afford”. The scheme was originally introduced in 2008, when the then Labour Government said
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A new Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) has opened at the Yate West Gate Centre, offering a drop-in service for children and adults to treat a whole range of minor injuries from cuts to sprains, from bites to broken arms. The Unit, run by NHS South Gloucestershire’s Provider Services Team, is the first dedicated MIU in South Gloucestershire which is open
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