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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

Update on the Yate warehouse fire

Landlords prosecuted for renting unsafe property

A fenced off path with no entry signs

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

Gavel and judge

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

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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A photograph of the fly-tipped waste discovered in Severn Beach

Bristol man ordered to pay £359 following South Gloucestershire fly-tips

Editor - 19th October 2022
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Roll out of new bins will help boost recycling rates

Editor - 11th January 2018
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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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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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Council employees recognised for public service

Editor - 1st June 2016
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Bristol man prosecuted following fly-tip in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 18th March 2019
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South Gloucestershire Council to engage with local communities as it starts...

Editor - 18th September 2017
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a fly-tipped sofa on the roadside

Gwent man handed 120 hours community service and ordered to pay...

Editor - 13th January 2025
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Single use cups and plastic cutlery to be removed from council...

Editor - 4th July 2018
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Climate and Nature Emergency progress report marked by community projects and...

jw47 - 10th December 2020
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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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Trees being planted.

Western Forest to become a new national forest

jw47 - 24th March 2025
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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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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
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Symbol of a rubbish bin

Mangotsfield woman fined for littering

jw47 - 20th April 2023
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South Gloucestershire’s Discover Festival

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Wild flowers in a green open space

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

Editor - 7th February 2022
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Inefficient homes in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire set to benefit from...

Editor - 17th December 2021
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Codrington fly-tip

Two more fly-tippers prosecuted in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 6th October 2025
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Councillor Rachael Hunt at Mangotsfield Sort It centre during the slip road’s construction

Mangotsfield recycling centre slip road nears completion

Editor - 6th February 2023
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School children presented with award for local litter pick

jw47 - 21st January 2020
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Gavel and judge

Birmingham man fined for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 2nd February 2022
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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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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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High Street changes to support traders and environment developed to help...

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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New multi-million pound housing development under way in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 20th December 2016
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Green ecological house in empty field

Energy efficient Malmains Drive development progresses

Editor - 31st March 2022
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Wick man prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 11th October 2018
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Residents encouraged to help shape plans for Jubilee Park as potential...

jw47 - 1st June 2022
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Fines and community service for successfully prosecuted fly-tipper

Editor - 11th December 2018
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South Gloucestershire News March 2022

March 2022 edition of South Gloucestershire News

Editor - 18th March 2022
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Litter alongside the A4174 ring road

Kingswood man ordered to pay over £500 for driving with unsecured...

Editor - 15th August 2024
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Planning changes proposed to encourage greater engagement

Editor - 10th July 2018
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Shaping the future of South Gloucestershire – Phase Two of...

Editor - 8th February 2022
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Gavel and judge

Partnership working secures Criminal Behaviour Order first for council

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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Council Leader Councillor Toby Savage next to solar panels

South Gloucestershire recognised among top-10 Councils in National Climate Emergency Action...

jw47 - 27th January 2022
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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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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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An aerial image of the green South Gloucestershire countryside

Council secures £50k to protect green belt from illegal development

jw47 - 23rd September 2019
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Advertising signs on a pallet propped against a traffic light signal

Driveway business ordered to pay over £4,500 for illegal fly posting

Editor - 20th March 2024
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Councillor Ian Boulton and Councillor Louise Harris

South Gloucestershire Council launches ICaN initiative to drive nature recovery and...

Editor - 28th April 2026
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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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Chris Jelf, Deputy Head at Little Stoke Primary School with pupils from the school celebrating Modeshift STARS 'outstanding' accreditation.

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

jw47 - 15th May 2024
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Weekly recycling collections to resume in South Gloucestershire on 13 May

jw47 - 29th April 2020
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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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New waste contract to cut costs and litter

jw47 - 6th November 2019
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Members of the South Gloucestershire Food Partnership

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

digital - 22nd May 2025
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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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Fly-tipped waste

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

Editor - 26th June 2025
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