Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman had her hands cut in a robbery in Hanham. The robbery occurred at 9.50am on Thursday 9th September. The victim, a 77-year-old woman, was walking along Hunters Road, Hanham when she was approached by another woman. The woman tried unsuccessfully to grab the woman’s bag at which point she threatened to
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Opposition is growing to plans by a Kingswood industrial estate to increase its hours of operation. A planning application has been submitted by the owners of the Bridge Road Industrial Estate to extend their hours of operation from 08:00 – 18.00 to 07:00 – 19:00 Monday to Friday and from 08:00 – 13:00 to 07:00 – 17:00 Saturdays. Local residents
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South Gloucestershire Council has announced the appointment of Willmott Dixon Construction to build the new £16 million Yate International Academy, following a thorough selection process. Yate International Academy, formerly King Edmund Community School, is part of the Ridings Federation of Academies, together with Winterbourne International Academy. This academy development will create new and improved educational facilities for the pupils and
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Merlin Housing Society has reassured tenants that improvements to their homes due to be carried out by Connaught will still go ahead. Connaught, which called in administrators KPMG last week, is one of three companies carrying out Merlin’s decent homes improvement programme. It was appointed to the programme in 2007 and had fitted new kitchens and bathrooms in thousands of
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An announcement by the company behind a new Oldbury nuclear power station to reduce the proposed size of the cooling towers is a ‘step in the right direction’ according to the area’s local councillor. Horizon Nuclear Power – the joint venture company behind plans for a new nuclear power station at Oldbury – has announced that smaller 70m ‘hybrid’ cooling
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South Gloucestershire Council has started work on expanding the A4174 ring road between Filton and Hambrook. The work is to install priority vehicle lanes on the A4174 ring road between Coldharbour Lane and the M32 junction in the West and East bound directions. These are additional lanes and will not reduce the amount of lanes to general traffic. The work
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Work will be starting shortly to install a raised level crossing on Coniston Road, Patchway. The crossing will enable cyclists and pedestrians with mobility issues or pushchairs to cross the road more easily. In order to carry out this work a temporary road closure will be in force on Coniston Road, Patchway from its junction with Waterside Drive to its
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A launch event has been held to mark the start of work on a new school for pupils with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) in South Gloucestershire. The school will offer primary and secondary provision on two sites, with the celebration marking the start of work on the project at Mulberry Drive in Kingswood, which will provide a safe,
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Police have seized around 50 suspected cannabis plants, with a potential street value up to £50,000, in a raid on a house in Yate. South Gloucestershire officers, supported by specialist firearms officers, searched the property on Thursday 2nd September. They recovered plants, hydroponic equipment and a BB gun, and arrested a 31-year-old man, who remains in police custody. The raid
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Work has started on a £500K scheme to transform sports facilities at Marlwood School in Alveston, near Thornbury. A ‘next generation’ all-weather pitch and a natural football pitch will be provided in an effort to encourage sport and healthier lifestyles. The full-sized football pitches, which can also be used for other sports, will be used mainly by students at the
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