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Single use cups and plastic cutlery to be removed from council offices

Editor - 4th July 2018

Wraxall Road junction improvements complete following £6.9m investment

Landlords prosecuted for renting unsafe property

CCTV of waste being placed in a public bin

Filton convenience store owner ordered to pay almost £500 for illegal business waste disposal

Caerphilly man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

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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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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Councillor Ian Boulton and Councillor Louise Harris

South Gloucestershire Council launches ICaN initiative to drive nature recovery and...

Editor - 28th April 2026
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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 environmentally friendly electric road sweeper introduced in Kingswood as part...

Editor - 17th October 2019
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Thornbury man prosecuted following country lane fly-tip

Editor - 28th August 2020
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South Gloucestershire residents encouraged to plant their own tree during Tree...

jw47 - 25th November 2020
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Thousands of tonnes of carbon reduced and millions saved as LED...

jw47 - 21st December 2021
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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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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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South Gloucestershire Council aims for fresh approach to managing waste collections...

Editor - 5th February 2019
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Fly-tipped waste

Chepstow man handed 80 hours community service and ordered to pay...

Editor - 26th June 2025
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Planning changes will encourage greater engagement

Editor - 24th July 2018
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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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Fly-tipped waste on the roadside

Bristol woman fined following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 15th December 2025
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Have your say on South Gloucestershire’s new strategy for ‘Greener Places’

jw47 - 22nd June 2021
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Wraxall Road junction improvements complete following £6.9m investment

jw47 - 25th October 2021
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More sustainable electric vehicles added to fleet

Editor - 24th November 2016
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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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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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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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Fly-tipped fridges

Soundwell man ordered to pay over £1,400 following roadside fly-tip

Editor - 12th November 2024
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Rogue traders fined and banned from cold calling anywhere in UK

jw47 - 12th September 2019
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Shaping the future of South Gloucestershire – Phase Two of...

Editor - 8th February 2022
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Last chance for public engagement on final draft of West of...

Editor - 4th January 2018
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Page Park clock tower set for restoration

Editor - 1st June 2016
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Prosecution follows waste filmed thrown from car window

Editor - 10th January 2017
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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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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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SGN special edition June 2019

Special edition of South Gloucestershire News

Simon - 20th June 2019
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New land supply analysis strengthens council’s hand to resist speculative development

Editor - 18th December 2018
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Trio of fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 8th March 2017
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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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Cabinet agrees social distancing measures outside of schools also supports improved...

jw47 - 9th June 2020
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COVID-19 enforcement action

Editor - 30th April 2020
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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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Page Park turf cut event

Editor - 24th November 2016
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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...

Editor - 28th November 2025
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Update on the Yate warehouse fire

Editor - 26th October 2017
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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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Major investment to prevent flooding on South Gloucestershire roads as resilience...

jw47 - 8th March 2021
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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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The exterior of Badminton Road office in Yate.

Wind power project for Pucklechurch to be explored in detail as...

jw47 - 15th July 2025
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A plan for Yate to flourish and prosper – consultation on...

jw47 - 21st June 2021
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Landlords prosecuted for renting unsafe property

Editor - 15th December 2016
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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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An aerial image of the green South Gloucestershire countryside

Have your say on South Gloucestershire’s Climate Change Strategy

Editor - 19th December 2017
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Codrington fly-tip

Two more fly-tippers prosecuted in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 6th October 2025
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Licensing for larger privately rented properties set to change

Editor - 24th July 2018
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Flood gate testing

ASEA flood defence project commissions flood gates and glass panel flood...

Editor - 1st March 2023
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