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A tractor and container for grass cuttings

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

Editor - 10th April 2024

West of England leaders visit Bristol Port as vital flood defences take shape

Gavel and judge

Rogue traders ordered to pay nearly £46,000

Councillor Rachael Hunt at a South Gloucestershire Sort It recycling centre.

South Gloucestershire recycling rates continue to break records

An image of green waste on a trailer

Thornbury man handed 12-month conditional discharge for illegally transporting waste in South Gloucestershire

Gavel and judge

Frenchay man fined following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 16th October 2025
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Fly-tipped waste at Easter Compton

Bristol fly-tippers prosecuted

jw47 - 19th July 2022
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Have your say at Community Engagement Forums

Editor - 6th October 2016
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An image of park homes in South Gloucestershire

£1.7m park home insulation scheme makes residents warmer and happier

Editor - 12th May 2022
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Local Plan 2023 consultation launch

Consultation launches on new Local Plan to deliver affordable homes, jobs,...

jw47 - 7th December 2023
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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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Fly-tipped waste at Serridge Lane

Frenchay man ordered to pay over £4,500 following rural lane fly-tip

Editor - 14th May 2025
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Measures being put in place to help social distancing and support...

jw47 - 24th June 2020
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All-party agreement to declare climate emergency and take action to reduce...

jw47 - 18th July 2019
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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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Major development on Filton Airfield approved

Editor - 24th October 2017
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An image of fly-tipped waste in Hanham

Bristol man ordered to pay over £500 following fly-tip in South...

Editor - 15th December 2022
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Patchway man prosecuted following Little Stoke fly-tip

Editor - 24th February 2021
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Emersons Green woman prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 21st December 2017
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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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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
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Retirement home developer ordered to pay almost £7,000 for breaching planning...

Editor - 2nd May 2018
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Page Park clock tower set for restoration

Editor - 1st June 2016
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Siston man prosecuted following fly-tip in Henfield, South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 8th July 2021
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Masterplan consultation launches to help develop a ‘Distinctly Kingswood’ future town...

jw47 - 19th July 2021
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Record number of new homes will help provide ownership and affordable...

jw47 - 12th October 2021
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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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Bristol landlord fined thousands for failing to make repairs to Kingswood...

jw47 - 8th September 2020
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Landlords prosecuted for renting unsafe property

Editor - 15th December 2016
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Gavel and judge

Landlord prosecuted for non-compliance of Improvement Notice

jw47 - 28th January 2020
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Symbol of a rubbish bin

Three people prosecuted for littering offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 22nd February 2023
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Number of affordable homes built in South Gloucestershire reaches record high

Editor - 8th August 2018
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New cycle lanes for Yate commuter route to improve safety and...

jw47 - 17th August 2020
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Flood defence project progress impresses West of England Leaders

jw47 - 5th July 2021
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Black bin-liners full of waste dumped on a pavement

Filton students handed 12 months conditional discharge and ordered to pay...

Editor - 23rd February 2024
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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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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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scrap metal

Yate man fined for transporting scrap metal without the required licences

Editor - 29th April 2026
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Roll out of new bins will help boost recycling rates

Editor - 11th January 2018
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Council challenges planning decisions

Editor - 12th June 2018
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Trio of fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 8th March 2017
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Bristol Man ordered to pay almost £7,000 following prosecution for waste...

Editor - 18th May 2022
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Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Number of tree varieties in Page Park more than doubles with...

Editor - 24th March 2017
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Litter being thrown from a vehicle

South Gloucestershire Council takes action to help reduce littering from vehicles

Editor - 1st November 2023
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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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West of England Joint Spatial Plan Submitted to Government for Review

Editor - 13th April 2018
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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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A house under construction

Call for Sites map published, Council to assess potential development opportunities...

jw47 - 4th March 2021
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Active Travel Grants of up to £1,000 available to organisations that...

jw47 - 20th May 2024
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Gavel and judge

Partnership working secures Criminal Behaviour Order first for council

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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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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A water vole

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

Editor - 20th June 2023
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flooded road

A review of recent flooding in South Gloucestershire

digital - 29th November 2024
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