Filton police arrested a man within minutes of a robbery in Church View, Filton, on Monday September 28 2009. It happened at around midday, when a shopkeeper was on his way to bank his takings. The victim was grabbed and pushed to the floor in the attack. Local people came forward to give officers information at the scene. Police searched
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Bristol City Planning Committee has approved plans by NHS South Gloucestershire to refurbish Cossham Hospital. “This is a very exciting time. We have worked together over a number of years to agree what services the NHS will provide from Cossham. Now we look forward to seeing the building refurbished so that we can offer a wider and improved range of
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man indecently exposed himself to two 12-year-old girls. The incident occurred on Saturday 12th September 2009 at around 4.40pm in Littledean, Yate, Bristol. The man is described as white, aged about 60 years and 5ft 5ins tall. He had a round face with big cheeks. He was wearing small rectangle glasses
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Little Miss Muffet, Little Bo Beep and even Incey Wincey Spider will be helping to celebrate National Bookstart Day 2009. The theme this year is My Favourite Rhyme. To celebrate National Bookstart Day, South Gloucestershire’s Library Service is holding two special events for parents and children to enjoy singing rhymes and learn more about Bookstart. This is part of a
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Residents of South Gloucestershire will be even safer as a result of the opening of an extended CCTV service covering the district. An official opening on 29 September marks the completion of an 18 month project to provide state-of-the-art CCTV equipment across South Gloucestershire. Brand new equipment has been installed in key locations including Kingswood, Staple Hill, Chipping Sodbury, Hanham,
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South Gloucestershire Council is running two events for homeowners and builders over the next month to promote building regulation standards and sound building practice. The building ‘surgeries’ are being held at Wickes, Longwell Green between 8am and 11am on 29 September and 13 October. Two council surveyors will be on hand to assist customers with any queries they may have
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Police are appealing for information after thieves broke into a storage unit at an infants’ school in Yate, stole a scooter and scrawled offensive graffiti on a play house. It happened at Broadway County Infants School over the weekend of September 19-20 2009. The burglary caused about £150 of damage to the storage unit to steal the red push-along scooter
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An exciting new project is being launched this weekend which will provide opportunities for local people to get out and about in their local natural environment. Co-ordinated by South Gloucestershire Council, Wildways is a three year project funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces Programme which is managed by Natural England under the Access to Nature Scheme. The project
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The Chipping Sodbury Neighbourhood Team is saying ‘on your bike’ to car thieves. Neigbourhood PCs and Police Community Support Officers will be patrolling Chipping Sodbury, Yate and villages in the surrounding area on bicycles for two weeks. Neighbourhood Sergeant Adrian Fallows said: “The team will be out on high-visibility cycle patrols as part of our campaign to prevent a seasonal
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Filton’s Conservative councillors have welcomed a decision by South Gloucestershire Council’s property chief to put on hold the planned sale of Conygre House in Filton. Following a series of meetings with Filton’s Conservative councillors and the Save Conygre House campaign group, South Gloucestershire Council’s property chief, Cllr Allan Higgs, has agreed to put on hold plans agreed in 2005 by
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