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a fly-tipped sofa on the roadside

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

Editor - 13th January 2025
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

Councillors Louise Harris (right) and Angela Morey (left) cutting a celebration cake, along with other members of the South Gloucestershire Council Administration

South Gloucestershire Council celebrates 5 years of climate and nature action

Teachers and children planting new trees

Free voucher scheme aims to encourage tree planting in South Gloucestershire

Gavel and judge

Landlord prosecuted for non-compliance of Improvement Notice

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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Bus stop

Filton man prosecuted for using bus stop as a toilet

Editor - 28th July 2026
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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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Fly-tipped waste

Yate man sent to prison following multiple waste offences and CBO...

Editor - 9th July 2025
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Bristol fly-tipper prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 15th January 2021
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SGN special edition June 2019

Special edition of South Gloucestershire News

Simon - 20th June 2019
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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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Destroying protected trees costs developer £2,267.46

Editor - 1st February 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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A water vole

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

Editor - 20th June 2023
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video

Prosecution follows waste filmed thrown from car window

Editor - 10th January 2017
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Gavel and judge

Caerphilly man fined for fly-tipping fridge freezer

Editor - 6th October 2025
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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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The Avonmouth Severnside Enterprise Area (ASEA) Ecology Mitigation and Flood Defence Project has been shortlisted for a prestigious civil engineering award.

ASEA Ecology Mitigation and Flood Defence Project shortlisted for a prestigious...

jw47 - 8th July 2024
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Fly-tipped waste at Easter Compton

Bristol fly-tippers prosecuted

jw47 - 19th July 2022
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Green Infrastructure Strategy and Action Plan sets out practical steps to...

jw47 - 9th November 2021
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Thornbury man prosecuted following country lane fly-tip

Editor - 28th August 2020
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An image of the Sevrnside coast looking out to the Severn Bridge

Vision for coastal communities in Severnside unveiled

Editor - 16th November 2022
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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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Frampton Cotterell man prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 18th September 2017
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Council challenges Charfield planning decision

Editor - 4th September 2018
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Gavel and judge

Landlord prosecuted for non-compliance of Improvement Notice

jw47 - 28th January 2020
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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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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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Council calls on Government to fund flood defences to protect Severn...

jw47 - 27th February 2024
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Launch of Call For Sites process as part of developing the...

Editor - 8th July 2020
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Councillor Reade planting wildflowers with Max and Kady Stuart

Mass wildflower planting on Siston Common sows the seeds for a...

jw47 - 7th October 2022
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South Glos collaborating with Town and Parish Councils on pioneering Local...

jw47 - 13th January 2022
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CCTV footage of the dog

Downend man prosecuted following dog fouling offences

Editor - 6th August 2026
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Gavel and judge

Rogue mattress seller prosecuted

jw47 - 30th September 2019
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Roll out of new bins will help boost recycling rates

Editor - 11th January 2018
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New recycling bag

South Gloucestershire Council introduces new recycling bags for households

Editor - 29th January 2026
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Update on the Yate warehouse fire

Editor - 26th October 2017
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Food waste on a chopping board being placed in to a kitchen caddy

South Gloucestershire residents encouraged to recycle more food waste

Editor - 16th March 2022
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Changes to the Sort It centres

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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Councillors Louise Harris (right) and Angela Morey (left) cutting a celebration cake, along with other members of the South Gloucestershire Council Administration

South Gloucestershire Council celebrates 5 years of climate and nature action

jw47 - 18th July 2024
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Gavel and judge

Filton Rogue Trader arrested after failing to show up in court

Editor - 17th September 2025
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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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Conditional discharge and fines follow discovery of fly tipped waste

Editor - 12th December 2016
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Waste dumped next to a tree near a path

Yate woman prosecuted following Chipping Sodbury fly-tip

Editor - 23rd May 2023
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A photograph of grass and wildflowers on the roadside

South Gloucestershire Council partnered project set to receive £4.7 million Live...

Editor - 26th January 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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Wick man prosecuted for waste offence

Editor - 24th July 2018
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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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Council Leader Toby Savage speaking at the West of England Nature Partnership conference.

Empower parish councils to spark a community-led nature revolution, urges council...

Editor - 9th June 2022
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South Gloucestershire Council Cabinet agrees 2018/19 Budget

Editor - 5th February 2018
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Masterplan consultation launches to help develop a ‘Distinctly Kingswood’ future town...

jw47 - 19th July 2021
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Cabinet agrees way forward on climate change and updating the Local...

Editor - 28th April 2020
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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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Mangotsfield Sort It Centre reopens ahead of schedule

Editor - 25th May 2017
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