South Gloucestershire Council has taken legal action over a house in Coalpit Heath which has been empty for over 16 years. The action coincides with a National Week of Action on Empty Homes which runs from 23 to 27 November. The property is being made the subject of an Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMO) as part of the council’s Empty
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Two Patchway Neighbourhood Police Community Support Officers found a cannabis factory after responding to anonymous information. Pat Gardener and Rob Hendra went to Rodway Road on Wednesday November 25 2009 after reports that of suspicious behaviour at a house. They found a house which had been left insecure and went in to check the property. Inside, they found 50 cannabis
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A wind band from Yate has won a coveted award at the West of England and South Wales Regional Concert Band Festival in Monmouth. Earlier this month Yate Music Centre’s Senior Wind Band performed a 20 minute programme of music for woodwind, brass and percussion under the experienced baton of musical director David Pagett, to scoop the prestigious Platinum Award.
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Police are appealing for information after a disabled woman was subject to abuse in Thornbury on Saturday, October 31. At around 1:30pm to 2pm the victim, a 35-year-old disabled woman, was sitting on a bench on High Street, Thornbury when a coach stopped nearby. It’s alleged that three male passengers from the coach approached the victim, touched her and sang
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South Gloucestershire Library Service has launched a new online resource available in libraries across the district to help both individuals and community groups identify funding from grant-giving organisations. The online database is provided by the charity FunderFinder which specialises in information and advice about grant-giving charitable trusts and foundations in the UK. The database holds the details of over 4,500
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Conservative councillors have slammed the Government after it revealed plans to slash South Gloucestershire Council’s bus budget by £340,000. The funding cut is proposed as part of plans announced recently by the Department for Transport (DfT) to change the distribution of funding for the national concessionary travel scheme for the 2010/11 financial year. At £340k, this is the biggest loss
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Calls by South Gloucestershire’s Conservative councillors to scrap the region’s controversial planning blueprint have won the backing of a senior Conservative MP. Grant Shapps MP, the Shadow Minister for Housing, promised the district that a future Conservative government would scrap Labour’s Regional Spatial Strategy, as he visited the area this week to meet local Green Belt campaigners. His pledge comes
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A Pilning man has pleaded guilty over sales of counterfeit clothing, films and games as well as possessing a “chipped” games console. Kane Goodman, 35, of Wainbridge Crescent, Pilning, pleaded guilty at Bristol Crown Court to 17 charges under the Trade Marks Act 1994 for selling and possessing counterfeit goods. He also pleaded guilty to one charge under the Copyright,
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Work to remove a controversial extension of the ‘2+ lane’ on the A4174 ring road has been completed this week after a campaign by local councillors. In 2004, the A4174 High Occupancy Vehicle Lane (HOV) – otherwise known as the 2+ lane – was extended from the Church Lane overbridge to the Wick Wick roundabout on an experimental basis. At
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Conservative councillors have welcomed the completion of a new £2.5m state-of-the-art sports hall at Hanham High School, South Gloucestershire. Funding for the scheme was agreed in 2007 after a major campaign was launched by Hanham Conservative councillors, John Goddard, Heather Goddard and June Bamford. As part of the campaign, a petition was delivered to local households. The new state-of-the-art facility
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