South Gloucestershire Council has won a national award for ensuring that its vehicle fleet provides good value for money and stays on the road serving residents. The award of Best Performer for Transport Operations and Vehicle Maintenance was announced at the Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) annual performance conference in Blackpool and received by members of the transport services
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Residents are being reminded that there will be changes to their refuse and recycling collections over the Christmas and New Year period. As collection teams will not be working Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day, changes have been made to the collections schedule (full details here). Normal collections will be resumed the week commencing Monday 18 January. The
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A councillor representing Oldbury is setting up a stakeholder group to ensure local residents’ voices are heard if a new nuclear power station is built. The non-political group will comprise of representatives from the Parish Council and local residents with the aim of influencing the energy company E.ON UK’s plans at an early stage, including the issue of the cooling
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Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire when a man was allegedly threatened with a machete. It happened just before 11am on Tuesday, December 1 at Mead Park in Hatchet Road. Police say the road was busy with traffic at the time. The man was prevented from driving into the car park at Mead
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South Gloucestershire has been awarded a coveted ‘green flag’ in a new national report on how well public services are working together to improve the quality of life for residents. The Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) – published today (Wednesday 9 December) – found that organisations such as South Gloucestershire Council, NHS South Gloucestershire, Avon and Somerset Police and Avon Fire
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Pupils and staff at St Stephen’s Infant School in Kingswood are enjoying their new green accolade: Yellow Pages Recycling Champions for England 2009. They are also looking forward to spending their well-earned £1,000 prize money. Fifty-two schools in South Gloucestershire took part in the Yellow Woods Challenge this year, collecting a total of 16,039 Yellow Pages between them. SITA South
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Local residents and businesses are being asked to comment on plans to introduce parking restrictions in the area around the new council offices being built on Badminton Road in Yate. As part of the council’s Green Travel Plan, parking restrictions are being proposed that will cover all roads within 800 metres of the Badminton Road site, including residential roads and
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E.ON UK is holding a series pf public exhibitions to provide an update on the company’s plans for a potential new nuclear power station at Oldbury-on-Severn. The exhibitions will also provide information about studies that the company anticipates will be included in any future Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Attendees will be given a first glance at two indicative layouts of
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South Gloucestershire Library Service has launched a new online resource available in libraries across the district to help both individuals and community groups identify funding from grant-giving organisations. The online database is provided by the charity FunderFinder which specialises in information and advice about grant-giving charitable trusts and foundations in the UK. The database holds the details of over 4,500
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A Pilning man has pleaded guilty over sales of counterfeit clothing, films and games as well as possessing a “chipped” games console. Kane Goodman, 35, of Wainbridge Crescent, Pilning, pleaded guilty at Bristol Crown Court to 17 charges under the Trade Marks Act 1994 for selling and possessing counterfeit goods. He also pleaded guilty to one charge under the Copyright,
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