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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

School children presented with award for local litter pick

Have your say on a new Local Plan for South Gloucestershire

Emersons Green woman prosecuted for waste offences

Key milestone complete for £57 million Cribbs Patchway metrobus extension

The empty home at Marshfield

House owners prosecuted over empty and unmaintained property

Editor - 9th July 2025
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Holiday activities in South Gloucestershire libraries

Editor - 4th April 2017
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Siston man prosecuted following fly-tip in Henfield, South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 8th July 2021
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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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Bristol man receives 68 week sentence after being prosecuted for fly...

Editor - 2nd February 2018
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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
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Council employees recognised for public service

Editor - 1st June 2016
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Lettings management company Iletpro Ltd ordered to pay £2,700 following HMO...

Editor - 7th December 2021
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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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Improved flood defences to protect homes, Avonmouth Severnside Enterprise Area and...

Simon - 20th June 2017
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Waste spilling from a black bin bag on the pavement

Hair salon owner ordered to pay over £1,500 after business waste...

Editor - 15th October 2024
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Green Infrastructure Strategy and Action Plan sets out practical steps to...

jw47 - 9th November 2021
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An image of green waste on a trailer

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

Editor - 11th January 2023
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First South Gloucestershire Tree Week launches

jw47 - 29th November 2019
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SGN special edition June 2019

Special edition of South Gloucestershire News

Simon - 20th June 2019
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Rogue traders fined and banned from cold calling anywhere in UK

jw47 - 12th September 2019
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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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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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Mangotsfield Sort It Centre reopens ahead of schedule

Editor - 25th May 2017
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New environmentally friendly electric road sweeper introduced in Kingswood as part...

Editor - 17th October 2019
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New planning process will open up and improve application times and...

Editor - 1st November 2018
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Patchway Common buzzing again thanks to award-winning project

Editor - 13th November 2018
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Yate fly-tipper prosecuted

Editor - 17th December 2021
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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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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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Councillor Steve Reade is pictured with Marshfield residents, including members of the parish council, Marshfield Community Centre and Sustainable Marshfield.

Council commits to more electric vehicle charge points

jw47 - 15th March 2023
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COVID-19 enforcement action

Editor - 30th April 2020
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A box filled with bottles of seized fake hand sanitiser

Covid hand sanitiser fraud pair sent to prison

Editor - 9th April 2024
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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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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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Further funding will bring more electric vehicle charging points to South...

jw47 - 9th March 2021
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A large blue bag full of empty whipped cream cannisters

Bristol man ordered to pay almost £1,300 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 30th April 2024
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Retirement home developer ordered to pay almost £7,000 for breaching planning...

Editor - 2nd May 2018
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Waste operatives loading recycling on to a truck

Council to explore options for new waste and recycling contract from...

Editor - 19th June 2023
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Launch of Call For Sites process as part of developing the...

Editor - 8th July 2020
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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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Residents congratulated for recycling an extra 1,279 tonnes of waste with...

Editor - 12th December 2017
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West of England leaders visit Bristol Port as vital flood defences...

Editor - 24th March 2022
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Fly-tipped waste on a grass verge

Former Patchway man prosecuted for Aust fly-tip

Editor - 29th October 2025
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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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Recycling and containers

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

Editor - 8th April 2024
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Red strong wind warning

An update on disruption caused by Storm Darragh

digital - 7th December 2024
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Consultation launched on the West of England Joint Spatial Plan and...

Editor - 8th November 2016
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Little Stoke Sort It recycling centre to reopen

jw47 - 2nd July 2020
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A dropped kerb under construction

Driveway company ordered to pay over £33,000 following fly-posting, waste and...

Editor - 16th May 2024
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Cabinet agrees way forward on climate change and updating the Local...

Editor - 28th April 2020
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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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High Street changes to support traders and environment developed to help...

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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South Gloucestershire man prosecuted for fly tipping waste near his home

Editor - 24th January 2017
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Climate and Nature Emergency progress report marked by community projects and...

jw47 - 10th December 2020
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