Police have arrested two men after a car stolen in Filton crashed in Bristol. The car was reported stolen on Wednesday night, October 07 2009. It crashed in Fishponds at around 1.30am on Thursday October 08 2009 and two men were arrested nearby. Two men from Bristol, one aged 19, the other 21, were arrested in connection with the theft
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South Gloucestershire police arrested two people in the early hours of today, Thursday October 08 2009, as part of their ongoing efforts to prevent a seasonal increase in burglary. Officers on targeted patrols of burglary hotspots arrested a 47-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, both from Bristol, in Kingswood at 2.20am on suspicion of going equipped to steal. Both remain
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A taxi driver from Bristol has been fined £175 and ordered to pay around £700 in costs for operating illegally in South Gloucestershire. On Tuesday 6 October North Avon Magistrates Court found Abdirahman Omar Ali guilty of trying to pick up fares in a district where he was not licensed to operate. Mr Ali, of Arley Hill, Bristol did not
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A Yate soldier who has recently been awarded the Military Cross for bravery will be sharing his experiences over a cuppa with South Gloucestershire Council’s Chair, Cllr Shirley Holloway. As a token of appreciation and in recognition of his enormous achievement, Acting Corporal Sean Keenan and his wife Claire have been invited for tea at the council offices in Thornbury
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Primary schools across South Gloucestershire will get the chance to receive the Be Safe Be Seen message as part of a road safety campaign run by the Council this month. With the clocks going back on 25 October and the nights drawing in, the Council’s road safety team is reaching out to local primary schools with a clear message: Be
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South Gloucestershire police arrested a man yesterday after a car crashed on the A38 at Alveston on Tuesday October 06 2009. Officers were called to the scene at about 8.10pm by a member of the public who had seen a car being driven erratically and then crash on a garage forecourt. Three people had been in the car. Two made
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South Gloucestershire Council has successfully prosecuted a waste carrier for allowing waste from one of its vehicles to spill onto the A4174 Ring Road. North Avon magistrates fined Bristol Waste Management £1,500, ordered the firm to pay £1,000 towards the Council’s clean-up costs, and also pay the Council’s full legal costs of £1,020. The prosecution resulted from a joint operation
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Police have confirmed that bones found in bushes beside the slip road at junction 14 of the M5 are human. They cannot say what is the sex or age of the remains, or how long the bones had been there. Crime scene investigators are continuing their work at the scene, while uniformed officers conduct a search of the surrounding area.
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Police arrested two men on Friday October 02 2009 in connection with street robberies in the Patchway and Aztec West area of South Gloucestershire. The men, both aged 20, have both been charged with two counts of robbery on Thursday October 01 2009 and one count of attempted robbery on the same day. Both men are due before Northavon Magistrates
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Echoing the metamorphosis earlier this year of GWR into Heart FM, it has been revealed that Thornbury FM, the highly successful community radio station based in Thornbury, has decided to re-brand itself. The news comes hot on the heels of Thornbury FM’s announcement that it has expanded its coverage area to encompass most of the South Gloucestershire region. True to
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