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Thousands of South Gloucestershire children celebrate reading challenge success
More than 6,300 children have taken part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge at South Gloucestershire Libraries, reading over 117,000 books during the school,...
Heavy horsepower harnessed to sustainably sow wildflower meadows
Heavy horses are helping to sow new wildflower meadows at Jubliee Park in Cadbury Heath to boost biodiversity and be enjoyed by the local...
Avon and Somerset Police roll out life-saving bleed kits in local...
A number of life-saving bleed control kits, designed to control bleeding after someone suffers a traumatic injury, have started to be installed within local...
Trial for generating green energy launched in Yate
South Gloucestershire Council has launched a new trial looking at how grass cuttings can be used to generate energy and reduce the authority’s carbon...
Exciting plans to improve Kingswood Park unveiled as Lottery funding bid...
Exciting plans to restore and enhance Kingswood Park have moved a step closer after South Gloucestershire Council submitted a bid for £3.36 million in...
See the Tour of Britain as it races through South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is preparing to welcome the arrival of the 2023 Tour of Britain cycling race on Saturday 9 September when the world’s top...
Congratulations to students receiving results across South Gloucestershire
Pupils across South Gloucestershire have received their GCSE and BTEC results today and will be celebrating with families and thinking about the next chapter...
Congratulations to students on their A-Level and BTEC results
South Gloucestershire Council is sending congratulations to students, families and schools who are celebrating A-Level and BTEC results today.
For many students, the exams they...
Thornbury man ordered to pay over £2,500 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip
A man from Thornbury has been ordered to pay a total of £2,599 in fines and costs after South Gloucestershire Council prosecuted him for...
Show home opens to showcase new housing development in Frenchay
A project to deliver 30 new energy efficient homes including 11 affordable homes is nearing completion, with the opening of a show home at...
South Gloucestershire Council welcomes suspension of industrial action following Suez...
South Gloucestershire Council co-leaders, Councillors Claire Young and Ian Boulton have welcomed news that industrial action affecting waste services in the district will be...
Six million funding offers energy-saving home improvements for off-gas properties across...
The Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire energy advice service, Warm and Well, has announced the Home Upgrade Grant, a £6 million government scheme, to pay...
South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire to host penultimate stage of Tour of...
South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire will play a key role in deciding who is crowned this year’s Tour of Britain champion when the UK’s leading...
Council announces further support to extend vital 84/85 and 622 bus...
South Gloucestershire Council has committed £250,000 of additional funding to further extend the 84/85 bus service until Easter 2024 and secure the 622 school...
Extra support for families to have a summer of fun in...
As schools prepare to break up for the long summer holidays, the council is launching a variety of different measures to support families with...
New cabinet pledges to work more closely with residents to manage...
New council leaders have kicked off the annual budgeting cycle at South Gloucestershire council with a warning about the “depressing” need to deliver more...
Ready, Set, Read! Children in South Gloucestershire invited to join the...
South Gloucestershire Council Library service is inviting all primary school aged children to visit their local library this summer and take part in the...
South Gloucestershire Council welcomes willingness of Suez and Union to return...
South Gloucestershire co-leaders, Cllrs Claire Young and Ian Boulton, have welcomed the public responses from Suez and Unite the Union that they want to...
New council takes action on cost of living by restoring the...
The value of vouchers provided to families during school holidays who receive benefits-related free school meals during term time will be restored to £15*...
Bus services secured following council intervention to ensure children get to...
The future of a number of bus services used by local school children have been secured after South Gloucestershire Council stepped-in and found a...
OPEN LETTER: Industrial dispute between Unite the union and SUEZ
An open letter from the Leader and Co-Leader of South Gloucestershire Council to Unite the union and SUEZ regarding their industrial dispute.
We are writing...
South Gloucestershire Council announces additional measures to help residents dispose of...
Due to the prolonged period of strike action by Unite the trade union's members at our waste contractor SUEZ, we are putting additional measures in...
Proposals on show for high street improvements in Hanham
Proposals for improving the look and feel of Hanham High Street are to go on display.
Listening to residents and business owners, South Gloucestershire Council...
The hunt is on for the Kingswood elephant: archaeologists conduct survey...
Local legend has it that in 1891 an elephant was buried in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire. The elephant in question is said to have been...
New home for Majestic Gym opens with flair
Majestic Gymnastics have a brand-new home in Warmley, in a purpose-built facility on the site of the former Grange School. The facilities were opened...
Record fine handed to ‘lost at sea’ criminal landlord in South...
