Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was robbed in Somerfield Car Park, Halls Road, Kingswood. The incident occurred on Wednesday 10th February 2010 between 2 and 2.15pm. The victim was sat in her car (a blue Volkswagen Polo) when a man ran up, opened the passenger door and grabbed her handbag. The victim grappled with him, the straps
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South Gloucestershire residents are set to benefit from a range of health, children’s, young people and family services on their doorstep after the opening of the Yate West Gate Centre on Monday 8 February. The Centre is a joint venture between NHS South Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire Council so that residents can access a wide range of services all in
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Assets worth almost £35,000 are to be seized from a Stoke Gifford man convicted of drug dealing. In August 2009 the man admitted supplying cocaine and cannabis and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. On Friday February 05 2010 Bristol Crown Court ordered the confiscation of his realisable assets – £15,758 in cash seized from his home and two
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was assaulted in Tower Road South, Staple Hill, Bristol. The incident occurred on Saturday 5th February 2010 at around 9.25pm. A 14-year-old white make was approached by a group of around six other teenagers. They kicked the victim and punched him to the floor. The main offender is described as 16-17 years
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Young people in South Gloucestershire will be making waves on the radio during the half-term break. They will be broadcasting again as ‘Multi FM’ on 87.7 FM from the Old School youth centre in Kingswood, which is run by South Gloucestershire Council. The young people will be hosting a mixture of interviews, live music and songs from February 15 until
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for help tracing two men who threatened a cyclist with a knife and stole his bike. It happened as he was riding along an underpass by Kwik Fit on Gloucester Road, Patchway at around 1pm on Thursday, February 4. The offenders are both white. One was around 5ft 8ins tall, in his early 20s,
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Teenage volunteers have helped police and South Gloucestershire Council Trading Standards officers check whether stores will sell alcohol to under-18s. The operation, on Friday January 29 2010, focused on off-licences and convenience stores in Cadbury Heath, Kingswood, Oldland Common, Warmley and Willsbridge. Nine premises were checked by the volunteers aged 14 and 16. In three of them, the youngsters were
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South Gloucestershire Council is the first local authority in the South West, and one of only a handful in the country, to be awarded the Investors in People gold standard. The council picked up the prestigious accolade – the highest level possible – for how it is continually improving as an organisation and the way it develops its staff, leading
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A youth concessionary fares trial gets underway in South Gloucestershire as the first passes are handed out to pupils at Marlwood School. South Gloucestershire Council is running the trial of a new youth concessions scheme giving discounted bus travel to those in full-time education or training who are between 14-18 years old, offering half adult fare on all evening, weekend
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Scheme extended to Cribbs Causeway after public consultation Regional transport chiefs have approved the North Fringe to Hengrove rapid transit scheme and its extension to the Cribbs Causeway shopping centre in South Gloucestershire. At a West of England transport meeting earlier today (Thursday 4th February), it was confirmed that – following a consultation exercise – the rapid transit scheme will
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