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Residents congratulated for recycling an extra 1,279 tonnes of waste with weekly collections

Editor - 12th December 2017

Council challenges planning decisions

Cllr Louise Harris taking part in tree planting at the new Pucklechurch Woodland

Climate and Nature Emergency – annual report shows action and progress in South Gloucestershire

Fly-tipping duo prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Conditional discharge and fines follow discovery of fly tipped waste

Editor - 12th December 2016

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

Voluntary agency joins forces with council to help out in an...

Editor - 17th November 2015

An image of a cigarette end in the road

Bristol woman fined over £700 for littering in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 25th January 2023

scrap metal

Yate man fined for transporting scrap metal without the required licences

Editor - 29th April 2026

Key milestone complete for £57 million Cribbs Patchway metrobus extension

jw47 - 28th May 2021

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

Patchway man prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 30th October 2017

A box filled with bottles of seized fake hand sanitiser

Covid hand sanitiser fraud pair sent to prison

Editor - 9th April 2024

A photograph of the damaged Sycamore tree, a trench and a pile of damaged roots

Bradley Stoke man ordered to pay over £9,000 for severely damaging...

Editor - 22nd February 2023

Update on the Yate warehouse fire

Editor - 26th October 2017

Last chance for public engagement on final draft of West of...

Editor - 4th January 2018

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

Common Connections officer David Tibbatts, Bobbie Sutherland and Paul Kearsley from Emersons Green Town Council, and Councillor Louise Harris at the bulb planting

Common Connections project sees over 85,000 spring bulbs planted in South...

Editor - 18th December 2024

Measures being put in place to help social distancing and support...

jw47 - 24th June 2020

A banner van parked on the roadside

Yate Indian takeaway ordered to pay over £4,400 following fly-posting offences

Editor - 16th October 2024

flooded road

A review of recent flooding in South Gloucestershire

digital - 29th November 2024

Wild flowers in a green open space

Biodiversity projects, school upgrades and new community centre feature in...

Editor - 7th February 2022

New ‘School Streets’ in Kingswood and Yate to help clear the...

jw47 - 3rd September 2020

Wraxall Road junction improvements complete following £6.9m investment

jw47 - 25th October 2021

Fly-tipping duo prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 15th February 2022

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

Councillor Reade planting wildflowers with Max and Kady Stuart

Mass wildflower planting on Siston Common sows the seeds for a...

jw47 - 7th October 2022

Litter being thrown from a vehicle

South Gloucestershire Council takes action to help reduce littering from vehicles

Editor - 1st November 2023

Have Your Say: Council launches public consultation on 2018/19 budget

Editor - 16th November 2017

Recycling vehicle

Major changes to South Gloucestershire’s recycling and waste services from August...

Editor - 17th June 2025

Consultation launched as part of independent examination of West of England...

Editor - 13th November 2018

Volunteers thanked at community event

Editor - 6th October 2016

Fly-tipped waste

Chippenham man ordered to pay over £1,700 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 11th January 2024

South Gloucestershire man prosecuted for fly tipping waste near his home

Editor - 24th January 2017

An empty kitchen after Brown ripped out the units

Company director jailed for multiple thefts from customers

Editor - 30th June 2025

A photograph of the fly-tipped waste

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

Editor - 6th December 2023

Gavel and judge

Rogue traders ordered to pay nearly £46,000

Editor - 4th September 2018

Members of the South Gloucestershire Food Partnership

New report on how food is made, sold and used locally

digital - 22nd May 2025

Holiday activities in South Gloucestershire libraries

Editor - 4th April 2017

Prosecution follows waste filmed thrown from car window

Editor - 10th January 2017

Licensing for larger privately rented properties set to change

Editor - 24th July 2018

Council calls on Government to fund flood defences to protect Severn...

jw47 - 27th February 2024

Staple Hill’s Page Park receives National Lottery investment

Editor - 1st June 2016

Councillor Sam Bromiley, cabinet member responsible for children and young people; Council Leader Councillor Toby Savage; Councillor Elizabeth Bromiley; and Councillor Rachael Hunt, cabinet member responsible for communities and local place, at the former Warmley Pitch and Putt site

Location chosen for new Jubilee Park in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 26th August 2022

Flood defence project progress impresses West of England Leaders

jw47 - 5th July 2021

Weekly recycling collections to resume in South Gloucestershire on 13 May

jw47 - 29th April 2020

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

A car and a van parked on a pavement

Yate man ordered to pay over £5,000 following abandoned vehicles offences

Editor - 21st May 2024

Black bin bags amongst vegetation

Emersons Green man ordered to pay over £1,000 following Warmley fly-tip

Editor - 16th November 2023

Councillor Louise Harris, Emily Harrison from the School Leadership Team, Active Travel Champion Beverley Furber and school children at The Ridge Juniors in Yate

South Gloucestershire schools handed top sustainable travel awards

Editor - 27th September 2023

An artists impression of how Regent Street in Kingswood could look in the future

Kingswood Masterplan gains approval unlocking a future vision that will bring...

Editor - 8th April 2022

Councillor Erica Williams, cabinet member responsible for schools at South Gloucestershire Council, with children at Barley Close Community Primary School

South Gloucestershire schools receive top grades for encouraging sustainable travel

Editor - 28th September 2022

Thousands of tonnes of carbon reduced and millions saved as LED...

jw47 - 21st December 2021

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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