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An image of green waste on a trailer

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

Editor - 11th January 2023
Daphne Dunning, Clerk of Pucklechurch Parish Council; Councillor Rick Dunning, Pucklechurch Parish Council environment lead; Councillor Gail Boyle, Chair of Pucklechurch Parish Council; Councillor Maggie Tyrrell, Leader, South Gloucestershire Council; Councillor Louise Harris, South Gloucestershire Council’s cabinet member for the climate and nature emergency; Richard Higgs, Director, Western Forest; Laura Norton, Partnerships Manager for the Forest of Avon and Mia Ridler, Green Infrastructure Officer, West of England Combined Authority.

First trees planted in Pucklechurch Wood as landmark step towards creating new Western Forest

Council Leader Councillor Toby Savage next to solar panels

South Gloucestershire recognised among top-10 Councils in National Climate Emergency Action Plan Scorecards

Local Plan 2023 consultation launch

Consultation launches on new Local Plan to deliver affordable homes, jobs, infrastructure and renewable energy for a better future

Page Park clock tower set for restoration

Have your say on changes to Thornbury High Street

jw47 - 21st July 2020
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Single use cups and plastic cutlery to be removed from council...

Editor - 4th July 2018
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Gavel and judge

Caerphilly man fined for fly-tipping fridge freezer

Editor - 6th October 2025
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South Gloucestershire Council shortlisted for recycling award

Editor - 1st June 2016
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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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Patchway man prosecuted following Little Stoke fly-tip

Editor - 24th February 2021
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Fly-tipping duo prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 15th February 2022
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Gavel and judge

Landlord prosecuted for non-compliance of Improvement Notice

jw47 - 28th January 2020
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An image of the Sevrnside coast looking out to the Severn Bridge

Communities in Severnside invited to help shape future of the area

Editor - 9th June 2022
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New ‘School Streets’ in Kingswood and Yate to help clear the...

jw47 - 3rd September 2020
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Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

Editor - 6th October 2016
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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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Launch of Call For Sites process as part of developing the...

Editor - 8th July 2020
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Sort It centre slip road gets green light as planning permission...

jw47 - 16th June 2022
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Active Travel Grants of up to £1,000 available to organisations that...

jw47 - 20th May 2024
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Conditional discharge and fines follow discovery of fly tipped waste

Editor - 12th December 2016
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Slough man prosecuted for failing to comply with Community Protection Notice

Editor - 17th April 2018
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Longwell Green landlord fined for breaching building regulation rules

Editor - 6th October 2016
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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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Planning agreements signed for Cribbs Patchway New Neighbourhood

Editor - 21st February 2018
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Number of tree varieties in Page Park more than doubles with...

Editor - 24th March 2017
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South Gloucestershire’s first ‘School Street’ to launch in Frampton Cotterell

jw47 - 22nd June 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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Little Stoke Sort It recycling centre to reopen

jw47 - 2nd July 2020
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CCTV of waste being placed in a public bin

Filton convenience store owner ordered to pay almost £500 for illegal...

Editor - 15th May 2025
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Have your say on the Resource and Waste Strategy: 2020 and...

jw47 - 15th August 2019
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Shaping the future of South Gloucestershire – Phase Two of...

Editor - 8th February 2022
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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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Traffic on a road including a lorry

Supermarket prosecuted for breaching conditions for out of hours deliveries

Editor - 21st March 2025
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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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South Gloucestershire’s Discover Festival

Editor - 6th October 2016
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South Gloucestershire News March 2022

March 2022 edition of South Gloucestershire News

Editor - 18th March 2022
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Cllr Ian Boulton and Cllr Maggie Tyrrell

South Gloucestershire Council calls on the Government to enforce planning requirements...

jw47 - 17th October 2024
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Fly-tipped waste

Chippenham man ordered to pay over £1,700 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 11th January 2024
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Spray insulation scams on the rise in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire

jw47 - 7th January 2022
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Fly-tipped container

Bristol man handed extended prison term following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 10th June 2026
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Pontypool man sentenced following multiple fly-tips in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 17th July 2019
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Codrington fly-tip

Two more fly-tippers prosecuted in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 6th October 2025
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Flood defence project progress impresses West of England Leaders

jw47 - 5th July 2021
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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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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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School children presented with award for local litter pick

jw47 - 21st January 2020
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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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Fly-tipped waste

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

Editor - 9th July 2025
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Councillor Rachael Hunt at Mangotsfield Sort It centre during the slip road’s construction

Mangotsfield recycling centre slip road nears completion

Editor - 6th February 2023
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The empty home at Marshfield

House owners prosecuted over empty and unmaintained property

Editor - 9th July 2025
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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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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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low emission bus

Low emission bus announcement

Simon - 29th August 2017
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