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Thursday 6th January 2011 SH (Editor)

Free electric blanket testing available in Patchway

Residents in South Gloucestershire are encouraged to get their electric blankets tested for free on Tuesday 18th January at Patchway Fire Station. South Gloucestershire Council is providing the free blanket testing in partnership with Avon Fire and Rescue Service to help prevent the risk of fire caused by old or faulty blankets. Nationally, it is estimated that old or damaged

Thursday 31st December 2009 SH (Editor)

Woman dies after car plunges into pond

A woman has died following a single vehicle road traffic collision (RTC) on a stretch of rural road in South Gloucestershire. Fire crews from Yate and Bath fire stations were called after reports that a car had left the road and finished partially submerged in a large pond in King Lane, Inglestone Common, Horton. Firefighters recovered a female casualty, but