The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has today (Monday 19th) announced the street level route of the Olympic Torch Relay which will travel through the streets of Bitton, Longwell Green and Hanham on Tuesday 22nd May. Torchbearer Daniel Munden, from Bristol, will carry the Olympic Flame along one stretch of the route through South Gloucestershire when he takes part in
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Council plans to promote access to high-speed broadband throughout South Gloucestershire have taken a crucial step forward with the launch of a new exercise to confirm the areas where internet access should be improved. The council has teamed up with Wiltshire and Swindon councils to progress its plans and the three councils will be asking broadband suppliers to confirm areas
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Every home and business in South Gloucestershire will potentially be able to access broadband by 2015 with nine out of ten enjoying superfast speeds of up to 24 Mbps, thanks to nearly £3m of public investment. South Gloucestershire Council has drawn up plans to invest £2.2m of its own money in providing broadband infrastructure capable of delivering much faster speeds,
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A local government spending watchdog has warned South Gloucestershire Council that failures in the way it managed grant applications from disabled people could mean central government will cut its funding. The Audit Commission has published a critical account of the way in which Conservative-run South Gloucestershire Council managed its process for awarding Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs). Councils are obliged by
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Council plans to boost access to high-speed broadband in partnership with Wiltshire and Swindon councils have been officially approved by South Gloucestershire’s Cabinet. The partnership, first revealed last month, means that South Gloucestershire will now be among the first councils in the country to begin signing up a commercial provider under the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme. The BDUK
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Council plans to boost access to high-speed broadband across areas of South Gloucestershire have moved into the fast lane, thanks to a new partnership announced today. South Gloucestershire will be joining Wiltshire and Swindon councils as they begin preparations to sign up a commercial broadband infrastructure provider under the government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) project. The BDUK scheme uses central
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Bristol Rovers FC has announced that it has signed legal agreements with Sainsbury’s and the University of the West of England (UWE), its partners in a project to build a new stadium on land near the UWE Frenchay Campus. Subject to planning approvals, the deal will see the club’s existing Memorial Stadium redeveloped as a Sainsbury’s supermarket and a new
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Residents and local businesses are being encouraged to show their support for faster broadband in South Gloucestershire. The council is urging everyone who wants a high-speed connection to complete an online survey to help demonstrate market demand in the district. The information gathered will be used as evidence to encourage commercial operators to invest in the local broadband infrastructure as
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A press release from the Save Filton Airfield Group in response to the decision by South Gloucestershire planners to include Filton Airfield as a strategic development location (for housing and employment) in the latest revision of their Core Strategy. Monday 5th December 2011 was a sad day for Bristol as South Gloucestershire Council planners backed the termination of more than
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Many South Gloucestershire schools and libraries are likely to remain closed today as a result of industrial action by public service workers. According to information published by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) at 7:30am this morning, 67 schools in the district are fully closed today and 25 are partially closed – leaving just 14 fully open. Libraries in Chipping Sodbury, Downend,
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