Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in Milbury Heath (near Thornbury) in the early hours of Friday morning. Shortly before 1.30am on Friday 19th March, a Peugeot 206 was travelling towards the A38 in Milbury Heath, when it’s believed to have come into collision with a wall. The female driver of the Peugeot was taken to
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South Gloucestershire Council has started a £600,000 programme of improvements to the district’s libraries. Extensions to the existing facilities will be taking place at Bradley Stoke, Hanham and Winterbourne libraries and later in the year Kingswood Library will have an upgrade to its interior. Since many of the libraries were built new services have been introduced such as internet access,
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a road traffic collision on Monday 15th March 2010. The incident occurred on Badminton Road, Coalpit Heath at around 7pm. The collision involved a cyclist and a silver Mercedes Vito panel van and happened about 25-50 meters away from Southview Crescent and opposite Woodend Road. The cyclist is currently in a serious
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information following reports of an attempted abduction in the Pucklechurch area. At around 1.30pm on Sunday, March 14, a 9-year-old boy was walking close to his home on Shortwood Road when its alleged that he was approached by a couple in a black car. It is believed that the man got out of
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South Gloucestershire Council recently carried out a routine inspection of mobile food businesses in the district. The aim of the initiative was to check that the operators were complying with regulations and offering the best possible service to residents. During the inspection 13 late night food vans were visited. Licensing officers discovered a number of licensing breaches including the late
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information following a burglary at a property in Longwell Green. At some time between 5pm on Friday, February 26 and 6pm on Monday, March 1, unknown offenders have forced entry to the garage at a residential property on Steel Court, Longwell Green and stolen a number of items from within. Among the items
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A turf cutting ceremony is being held on Friday 12 March (11am until 11.30am) to mark the start of work on the latest South Gloucestershire Council extra care housing scheme. Fiveways, as it is currently known, is located on New Cheltenham Road in Kingswood and will provide 40 one and two bedroom flats to rent. There will be a range
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Police have issued an appeal for information following a robbery in the Cadbury Heath area. The incident occurred at about 6.30pm on Tuesday March 2. A 16-year-old woman was walking away from the No 43 bus stop near to the Lamb public house in Newton Road. The victim was approached by a man who demanded her mobile phone, trying to
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The A4174 Ring Road will get a spring clean during March when South Gloucestershire Council conducts a clean up operation to remove litter from the verges and central reservation. Starting on 8 March for three weeks, there will be off-peak lane closures between 9.30am and 3.30pm to ensure the safety of the workers clearing the accumulated litter. The rubbish has
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West Walk Surgery in Yate is celebrating moving to its new premises in the £12 million Yate West Gate Centre today, Monday 8th March. Mr George Toogood, aged 100, and thirteen day old Joseph Nutt, the oldest and youngest patients at West Walk Surgery, have been invited to join the celebrations and help cut the ribbon on the surgery’s first
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