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A photo of a car next to several black bin bags in a car park area

Stoke Gifford man ordered to pay over £1,500 following fly-tip in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 7th February 2023
A water vole

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

A worker fixing a solar panel on a roof

South Glos Council to install solar PV systems on schools and other buildings over the next two years

Trees being planted.

Western Forest to become a new national forest

Fines and community service for successfully prosecuted fly-tipper

An image of a cigarette end in the road

Gloucester man fined £558 for littering in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 11th January 2023
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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
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A stock image of black bin bags

Patchway man handed 12 month Community Order and ordered to pay...

Editor - 23rd January 2025
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Christmas and New Year waste collections

Editor - 12th December 2018
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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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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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Planning changes will encourage greater engagement

Editor - 24th July 2018
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Bristol fly-tipper prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 15th January 2021
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Cabinet agrees social distancing measures outside of schools also supports improved...

jw47 - 9th June 2020
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Symbol of a rubbish bin

Mangotsfield woman fined for littering

jw47 - 20th April 2023
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Green Infrastructure Strategy and Action Plan sets out practical steps to...

jw47 - 9th November 2021
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Cllr Ian Boulton and Cllr Maggie Tyrrell

South Gloucestershire Council calls on the Government to enforce planning requirements...

jw47 - 17th October 2024
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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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CCTV of a man removing waste from a vehicle

Yate man ordered to pay over £4,500 following multiple South Gloucestershire...

Editor - 16th November 2023
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Have your say on the Resource and Waste Strategy: 2020 and...

jw47 - 15th August 2019
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New recycling bag

South Gloucestershire Council introduces new recycling bags for households

Editor - 29th January 2026
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scrap metal

Yate man fined for transporting scrap metal without the required licences

Editor - 29th April 2026
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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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Fly-tipped bin bags

Downend woman fined for fly-tipping bin bags

Editor - 17th October 2025
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Awkley Lane fly-tip

Bristol man ordered to pay £898 after fly-tip blocks country lane

Editor - 5th February 2025
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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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An empty kitchen after Brown ripped out the units

Company director jailed for multiple thefts from customers

Editor - 30th June 2025
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Key milestone complete for £57 million Cribbs Patchway metrobus extension

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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Gritting fleet prepared for cold period

Editor - 30th November 2015
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Voluntary agency joins forces with council to help out in an...

Editor - 17th November 2015
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New ‘School Streets’ in Kingswood and Yate to help clear the...

jw47 - 3rd September 2020
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How Bristol Parkway might look in the future.

Bristol Parkway to become station for the 21st century

jw47 - 6th December 2022
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Unlicensed HMO landlord fined over £7,000

Editor - 7th October 2021
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Masterplan consultation launches to help develop a ‘Distinctly Kingswood’ future town...

jw47 - 19th July 2021
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Fly-tipped waste

Bristol man ordered to pay almost £2,000 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 18th March 2024
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Have Your Say: Council Launches Public Consultation on 2017/18 Budget

Editor - 7th November 2016
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South Gloucestershire News March 2022

March 2022 edition of South Gloucestershire News

Editor - 18th March 2022
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Recycling success celebrated in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 26th September 2018
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Downend man prosecuted for failing to comply with Community Protection Notice

Editor - 29th March 2018
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Fly-tipping duo prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 15th February 2022
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New land supply analysis strengthens council’s hand to resist speculative development

Editor - 18th December 2018
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High Street changes to support traders and environment developed to help...

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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Green light for next stage of Avonmouth Severnside Enterprise Area flood...

Editor - 12th March 2019
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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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Cabinet agrees way forward on climate change and updating the Local...

Editor - 28th April 2020
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South Gloucestershire Council aims for fresh approach to managing waste collections...

Editor - 5th February 2019
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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
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Update on the Yate warehouse fire

Editor - 26th October 2017
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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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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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Recycling and containers

Plastic bags and wrapping recycling to expand to reach 22,000 South...

Editor - 8th April 2024
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Sort It centre slip road gets green light as planning permission...

jw47 - 16th June 2022
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New homes and primary school for Warmley on old Grange School...

Editor - 22nd October 2021
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Number of tree varieties in Page Park more than doubles with...

Editor - 24th March 2017
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Fly-tipped waste

Chepstow man handed 80 hours community service and ordered to pay...

Editor - 26th June 2025
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