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Have Your Say: Council Launches Public Consultation on 2017/18 Budget

Editor - 7th November 2016
a fly-tipped sofa on the roadside

Gwent man handed 120 hours community service and ordered to pay £354 following roadside fly-tip

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

Gavel and judge

North Somerset rogue trader sentenced for conning NHS worker from Thornbury

New planning support to help residents build annexes and outbuildings

Final draft of the West of England Joint Spatial Plan to...

Editor - 25th October 2017
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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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Rogue traders fined and banned from cold calling anywhere in UK

jw47 - 12th September 2019
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Number of tree varieties in Page Park more than doubles with...

Editor - 24th March 2017
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Councillor Rachael Hunt at a South Gloucestershire Sort It recycling centre.

South Gloucestershire recycling rates continue to break records

jw47 - 10th October 2022
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Improved flood defences to protect homes, Avonmouth Severnside Enterprise Area and...

Simon - 20th June 2017
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Black bin bags amongst vegetation

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

Editor - 16th November 2023
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South Gloucestershire Council Partner Lead Members for Communities and Local Place, Councillor Jayne Stansfield, and Climate and Nature Emergency, Councillor Alex Doyle, were joined by Mayor Dan Norris and local residents to mark the start of project to sow the wildflower meadows. at Jubilee Park.

Heavy horsepower harnessed to sustainably sow wildflower meadows

jw47 - 15th September 2023
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Number of affordable homes built in South Gloucestershire reaches record high

Editor - 8th August 2018
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More sustainable electric vehicles added to fleet

Editor - 24th November 2016
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A large pile of tyres

Cadbury Heath man handed Conditional Discharge and fined for illegally storing...

Editor - 28th April 2026
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Bristol landlord fined thousands for failing to make repairs to Kingswood...

jw47 - 8th September 2020
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Warm and Well is offering grants to make homes that aren't connected to the mains gas network, more energy efficient.

Six million funding offers energy-saving home improvements for off-gas properties across...

jw47 - 26th July 2023
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Fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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Prosecution follows waste filmed thrown from car window

Editor - 10th January 2017
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An image of a cigarette end in the road

Bristol woman fined over £700 for littering in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 25th January 2023
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Retirement home developer ordered to pay almost £7,000 for breaching planning...

Editor - 2nd May 2018
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Key milestone complete for £57 million Cribbs Patchway metrobus extension

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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Sign on fence saying No tipping or dumping

Mangotsfield man ordered to pay over £2,000 following fly-tip prosecution

Editor - 23rd August 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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Record number of new homes will help provide ownership and affordable...

jw47 - 12th October 2021
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Have your say at Community Engagement Forums

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Update on the Yate warehouse fire

Editor - 26th October 2017
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Bristol man prosecuted following fly-tip in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 18th March 2019
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Zero landfill aim for South Gloucestershire waste

jw47 - 12th March 2020
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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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Bristol fly-tipper prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 15th January 2021
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Cllr Reade with EV at The Venue Cribbs

New EV charge points now available at Cribbs Causeway for South...

jw47 - 25th March 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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Fly-tipped waste at Easter Compton

Bristol fly-tippers prosecuted

jw47 - 19th July 2022
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Roll out of new bins will help boost recycling rates

Editor - 11th January 2018
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Irresponsible dog owners targeted

Editor - 12th December 2018
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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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Siston man prosecuted following fly-tip in Henfield, South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 8th July 2021
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Gavel and judge

Bradley Stoke builder ordered to pay over £11,000 for breaching building...

Editor - 21st January 2019
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Active Travel Grants of up to £1,000 available to organisations that...

jw47 - 20th May 2024
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Emersons Green woman prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 21st December 2017
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Cllr Louise Harris taking part in tree planting at the new Pucklechurch Woodland

Report on biodiversity in South Gloucestershire shows council and communities working...

jw47 - 10th March 2026
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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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Have Your Say: Council Launches Public Consultation on 2017/18 Budget

Editor - 7th November 2016
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Bristol man receives 68 week sentence after being prosecuted for fly...

Editor - 2nd February 2018
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ypical British terraced houses

Consultation on proposed controls on HMO conversions in Filton and Stoke...

Editor - 8th February 2022
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Ambitious new recycling service given the go-ahead

Editor - 6th October 2016
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A photograph of the waste pile before and after it had been set alight

Yate men handed suspended sentences, fines and behaviour orders for waste...

Editor - 2nd November 2023
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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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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
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An image of a model of a house held up against the sun

South Gloucestershire continues to lead the way on delivering new affordable...

Editor - 26th May 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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Planning changes proposed to encourage greater engagement

Editor - 10th July 2018
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