The inaugural meeting of Patchway Town Council’s new youth committee was held earlier this month. The newly formed youth committee met for the first time on Monday 15th November and elected Conservative South Gloucestershire Councillor for Bradley Stoke Central and Stoke Lodge and Patchway Town Councillor, Brian Hopkinson, as Chairman. Councillors in the town aim to improve the way they
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Campaigners have suffered a setback in achieving their goal of a new M49 junction in Severnside. The Highways Agency (HA) has lodged its objection to the new motorway junction – a commitment set out in South Gloucestershire Council’s draft Core Strategy as a way of managing future development in the Severnside area. In its response to the council’s recent Core
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Road safety schemes costing as little as a few hundred pounds have been put on hold by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), according to a group of Labour councillors in Kingswood. Officials working for Conservative-led SGC have had to stop working on small road safety schemes because transport chiefs in charge of the Council have frozen their budget. However, junior officials
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a robbery in Yate. The incident occurred on Friday 12th November 2010 at around 12:30am. The male victim was walking along carrying a pizza when two men approached him. One of these men punched the victim to the face which caused him to fall to the ground. While he has was on
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With new recycling services launching across South Gloucestershire from next Monday (22nd November), new recruits have been trained and new vehicles have been delivered to help ensure the changes run as smoothly as possible for residents. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and its recycling and resource management contractor, SITA UK, have recruited more than 30 new crew members and taken delivery
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Government cuts announced last month could mean that a local council is set to lose £500,000 that it had earmarked for spending on equipment for disabled residents, say Labour councillors. The fine print revealed by Conservative Chancellor George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review of 20th October, shows that councils will no longer receive any money when council house tenants buy their
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Residents of South Gloucestershire will benefit from a new NHS dental practice when Phoenix Dental opens a new surgery in Staple Hill on Monday 22nd November, 2010. The Phoenix Dental Practice on Victoria Street, just off the High Street, is fitted with the latest technology and has three surgeries. Situated in a Victorian house, it has been modernized to the
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A review of the council tax single person discount has saved £360,000 of taxpayer’s money, says South Gloucestershire Council. The council has over the past year completed a full review of the single person discount and following stringent checking a number of discounts have been cancelled. The council wants to ensure that any council tax relief which is granted, such
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Conservative councillors on South Gloucestershire Council have challenged their Labour opponents to come up with their own plan to protect local services. The challenge laid down to Labour councillors follows their criticism of Conservative plans to protect frontline services, whilst further reducing local spending on waste, bureaucracy and duplication in line with the Chancellor’s plans to tackle the national debt
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Three stores sold alcohol to under-18s in a test-purchase operation run by police and South Gloucestershire Trading Standards. Two clearly under-age girls tried to buy alcohol in eight off licences and convenience stores in Downend, Kingswood, Mangotsfield and Warmley in the operation on Friday 5th November 2010. The teenage volunteers were able to buy alcohol in two Kingswood stores and
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