Merlin Housing Society is extending its housing office opening hours after listening to residents’ views. From the week beginning Monday 2nd May, Merlin’s three housing offices will be open for residents to pop in from 8:30am – 5pm, Monday – Friday. And on Mondays residents will be able to phone their housing office until 6:30pm. The six month pilot of
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after reports that thieves have stolen metal gully or drain covers from South Gloucestershire roads. The Council’s highways department has reported ten covers going missing throughout March and April. It’s believed they are being stolen for their scrap metal value. Gratings are known to have been taken from Whitfield near Wotton-under-Edge; Fernhill, Almondsbury;
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South Gloucestershire police have launched Rural Watch across South Gloucestershire. The aim is to offer support to farmers, stables and rural households to combat crime, improve their security and encourage them to report anything suspicious to police. More than 100 members of existing Farm Watch and Horse Watch schemes and those who have recently suffered from crime will be offered
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Staff and pupils at Blackhorse Primary School in Emersons Green are celebrating after being rated ‘good’ by Ofsted inspectors. During their visit last month, inspectors found that the South Gloucestershire primary school “has improved significantly and is now a good school.” Acting Headteacher, Philip Winterburn, said: “This is a fantastic result for Blackhorse which recognises the huge commitment and hard
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A driver has been prosecuted for driving his 18 tonne heavy commercial vehicle through the 7.5 tonne environmental weight limit running through Easter Compton and Pilning in South Gloucestershire. The driver, Craig Anthony Stokes of Gloucester pleaded guilty at North Avon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 29th March and was fined £100 and ordered to pay costs of £150 plus a
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Nearly 3,400 South Gloucestershire pupils are to benefit from a £1.5m funding boost. Following analysis of the January 2011 annual school census, South Gloucestershire Council has now confirmed to schools how each of them are set to benefit from the Coalition Government’s flagship ‘pupil premium’, which aims to target extra resources at the most disadvantaged school children. The ‘pupil premium’
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Nearly on year on since the tragic death of father and grandfather Barry Rubery detectives working to locate his killers are appealing to the public for their help. Barry, 69, was brutally attacked outside his Iron Acton home on Wednesday 28th April 2010. Detectives know he had been out with friends that evening and returned to Crossing cottage at around
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Bradley Hook has been crowned 2011 employee of the year by South Gloucestershire Council. An awards ceremony was held last week to pay tribute to staff including Bradley (pictured) who is employed to keep the high street and surrounding streets in Staple Hill clean and tidy. He was among a number of staff to be recognised for their contribution to
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is offering to help people who would like to get more involved in their community. The aim is to kick start a number of ‘Good Neighbours‘ networks whose purpose is to match up requests from people who need a helping hand with some simple tasks, with those in their neighbourhood who have volunteered a little time
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The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has welcomed the £70million inward investment announced by Airbus during a visit by Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on Friday 25th March. The aerospace giant plans to develop a £70million state of the art engineering and technology campus in South Gloucestershire. Chair Colin Skellett said: “This
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