Proposals to help small businesses and defend the district against over-development are to be put in front of Ministers. In the summer, Conservative councillors drew up proposals that would see the government pay small business rate relief automatically and abolish regional planning, including the controversial Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) document that calls for 32,800 new houses to be built in
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Flooding in the South Gloucestershire village of Aust could be a thing of the past, thanks to campaigning local councillors. A £30,000 scheme to enlarge a local council-managed culvert – named Cake Pill Gout – has recently been completed by South Gloucestershire Council after permission was received from the Lower Severn Internal Drainage Board (LSIDP) – the authority responsible for
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A woman has died following a single vehicle road traffic collision (RTC) on a stretch of rural road in South Gloucestershire. Fire crews from Yate and Bath fire stations were called after reports that a car had left the road and finished partially submerged in a large pond in King Lane, Inglestone Common, Horton. Firefighters recovered a female casualty, but
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Police are advising people this New Year to check that any taxi they book or get into is properly licensed. It follows the theft of a taxi sign from the top of a car parked on a driveway in Court Road, Kingswood on the evening of Sunday, December 27. The sign has the number 748 on it. Police want people
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Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault and robbery outside an off licence in New Cheltenham Road, Kingswood, South Gloucestershire on Monday, December 21. At around 7.30pm a group of youths were throwing snowballs at each other and possibly at passing cars when a silver Audi TT drew up. Most of the group of youths ran off. One 16-year-old
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Emersons Green Retail Park. The incident occurred at around 1.15pm on Monday 21st December 2009 when a group of youths were throwing snowballs at passing cars. A 42-year-old man got out of his car to confront the youths after his vehicle was struck by a snowball. The man was
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Police are appealing for witnesses to a fight in the street between two men at around 1am on Friday, December 18 in Warren Road, Filton. One of the men, a 38-year-old, suffered a broken ankle during the scuffle and needed an operation at Frenchay Hospital. The second man, aged 30, has been arrested on suspicion of assault and causing criminal
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative transport chief is reminding residents that they have seven days to respond to Government plans to slash the district’s bus budget by £340,000. The funding cut is proposed as part of plans announced recently by the Department for Transport (DfT) to change the distribution of funding for the national concessionary travel scheme for the 2010/11 financial
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Police appeal for information following an incident involving criminal damage to a vehicle. At around 2.45pm on Tuesday, December 1, a 37 year-old woman was travelling in a Ford Mondeo along the Bromley Heath Road in Downend, when she beeped her horn at a cyclist, who she claims was obstructing her. When she later stopped at traffic lights, she claims
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The NHS in South Gloucestershire is advising local people to look after themselves this festive season with a few simple steps: stock up on over the counter remedies and any prescriptions; find out what local NHS services are open; and attend the one most appropriate for your needs. Be prepared Dr Chris Payne, Director of Public Health for South Gloucestershire,
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