Local people are being urged to share their views on the future of Filton Airfield, which has been scheduled for closure by owners BAE Systems by the end of 2012. South Gloucestershire Council has launched a new series of public exhibitions to find out what people have to say about both the proposed closure and the future of the 348-acre
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Patients hoping to see a GP in Kingswood could be turned away if their needs are not “medically urgent” it has emerged. Under an agreement introduced by the previous Labour government in 2008, each Primary Care Trust had to provide a GP-led health centre that was open to all patients from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week – whether
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The official launch of South Gloucestershire Council’s ‘active mind’ month takes place at Yate Library on Saturday 1st October at 2pm. From foraging for fungi to volunteering at a nature reserve, the council is encouraging residents to get active in October. We have organised a programme of events to celebrate active mind month which aims to challenge, entertain and inspire
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Conservative campaigners have welcomed the local NHS’ plans for Frenchay Hospital and accused of accused Labour Councillors of “gross hypocrisy” over their opposition to plans for employing nursing staff provided through an external company. It follows a recent meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee, where representatives from North Bristol NHS Trust presented the next stage of plans for
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Filton Airfield has been running at a loss for more than a decade, according to its owners BAE Systems, who plan to close it at the end of 2012. A meeting at Filton Community Centre on Monday night (19th September) heard Andrew Cheeseman, Director of BAE Systems (Aviation Services), state that the airfield had lost “millions of pounds” in recent
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A South Gloucestershire council building which has recently received a multi-million pound makeover could lie half-empty when it re-opens, and senior Labour councillor Terry Walker is challenging the ruling Tories over the reduced number of staff now scheduled to work at Kingswood Civic Centre. The council has embarked on a major accommodation strategy with a view to consolidating its headquarters
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Nursing staff at the new community hospital planned for Frenchay will not work for the NHS it has emerged, prompting claims from Labour councillors that Frenchay is being “part-privatised”. At a meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday, bosses from North Bristol Trust (NBT) who currently run Frenchay said that they do not see themselves as running
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Sodbury Players are performing a production of ‘The Accrington Pals‘ from Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th September at The Town Hall, Chipping Sodbury. Written by Peter Whelan, The Accrington Pals tells the story of 1,100 unwitting Lancashire men who signed up to Kitchener’s call for volunteers during the First World War. While the men march off to war with their
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South Gloucestershire community radio station GLOSSFM is bidding to become a full-time radio broadcaster. Its directors have applied to Ofcom for a licence go on air 365 days a year. They will find out whether they’ve been successful by the end of the year. GLOSSFM currently puts out two radio broadcasts a year, in spring and winter, each lasting four
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Councillors in Kingswood have begun their annual programme of holding surgeries within every street of their ward. Labour councillors representing the Woodstock ward of South Gloucestershire Council, Gareth Manson, Andy Perkins and Pat Rooney operate their ‘mobile surgeries’ each year in addition to their regular monthly surgeries which they hold in local schools. A few days before the surgery, residents
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