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Record number of new homes will help provide ownership and affordable housing choice

jw47 - 12th October 2021

Public invited to hear more about changes to Thornbury High Street

Active Travel Grants of up to £1,000 available to organisations that encourage more people to cycle

Wick man prosecuted for waste offences

Fly-tipping duo prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

Warehouse

South Glos Council Leaders write to Secretary of State asking for...

jw47 - 2nd July 2026
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Councillor Louise Harris at a recent tree planting event with pupils from Warmley Park school

South Gloucestershire Council’s climate and nature emergency progress outlined in annual...

Editor - 7th December 2023
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Fly-tipped waste

Yate man sent to prison following multiple waste offences and CBO...

Editor - 9th July 2025
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Trio of fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 8th March 2017
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Cigarette butts visible though a drain grill

Kingswood man ordered to pay almost £1000 after being prosecuted for...

Editor - 10th August 2022
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Residents and businesses encouraged to have their say on the future...

jw47 - 5th October 2020
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Cllr Ian Boulton and Cllr Claire Young stood near a recycling truck

South Gloucestershire Council welcomes willingness of Suez and Union to return...

jw47 - 11th July 2023
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Public invited to hear more about changes to Thornbury High Street

jw47 - 24th August 2021
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Daphne Dunning, Clerk of Pucklechurch Parish Council; Councillor Rick Dunning, Pucklechurch Parish Council environment lead; Councillor Gail Boyle, Chair of Pucklechurch Parish Council; Councillor Maggie Tyrrell, Leader, South Gloucestershire Council; Councillor Louise Harris, South Gloucestershire Council’s cabinet member for the climate and nature emergency; Richard Higgs, Director, Western Forest; Laura Norton, Partnerships Manager for the Forest of Avon and Mia Ridler, Green Infrastructure Officer, West of England Combined Authority.

First trees planted in Pucklechurch Wood as landmark step towards creating...

Editor - 28th November 2025
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A variety of scrap metal waste on the back of a flatbed truck

Bristol man ordered to pay £1,600 for illegally transporting scrap metal...

Editor - 26th January 2023
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New ‘School Streets’ in Kingswood and Yate to help clear the...

jw47 - 3rd September 2020
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Bristol Man ordered to pay almost £7,000 following prosecution for waste...

Editor - 18th May 2022
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Food waste on a chopping board being placed in to a kitchen caddy

South Gloucestershire residents encouraged to recycle more food waste

Editor - 16th March 2022
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Measures being put in place to help social distancing and support...

jw47 - 24th June 2020
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Patchway man prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 30th October 2017
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A worker fixing a solar panel on a roof

South Glos Council to install solar PV systems on schools and...

jw47 - 9th December 2024
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A large blue bag full of empty whipped cream cannisters

Bristol man ordered to pay almost £1,300 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 30th April 2024
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Number of tree varieties in Page Park more than doubles with...

Editor - 24th March 2017
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ypical British terraced houses

Have your say on controls to HMO conversions in Filton and...

Editor - 12th October 2022
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Have your say about how South Gloucestershire grows for our future...

jw47 - 27th November 2020
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First South Gloucestershire Tree Week launches

jw47 - 29th November 2019
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Plan for Yate investment unveiled

Editor - 13th December 2021
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Masterplan consultation launches to help develop a ‘Distinctly Kingswood’ future town...

jw47 - 19th July 2021
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Gavel and judge

Rogue roofer jailed after repeated fraud against a total of 19...

Editor - 21st November 2024
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Update on the Yate warehouse fire

Editor - 26th October 2017
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Single use cups and plastic cutlery to be removed from council...

Editor - 4th July 2018
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Retirement home developer ordered to pay almost £7,000 for breaching planning...

Editor - 2nd May 2018
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Cllr Reade with EV at The Venue Cribbs

New EV charge points now available at Cribbs Causeway for South...

jw47 - 25th March 2022
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SGN special edition June 2019

Special edition of South Gloucestershire News

Simon - 20th June 2019
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Have Your Say: Council launches public consultation on 2018/19 budget

Editor - 16th November 2017
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Gavel and judge

North Somerset rogue trader sentenced for conning NHS worker from Thornbury

jw47 - 26th April 2021
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Gavel and judge

Caerphilly man fined for fly-tipping fridge freezer

Editor - 6th October 2025
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West of England Councils sign 10-year contracts to manage residual waste...

jw47 - 26th July 2019
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COVID-19 enforcement action

Editor - 30th April 2020
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New planning process will open up and improve application times and...

Editor - 1st November 2018
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Councillor Rachael Hunt at a South Gloucestershire Sort It recycling centre.

South Gloucestershire recycling rates continue to break records

jw47 - 10th October 2022
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A water vole

Water voles settle into new home at one of UK’s newest...

Editor - 20th June 2023
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New multi-million pound housing development under way in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 20th December 2016
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Councillors Louise Harris (right) and Angela Morey (left) cutting a celebration cake, along with other members of the South Gloucestershire Council Administration

South Gloucestershire Council celebrates 5 years of climate and nature action

jw47 - 18th July 2024
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Councillor Louise Harris with councillor Paul Hulbert from Dodington Parish Council and community volunteers.

Local communities take climate and nature action

Editor - 15th May 2024
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Mangotsfield Sort It Centre reopens ahead of schedule

Editor - 25th May 2017
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A plan for Yate to flourish and prosper – consultation on...

jw47 - 21st June 2021
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Planning changes proposed to encourage greater engagement

Editor - 10th July 2018
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Zero landfill aim for South Gloucestershire waste

jw47 - 12th March 2020
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Warehouse fire update

Simon - 6th December 2017
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Teachers and children planting new trees

Over 5,000 new trees planted across South Gloucestershire this season

Editor - 21st March 2023
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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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Final draft of the West of England Joint Spatial Plan to...

Editor - 25th October 2017
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Unlicensed HMO landlord fined over £7,000

Editor - 7th October 2021
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Children and staff from The Park Primary School in Kingswood celebrate their Modeshift STARS accreditation.

South Gloucestershire schools top national league table for sustainable and...

jw47 - 12th June 2025
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