Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information following reports of an attempted abduction in the Pucklechurch area. At around 1.30pm on Sunday, March 14, a 9-year-old boy was walking close to his home on Shortwood Road when its alleged that he was approached by a couple in a black car. It is believed that the man got out of
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South Gloucestershire Council recently carried out a routine inspection of mobile food businesses in the district. The aim of the initiative was to check that the operators were complying with regulations and offering the best possible service to residents. During the inspection 13 late night food vans were visited. Licensing officers discovered a number of licensing breaches including the late
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information following a burglary at a property in Longwell Green. At some time between 5pm on Friday, February 26 and 6pm on Monday, March 1, unknown offenders have forced entry to the garage at a residential property on Steel Court, Longwell Green and stolen a number of items from within. Among the items
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A turf cutting ceremony is being held on Friday 12 March (11am until 11.30am) to mark the start of work on the latest South Gloucestershire Council extra care housing scheme. Fiveways, as it is currently known, is located on New Cheltenham Road in Kingswood and will provide 40 one and two bedroom flats to rent. There will be a range
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Police have issued an appeal for information following a robbery in the Cadbury Heath area. The incident occurred at about 6.30pm on Tuesday March 2. A 16-year-old woman was walking away from the No 43 bus stop near to the Lamb public house in Newton Road. The victim was approached by a man who demanded her mobile phone, trying to
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The A4174 Ring Road will get a spring clean during March when South Gloucestershire Council conducts a clean up operation to remove litter from the verges and central reservation. Starting on 8 March for three weeks, there will be off-peak lane closures between 9.30am and 3.30pm to ensure the safety of the workers clearing the accumulated litter. The rubbish has
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West Walk Surgery in Yate is celebrating moving to its new premises in the £12 million Yate West Gate Centre today, Monday 8th March. Mr George Toogood, aged 100, and thirteen day old Joseph Nutt, the oldest and youngest patients at West Walk Surgery, have been invited to join the celebrations and help cut the ribbon on the surgery’s first
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Police are seeking witnesses to a disturbance in the Kingswood area which resulted in two people being assaulted. The incident happened at about 12.30am on Saturday February 27 in Regent Street near to the Diamond Kebab shop. A disagreement happened in the shop and shortly afterwards when the two male victims were walking towards Bank Road, when they were reportedly
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Local campaigners have revealed that a new CCTV system in Cadbury Heath has helped cut local crime by a whopping 25 per cent. Funded by South Gloucestershire Council, two new state-of-the-art cameras on School Road and Newton Road were switched on in September 2009, after campaigners called for action to tackle numerous incidences of anti-social behaviour and other more serious
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information following an assault in Chipping Sodbury on Sunday (February 28). At around 2.45am an altercation broke out in the High Street near to the George Pub. A 43 year old man received a number of blows to the head as a result. Police would now appeal for anyone who may have witnessed this
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