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A banner van parked on the roadside

Yate Indian takeaway ordered to pay over £4,400 following fly-posting offences

Editor - 16th October 2024
A box filled with bottles of seized fake hand sanitiser

Covid hand sanitiser fraud pair sent to prison

New recycling bag

South Gloucestershire Council introduces new recycling bags for households

New Local Plan 2018-2036

South Gloucestershire launches 12 week consultation on new Local Plan

Councillor Drew with Parkwall Primary School children and parents

School children perform wildlife show to support nature recovery project

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

Editor - 7th November 2016
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New cycle lanes for Yate commuter route to improve safety and...

jw47 - 17th August 2020
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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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Inefficient homes in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire set to benefit from...

Editor - 17th December 2021
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South Gloucestershire Council shortlisted for recycling award

Editor - 1st June 2016
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First South Gloucestershire Tree Week launches

jw47 - 29th November 2019
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West of England Enterprise Area flood defence work gathers pace

Editor - 11th December 2020
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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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Councillor Sam Bromiley, cabinet member responsible for children and young people; Council Leader Councillor Toby Savage; Councillor Elizabeth Bromiley; and Councillor Rachael Hunt, cabinet member responsible for communities and local place, at the former Warmley Pitch and Putt site

Location chosen for new Jubilee Park in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 26th August 2022
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Thousands of tonnes of carbon reduced and millions saved as LED...

jw47 - 21st December 2021
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Gavel and judge

Caerphilly man fined for fly-tipping fridge freezer

Editor - 6th October 2025
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Holiday activities in South Gloucestershire libraries

Editor - 4th April 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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An image of a cigarette end in the road

Gloucester man fined £558 for littering in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 11th January 2023
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Landlords prosecuted for renting unsafe property

Editor - 15th December 2016
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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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Council Leader Councillor Toby Savage next to solar panels

Positive progress shown in South Gloucestershire Council’s work to help tackle...

Editor - 9th December 2022
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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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Shaping the future of South Gloucestershire – Phase Two of...

Editor - 8th February 2022
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Bristol landlord fined thousands for failing to make repairs to Kingswood...

jw47 - 8th September 2020
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a bonfire burning at Rangeworthy Court

Bristol waste collector ordered to pay over £15,000 for setting alight...

Editor - 19th March 2025
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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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Wick man prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 11th October 2018
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New homes and primary school for Warmley on old Grange School...

Editor - 22nd October 2021
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SGN special edition June 2019

Special edition of South Gloucestershire News

Simon - 20th June 2019
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Next step announced for consultation on the West of England Joint...

Editor - 6th October 2016
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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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Active Travel Grants of up to £1,000 available to organisations that...

jw47 - 20th May 2024
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Volunteers thanked at community event

Editor - 6th October 2016
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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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A banner van parked on the roadside

Yate Indian takeaway ordered to pay over £4,400 following fly-posting offences

Editor - 16th October 2024
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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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Bristol fly-tipper prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 15th January 2021
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Work to start at railway bridge to support cyclist and pedestrian...

jw47 - 20th August 2021
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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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Planters in Staple Hill, South Gloucestershire

Grants awarded to support sustainable planting projects across South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 13th March 2024
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Council challenges planning decisions

Editor - 12th June 2018
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Roll out of new bins will help boost recycling rates

Editor - 11th January 2018
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Gavel and judge

Rogue traders ordered to pay nearly £46,000

Editor - 4th September 2018
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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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South Gloucestershire man prosecuted for fly tipping waste near his home

Editor - 24th January 2017
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Launch of Call For Sites process as part of developing the...

Editor - 8th July 2020
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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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New Local Plan 2018-2036

Have Your Say on New South Gloucestershire Local Plan – Consultation...

Editor - 24th April 2018
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Have your say about how South Gloucestershire grows for our future...

jw47 - 27th November 2020
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High Street changes to support traders and environment developed to help...

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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flooded road

A review of recent flooding in South Gloucestershire

digital - 29th November 2024
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Wildflowers in South Gloucestershire

Double celebration as South Glos Council celebrates an A rating for...

jw47 - 5th June 2025
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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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New ‘School Streets’ in Kingswood and Yate to help clear the...

jw47 - 3rd September 2020
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