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All-party agreement to declare climate emergency and take action to reduce carbon emissions in South Glos

jw47 - 18th July 2019

New environmentally friendly electric road sweeper introduced in Kingswood as part of Love our High Streets project

solar panels

Solar farms on the way

Bristol fly-tipper prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

South Glos collaborating with Town and Parish Councils on pioneering Local Nature Action Plans

A large pile of tyres

Cadbury Heath man handed Conditional Discharge and fined for illegally storing...

Editor - 28th April 2026
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Councillor Rachael Hunt

Flexible plastic trial makes good progress in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 21st February 2023
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A grass verge along Goose Green Way, Yate.

Trial for generating green energy launched in Yate

Editor - 11th September 2023
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Gavel and judge

Rogue traders ordered to pay nearly £46,000

Editor - 4th September 2018
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flooded road

A review of recent flooding in South Gloucestershire

digital - 29th November 2024
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New homes and primary school for Warmley on old Grange School...

Editor - 22nd October 2021
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Landlords prosecuted for renting unsafe property

Editor - 15th December 2016
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Councillor Rachael Hunt, Jacqui Harris, Martin Burton and Lucy Rees with the thermal imaging cameras

South Gloucestershire Council and Warm and Well bring thermal camera technology...

Editor - 8th November 2022
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St Albans man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 27th November 2017
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Council calls on Government to fund flood defences to protect Severn...

jw47 - 27th February 2024
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Emersons Green woman prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 21st December 2017
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Pontypool man sentenced following multiple fly-tips in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 17th July 2019
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Bristol man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 1st February 2018
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Sign on fence saying No tipping or dumping

Mangotsfield man ordered to pay over £2,000 following fly-tip prosecution

Editor - 23rd August 2022
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Warm and Well is offering grants to make homes that aren't connected to the mains gas network, more energy efficient.

Six million funding offers energy-saving home improvements for off-gas properties across...

jw47 - 26th July 2023
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West of England Enterprise Area flood defence work gathers pace

Editor - 11th December 2020
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Consultation launched as part of independent examination of West of England...

Editor - 13th November 2018
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A photograph of the fly-tipped waste

Bradley Stoke man ordered to pay over £2,600 following fly-tip and...

Editor - 6th December 2023
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Logo for the Great Big Green Week 2022

Get involved in the Great Big Green Week in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 21st September 2022
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South Gloucestershire Council to engage with local communities as it starts...

Editor - 18th September 2017
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Unlicensed HMO landlord fined over £7,000

Editor - 7th October 2021
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Longwell Green landlord fined for breaching building regulation rules

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Have Your Say: Council launches public consultation on 2018/19 budget

Editor - 16th November 2017
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Yate fly-tipper prosecuted

Editor - 17th December 2021
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Land owner ordered to pay over £6,000 for waste offences

Editor - 23rd January 2019
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The empty home at Marshfield

House owners prosecuted over empty and unmaintained property

Editor - 9th July 2025
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New environmentally friendly electric road sweeper introduced in Kingswood as part...

Editor - 17th October 2019
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Commercial vehicles carrying poorly secured loads stopped to help tackle roadside...

Editor - 24th May 2022
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Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Children reap benefits from outdoor play session

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Old fridges

Fridge and freezer disposal – important update

digital - 13th April 2026
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School children presented with award for local litter pick

jw47 - 21st January 2020
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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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Inefficient homes in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire set to benefit from...

Editor - 17th December 2021
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South Gloucestershire’s first ‘School Street’ to launch in Frampton Cotterell

jw47 - 22nd June 2020
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Roger Loveridge Chairman of the Patchway and Charlton Hayes Community Sports Association, Councillor Rachael Hunt cabinet member responsible for communities at South Gloucestershire Council, Councillor Dayley Lawrence Mayor of Patchway, and Jack Turner Clerk at Patchway Town Council

Council secures more than £700,000 to provide new sports facilities...

Editor - 21st March 2023
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Cllr Louise Harris taking part in tree planting at the new Pucklechurch Woodland

Climate and Nature Emergency – annual report shows action and progress...

jw47 - 11th December 2025
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New Local Plan approved for public consultation

Editor - 9th October 2020
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Patchway man prosecuted following Little Stoke fly-tip

Editor - 24th February 2021
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Tom Hampson, volunteer at Hedgehog Rescue, Councillor Steve Reade, cabinet member responsible for the environment at South Gloucestershire Council, and Yvonne Cox, founder of Hedgehog Rescue in Yate

Become a hedgehog hero and help our hedgehogs thrive

Editor - 1st February 2023
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Fly-tippers prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 3rd December 2021
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Councillor Rachael Hunt and Thornbury & Yate MP, Luke Hall

2,000 homes in South Gloucestershire to pilot plastic bags and wrapping...

jw47 - 20th September 2022
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New cycle lanes for Yate commuter route to improve safety and...

jw47 - 17th August 2020
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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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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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Michael Thompson from the Bristol Avon Rivers Trust, Jen Nightingale and Carys Peotto from the Bristol Zoological Society UK conservation team, Rowena Kenny from South Gloucestershire Council’s Climate and Nature Team and Councillor Louise Harris, South Gloucestershire Council’s cabinet member for the Climate and Nature Emergency.

Funding secured to help restore nature along the Severn Estuary

Editor - 4th September 2024
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Conditional discharge and fines follow discovery of fly tipped waste

Editor - 12th December 2016
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Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore and South Gloucestershire Council Leader Cllr Toby Savage with representatives of the Friends of Southey Park planting the new trees at Southey Park

South Gloucestershire Council plants over 600 new trees across the area...

Editor - 10th March 2022
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Final draft of the West of England Joint Spatial Plan to...

Editor - 25th October 2017
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Christmas and New Year waste collections

Editor - 12th December 2018
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