A landlord who rents out homes in the South Gloucestershire and Bristol area has been ordered to pay over £44,000 after a court found...
South Gloucestershire Council delivers increased support for local veterans and agrees...
South Gloucestershire Council has agreed a new action plan to build on its successful work supporting veterans in the area.
An updated annual Armed Forces...
Water voles settle into new home at one of UK’s newest...
Water voles are busily burrowing into a new home at one of the UK’s newest wetlands near Bristol after they were released onto the...
Council to explore options for new waste and recycling contract from...
South Gloucestershire Council's Cabinet has agreed a direction of travel as they move towards agreeing a new contract to deliver waste services after 2025,...
Cool packs available to support residents during the summer months
As part of the council’s ongoing cost of living support, free cool packs containing items to help people keep cool and well in warm...
National funding awarded to challenge high-risk domestic abuse perpetrators
Local councils and police have been awarded national funding to deliver the Drive Project, an initiative to challenge the behaviour of high-risk domestic abuse...
Councils urge Metro Mayor to reinstate ‘lifeline’ buses
The Leaders of Bath & North East Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council have written to the Metro Mayor urging him to restore and...
Multi-million-pound sustainable transport route open
People living and working in Stoke Gifford, Patchway and Cribbs Causeway have more travel options thanks to a new multi-million-pound transport link.
Led by South...
Threatened 84/85 bus service extended following council intervention
South Gloucestershire Council and Gloucestershire County Council have worked in partnership to enable an 84/85 bus service to continue for a further three months...
New Chair and Vice Chair of South Gloucestershire Council elected
Councillor Mike Drew has been named as the new Chair of South Gloucestershire Council after being elected by fellow councillors at the meeting of...
Liberal Democrat and Labour partnership, Leaders and Cabinet Members agreed at...
The Liberal Democrat and Labour groups elected to South Gloucestershire Council at the recent elections on 4 May, have formally confirmed their partnership that...
Yate woman prosecuted following Chipping Sodbury fly-tip
A woman from Yate has been ordered to pay a total of £1,171.88 in fines and costs after South Gloucestershire Council prosecuted her following...
Liberal Democrat and Labour groups on South Gloucestershire Council announce intention...
The Liberal Democrat and Labour groups elected to South Gloucestershire Council at the elections held on May 4, have announced their intention to work...
Help to continue the reduction in knife crime in South Gloucestershire
Anyone who illegally carries a knife is being urged to anonymously put it in a South Gloucestershire amnesty bin this Knife Crime Awareness Week...
99.9% of voters attended polling stations with acceptable photo ID and...
Data collected at polling stations during elections to South Gloucestershire Council and to local Town and Parish Councils, showed that the overwhelming majority of...
Grants awarded to support dozens of Coronation celebration events across South...
Parties, picnics and volunteering drives are among the 39 events that have received a share of more than £28,000 in grant funding from South...
Mangotsfield woman fined for littering
A woman from Mangotsfield has been ordered to pay a total of £1,483 after South Gloucestershire Council prosecuted her for littering in Staple Hill,...
South Gloucestershire’s impressive recycling rate continues to rise
The amount of waste recycled by South Gloucestershire residents continues its upward trend, reaching almost 60 per cent for the latest data period 2021/22.
This...
Emersons Green Library to be extended with additional space for children
South Gloucestershire Council has announced exciting plans to extend Emersons Green Library, creating additional space for visitors and new facilities for children and young...
South Wales and Western England leaders join forces to plan for...
Leaders from across South Wales and Western England have revealed their vision for how the area’s train services should look by 2050.
Led by the...
Flood risk on South Gloucestershire roads reduced after three years of...
Nine key roads in South Gloucestershire have been future proofed as a massive programme of flood resilience work by South Gloucestershire Council draws to...
Council secures more than £700,000 to provide new sports facilities...
A new sporting vision for Patchway has become a reality with more than £700,000 invested into new sports facilities at Norman Scott Park.
The new...
Over 5,000 new trees planted across South Gloucestershire this season
South Gloucestershire Council has been hard at work planting over 5,000 new trees across the district.
The main areas for planting in 2022/23 have been...
Funding secured to progress new Lyde Green schools
More than £30 million in Government funding has been secured to enable the new Lyde Green secondary school to be built.
The sum is in...
Council teams up with gymnastics club to mark progress of new...
Community leaders have welcomed progress on building a new gymnastics facility located on the former Grange School site in Warmley.
The newly refurbished building will...
