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Cllr Ian Boulton and Cllr Maggie Tyrrell

South Gloucestershire Council calls on the Government to enforce planning requirements on EDF at Hinkley Point C to prevent critical levels of wildlife destruction

jw47 - 17th October 2024

Number of affordable homes built in South Gloucestershire reaches record high

Flood gate testing

ASEA flood defence project commissions flood gates and glass panel flood defences

Gavel and judge

Rogue traders ordered to pay nearly £46,000

A tractor and container for grass cuttings

Carbon reduction scheme to be rolled out to more South Gloucestershire communities

Fly-tipped bin bags

Downend woman fined for fly-tipping bin bags

Editor - 17th October 2025
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A photograph of fly-tipped waste near a lamp post

Keynsham man ordered to pay £1,193 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 18th October 2022
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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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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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South Gloucestershire’s Discover Festival

Editor - 6th October 2016
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New homes and primary school for Warmley on old Grange School...

Editor - 22nd October 2021
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Page Park turf cut event

Editor - 24th November 2016
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Roll out of new bins will help boost recycling rates

Editor - 11th January 2018
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New cycle lanes for Yate commuter route to improve safety and...

jw47 - 17th August 2020
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Prosecution follows waste filmed thrown from car window

Editor - 10th January 2017
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South Gloucestershire Council commits to phasing out single use plastics

Editor - 1st March 2019
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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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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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An image representing the average contents of a South Gloucestershire black bin (by volume) based on waste analysis completed in 2022.

Recycling at the heart of changes to waste management in South...

jw47 - 11th March 2024
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A screenshot of the consultation system

Consultation responses sought on modifications to the South Gloucestershire Policies Sites...

Simon - 3rd July 2017
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Fly-tipped waste on the roadside

Bristol woman fined following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 15th December 2025
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Christmas and New Year waste collections

Editor - 12th December 2018
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low emission bus

Low emission bus announcement

Simon - 29th August 2017
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Fly-tipped waste

Fly-tippers face justice for illegally dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 31st March 2022
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Children reap benefits from outdoor play session

Editor - 6th October 2016
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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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Wildflowers in South Gloucestershire

Double celebration as South Glos Council celebrates an A rating for...

jw47 - 5th June 2025
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Brighton man prosecuted for failing to improve neglected Downend house

jw47 - 13th June 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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Pontypool man sentenced following multiple fly-tips in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 17th July 2019
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The exterior of Badminton Road office in Yate.

Wind power project for Pucklechurch to be explored in detail as...

jw47 - 15th July 2025
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Single use cups and plastic cutlery to be removed from council...

Editor - 4th July 2018
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Flood gate testing

ASEA flood defence project commissions flood gates and glass panel flood...

Editor - 1st March 2023
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Recycling success celebrated in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 26th September 2018
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Red strong wind warning

An update on disruption caused by Storm Darragh

digital - 7th December 2024
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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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An image of the Sevrnside coast looking out to the Severn Bridge

Vision for coastal communities in Severnside unveiled

Editor - 16th November 2022
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West of England Enterprise Area flood defence work gathers pace

Editor - 11th December 2020
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Dumped bags of rubbish

South Gloucestershire Council secures two more fly-tip convictions

Editor - 28th November 2024
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Planning changes proposed to encourage greater engagement

Editor - 10th July 2018
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Have your say on the Resource and Waste Strategy: 2020 and...

jw47 - 15th August 2019
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Holiday activities in South Gloucestershire libraries

Editor - 4th April 2017
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Conditional discharge and fines follow discovery of fly tipped waste

Editor - 12th December 2016
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Have your say at Community Engagement Forums

Editor - 6th October 2016
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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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Wraxall Road junction improvements complete following £6.9m investment

jw47 - 25th October 2021
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Fly-tipped fridges

Soundwell man ordered to pay over £1,400 following roadside fly-tip

Editor - 12th November 2024
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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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Patchway man prosecuted following Little Stoke fly-tip

Editor - 24th February 2021
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West of England Councils sign 10-year contracts to manage residual waste...

jw47 - 26th July 2019
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Waste operatives loading recycling on to a truck

South Gloucestershire’s impressive recycling rate continues to rise

Editor - 28th March 2023
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Work to start at railway bridge to support cyclist and pedestrian...

jw47 - 20th August 2021
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A fenced off path with no entry signs

Thornbury man ordered to pay over £8,000 for obstructing public right...

Editor - 19th March 2024
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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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South Gloucestershire Council buys site to expand and improve waste management...

Editor - 21st March 2019
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