Stoke Gifford campaigners have launched a campaign against the introduction of parking charges at Patchway station. The station’s owners – First Great Western – have notified South Gloucestershire Council that they plan to remove the free parking currently available and introduce £3 a day charging in September. The decision comes months after First Great Western dramatically increased parking charges at
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information following a robbery in Kingswood on Sunday, April 4. At around 11:15pm the victim was cycling home along Soundwell Road, Kingswood when he was approached by a group of men, commenting on his mountain bike. Its then alleged that one of the group threatened the victim to hand over his bike. The
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South Gloucestershire’s new youth concessions bus pass – ‘Youth Unltd’ – has been officially launched. South Gloucestershire Council has been working with the Youth Parliament and local schools to promote the new pass giving students discounted bus travel. This is a flagship scheme to give greater freedom to young people in the district and South Gloucestershire Council has invested £1.2million
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Police are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision on the A4174 near Keynsham. At around 5.20pm this evening (April 4) police were called to a single vehicle collision involving a motorcycle, close to the Hicks Gate Roundabout. The motorcycle – a green Kawasaki – had just travelled onto the A4174 Avon Ring Road, from the Hicks Gate
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The new changing rooms on the Emersons Green side of Pomphrey Hill playing fields were officially opened on Saturday 27 March. The Council has invested £400,000 in the new facility which is the latest stage in a comprehensive programme of new sports facilities for the community at Pomphrey Hill. Housing four changing rooms, a refreshment area, a room for match
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A group of residents in Filton are doing their bit to keep their community safe and crime-free. Residents of Charborough Road have arranged and helped to fund the installation of locking alley gates to keep the lane behind their homes secure. The large metal gates block access to the rear lane to everyone except local residents who get keys. The
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The concerted efforts to fix the potholes on South Gloucestershire’s roads are really paying dividends as the amount of potholes repaired so far this year has already surpassed the figure for the whole of last year. Since this year’s pothole repair campaign started on 25 January, the council’s teams have already repaired over 3,300 potholes, including 1,600 in February alone,
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information in relation to an aggravated burglary in Filton on Friday, March 19. At around 9pm on Friday evening three unknown males have forced entry to a property on Southmead Road, Filton and were carrying, what were believed to be rounders bats. They are alleged to have threatened the victims before stealing a
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The Appointments Commission has approved the appointment of Melanie Gibbs as the new chair of NHS South Gloucestershire. Melanie Gibbs has been acting Chair of NHS South Gloucestershire since December 2009, after the death of Sir Chris Clarke who had chaired the primary care trust from September 2006. Mrs Gibbs has been a non executive on NHS South Gloucestershire’s Trust
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The first stage of the digital switchover, allowing all viewers in the West TV region to have access to Freeview began this week. The switchover is a two-stage process which began on Wednesday 24 March and will complete on Wednesday 7 April, making Freeview available for all viewers who receive their signal from a relay transmitter. The vast majority of
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