Sodbury campaigners have joined residents in welcoming news that a local road will be resurfaced later this month. The council has confirmed that, weather permitting, the resurfacing work in Hartley Close, off St Johns Way, is scheduled to start on Monday 28th February. Conservative-run South Gloucestershire Council has invested an extra £4m over the last two years to ensure more
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A tree dressing event is being held in Chipping Sodbury which will involve a range of activities for local residents to celebrate our local trees and wildlife. Organised by local conservation group, St John’s Park Conservation Group, with the support of South Gloucestershire Council, the ancient custom of tree dressing has been revived to help promote the value of trees
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A driver has been prosecuted for driving a 24 tonne heavy commercial vehicle across an 18 tonne weight restricted bridge at Chipping Sodbury in South Gloucestershire. The driver, Karen Davies of Lydney, Gloucestershire, pleaded guilty by post to North Avon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 21st September 2010 and was fined £175 and ordered to pay costs of £548.14 plus a
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information following an assault in Chipping Sodbury on Sunday (February 28). At around 2.45am an altercation broke out in the High Street near to the George Pub. A 43 year old man received a number of blows to the head as a result. Police would now appeal for anyone who may have witnessed this
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Old Sodbury on Friday. At around 6.45pm on Friday, December 18, a Peugeot 107 has been in collision with a wall on the A432 Badminton Road, between Chipping Sodbury and Old Sodbury. An 86 year-old woman was taken to Frenchay Hospital by ambulance but later
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Police in South Gloucestershire have a new weapon to help tackle nuisance – two off-road motorbikes. Five neighbourhood PCs based at Staple Hill, Filton and Chipping Sodbury police stations have been trained to ride the bikes, which will be used to tackle anti-social use of motorbikes. In Staple Hill the two officers will be targeting scramblers riding off-road on Siston
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Calls by South Gloucestershire’s Conservative councillors to scrap the region’s controversial planning blueprint have won the backing of a senior Conservative MP. Grant Shapps MP, the Shadow Minister for Housing, promised the district that a future Conservative government would scrap Labour’s Regional Spatial Strategy, as he visited the area this week to meet local Green Belt campaigners. His pledge comes
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Police are appealing for information about an arson attack on a barn near Chipping Sodbury that killed 50 rare breed chickens. The corrugated iron and timber building was set alight at around 8pm on Monday, November 9. Bales of hay and a number of lawn mowers and other gardening equipment were also destroyed. The smallholding is on Chipping Sodbury Common,
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South Gloucestershire Council is taking part in a week of initiatives to help tackle crime and anti-social behaviour as part of national ‘Not in My Neighbourhood Week’ (November 2 – 6). The council and its partners – such as Avon and Somerset Police and Avon Fire and Rescue Service – have planned a range of activities to help make communities
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An operation to drive home road safety messages to nuisance drivers in Yate and Chipping Sodbury led to nine vehicles being ordered off the road. The Neighbourhood Team worked with Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s specialist Road Policing Unit, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), Avon Fire and Rescue Service and South Gloucestershire Council’s environmental services, road safety and anti-social
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