Police are appealing for information to help trace a man who snatched a handbag from an elderly woman in the High Street, Staple Hill on Boxing Day. The 74-year-old was walking towards Page Park at around 11:45am when a man on a mountain bike grabbed her bag as he rode past. She fell over and suffered minor injuries to her
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Conservative councillors and campaigners have welcomed the approval of South Gloucestershire Council’s planning blueprint. Approved at a Full Council meeting in mid-December, the authority’s Core Strategy has set out plans for 21,500 more homes up to 2026, whilst protecting the countryside surrounding Chipping Sodbury, as well as the Shortwood Green Belt and Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). These
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South Gloucestershire councillors are asking the government to allow the local community to be compensated for hosting the two Severn bridges. Liberal Democrat councillors say it’s only fair that the local residents should be compensated for enduring disruptions which continue long after the initial construction phase. Cllr Tyzack (Pilning and Severn Beach) said: “I recognise the burden and disturbance borne
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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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