Tickets for Bristol’s biggest charity firework display are now available to buy from local outlets. The event, which is taking place on Friday 1st November, has celebrated over 40 years in the city, raising vital funds for charity and drawing crowds from across the south west. Organisers say they expect this year’s display to be another sell out success and
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The organisation responsible for the Downend Firework Display has reported the event raised around £18,000 for local charities. The Great Western Round Table presented cheques to several causes including Macmillan Cancer Care, the Keynsham Scout group, the MS Therapy Centre, Children in Need and the Kingswood Scout group. It also presented £1,500 to the Kingswood Bus Project, which provides youth
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A South Gloucestershire market trader has been handed a 12 week curfew order after his stall was found stocked with 255 items of counterfeit clothing, including copies of brands like Bench, Henleys and Adidas. Amarjit Singh, 18, of Sutherland Avenue, Downend, appeared before Northavon Magistrates on Tuesday 18th January and pleaded guilty to 14 charges of possessing counterfeit goods for
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Three stores sold alcohol to under-18s in a test-purchase operation run by police and South Gloucestershire Trading Standards. Two clearly under-age girls tried to buy alcohol in eight off licences and convenience stores in Downend, Kingswood, Mangotsfield and Warmley in the operation on Friday 5th November 2010. The teenage volunteers were able to buy alcohol in two Kingswood stores and
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A 23-year-old man from Emersons Green has been fined for wasting police time after falsely claiming to have been robbed. The student told police he was robbed of his wallet in Badminton Road, Downend early one August morning. Detectives carried out their usual thorough investigation, including checking CCTV in the area, and found inconsistencies in what he had told them.
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A Downend man has pleaded guilty to 20 charges under the Trade Marks Act 1994, involving the sale of counterfeit clothing at a market held at Filton recreation ground. Luckwinder Singh, 22, of Badminton Road, Downend, appeared at Northavon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 5th October and admitted possessing fake clothing for sale. He also asked the court to take into
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Police are warning trades people to be on the alert to thieves targeting vans in South Gloucestershire and Bristol and stealing either the vehicles or tools. Officers say the thieves, often themselves in a white Ford Transit van, are targeting vehicles at building sites or parked at builders’ merchants and large hardware stores. The thieves have been described as white
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative administration has given the green light to transport schemes designed to improve road safety and beat traffic congestion across the district. As part of this financial year’s Local Transport Capital Programme, building work will start on the district’s first park and ride facility – a £1.2m scheme at Parkway station. Already-announced changes to the controversial 2+
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Police are appealing for help identifying a man who approached a teenage girl near a school. The incident happened at 8.10am on Friday 14 May in Bristol. The victim, a 14-year-old girl, was walking from the Badminton Road playing field along the lane towards the back of Downend School. She was approached by a man who grabbed her arms and
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South Gloucestershire police are appealing for people living in Downend to check their property after five burglaries in the area on Friday February 19 2010. The break-ins all happened between 7.30 and 9.30pm within half a mile of Badminton Road, Downend. DC Jason Hulbert said: “The thieves were simply letting themselves in through unlocked front doors even though the householders
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