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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
Councillor Rachael Hunt at Mangotsfield Sort It centre during the slip road’s construction

Mangotsfield recycling centre slip road nears completion

Planning changes proposed to encourage greater engagement

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

Teachers and children planting new trees

Over 5,000 new trees planted across South Gloucestershire this season

Fly-tipped waste

Fly-tippers face justice for illegally dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 31st March 2022
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Masterplan consultation launches to help develop a ‘Distinctly Kingswood’ future town...

jw47 - 19th July 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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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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Innovative new hybrid glass flood defence in place on Severn Estuary

Editor - 24th February 2022
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Zero landfill aim for South Gloucestershire waste

jw47 - 12th March 2020
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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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Siston man prosecuted following fly-tip in Henfield, South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 8th July 2021
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Pontypool man sentenced following multiple fly-tips in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 17th July 2019
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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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Bristol Man ordered to pay almost £7,000 following prosecution for waste...

Editor - 18th May 2022
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Thousands of tonnes of carbon reduced and millions saved as LED...

jw47 - 21st December 2021
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All-party agreement to declare climate emergency and take action to reduce...

jw47 - 18th July 2019
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COVID-19 enforcement action

Editor - 30th April 2020
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Michael Thompson from the Bristol Avon Rivers Trust, Jen Nightingale and Carys Peotto from the Bristol Zoological Society UK conservation team, Rowena Kenny from South Gloucestershire Council’s Climate and Nature Team and Councillor Louise Harris, South Gloucestershire Council’s cabinet member for the Climate and Nature Emergency.

Funding secured to help restore nature along the Severn Estuary

Editor - 4th September 2024
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Green ecological house in empty field

Energy efficient Malmains Drive development progresses

Editor - 31st March 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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Irresponsible dog owners targeted

Editor - 12th December 2018
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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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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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Emersons Green woman prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 21st December 2017
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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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Weekly recycling collections to resume in South Gloucestershire on 13 May

jw47 - 29th April 2020
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Measures being put in place to help social distancing and support...

jw47 - 24th June 2020
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Longwell Green landlord fined for breaching building regulation rules

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Consultation launched on the West of England Joint Spatial Plan and...

Editor - 8th November 2016
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Wick man prosecuted for waste offence

Editor - 24th July 2018
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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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Cabinet agrees social distancing measures outside of schools also supports improved...

jw47 - 9th June 2020
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Inefficient homes in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire set to benefit from...

Editor - 17th December 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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Further funding will bring more electric vehicle charging points to South...

jw47 - 9th March 2021
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Gavel and judge

Frenchay man fined following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 16th October 2025
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Wick man prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 11th October 2018
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Recycling success celebrated in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 26th September 2018
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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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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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Councillor Drew with Parkwall Primary School children and parents

School children perform wildlife show to support nature recovery project

Editor - 9th October 2023
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Bristol landlord fined thousands for failing to make repairs to Kingswood...

jw47 - 8th September 2020
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Bristol man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 1st February 2018
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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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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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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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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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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
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West of England Councils sign 10-year contracts to manage residual waste...

jw47 - 26th July 2019
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Councillor Rachael Hunt, Jacqui Harris, Martin Burton and Lucy Rees with the thermal imaging cameras

South Gloucestershire Council and Warm and Well bring thermal camera technology...

Editor - 8th November 2022
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A screenshot of the consultation system

Consultation responses sought on modifications to the South Gloucestershire Policies Sites...

Simon - 3rd July 2017
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Recycle every week from 19 June

Editor - 25th May 2017
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