Nominations for the the Chair of South Gloucestershire Council’s Community Awards 2011 are now open. The awards scheme provides an opportunity to nominate people in South Gloucestershire who have made a difference to their communities. Winners will be chosen by a panel which includes the Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, Cllr Janet Biggin and a representative from this year’s sponsors,
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Labour councillors in South Gloucestershire have ‘called in’ a decision of the ruling Conservatives that would lead to massive changes to the way the council runs its services. The main thrust of the Tory proposals is a “vision” in which the council provides fewer services directly, but instead commissions them from external providers. The vision was agreed by the ruling
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South Gloucestershire Council’s road safety team will be hosting a free educational car seat check clinic with Road Safety GB, the road safety organisation that represents over 200 local authority road safety teams across the UK. Visit the free clinic at Asda, Cribbs Causeway on Tuesday 2nd November between 10am and 3pm to have your child car seat checked and
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Local MP Jack Lopresti has re-ignited the campaign to see Concorde 216 returned to public display. Mr Lopresti, the Conservative MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, has tabled an Early Day Motion calling for all interested parties to come together to find a solution to the issue. The motion is worded as follows: Public display of Concorde “That this House
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A call by Labour and LibDem councillors on South Gloucestershire Council to think again on plans to provide hundreds more home care hours for the elderly has been branded ‘bizarre’ by the authority’s Conservative Cabinet Member for Community Care and Housing. It follows a request by Labour and LibDem councillors for the Conservative-run authority to re-consult on using an external
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Budding young engineers from five schools in Bristol and South Gloucestershire are set to take up the task of researching, designing and building solutions to real engineering problems. Hanham High School (Bristol) will host the Faraday engineering challenge day on Thursday 4th November. Teams from Yate International Academy (Bristol), Mangotsfield School (South Glos), Sir Bernard Lovell School (South Glos) and
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A major change to South Gloucestershire’s proposals to provide new Elderly Persons Homes (EPH) will have to be reconsidered, a council committee decided yesterday (27th October). Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors joined forces to insist that a U-turn by the ruling Conservatives should be consulted on. Back in February, the Conservative Cabinet agreed a new strategy for supporting older people,
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Six months after the tragic death of Barry Rubery his grandchildren have made an emotional appeal to bring his killers to justice. Barry, 69, was brutally attacked outside his Iron Acton home on Wednesday 28th April this year. Detectives know he had been out with friends and returned to Crossing cottage at around 10:45pm, he was found with significant injuries
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South Gloucestershire Council has been helping to bring some Hollywood glamour to the district. The council has been promoting South Gloucestershire as a desirable location to film, which has helped to attract a wide range of productions, from the latest blockbusters such as Harry Potter, to period dramas such Larkrise to Candleford, and ongoing filming with Casualty and Skins. The
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Police are appealing for information and witnesses following an incident of arson in Rudgeway. At around 3am on Tuesday 19th October, unknown offenders entered onto the driveway of a property in Gloucester Road, Rudgeway and set alight a Mercedes C class car. They then threw a brick through the window of the property. The car burnt out causing significant damage.
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