Police are appealing for information and witnesses following an assault in Filton Avenue, Filton, Bristol. At around 7pm on Friday July 9 a van driver pulled his vehicle over to speak to a cyclist. The cyclist then became verbally aggressive and caused damaged to the driver’s van. The victim again tried to approach the cyclist (pictured) for his details and
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Young dancers from across the district will be showing off their moves in a variety of performances at this year’s Engage Youth Dance Festival on Saturday 17th July. School dance groups, local dance schools and other organisations from South Gloucestershire will be involved in the event, which is organised by Dance South Gloucestershire in partnership with South Gloucestershire Council and
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South Gloucestershire Council has been awarded a grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop a project which aims to get local communities involved in archaeology. The HLF has given £21,000 towards the establishment of the South Gloucestershire Community Archaeology Research Project (SCARP). The award will be used to help establish community groups and to train members of these
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Residents are being encouraged to use Filton Community Centre now that it has had a major re-wiring, thanks to one of its local Conservative councillors. There had been concerns about the electrics – which date back to the late 1960s – and how they would often get overloaded by more powerful modern equipment, including that used by DJs. The major
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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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Voting in the three parliamentary constituencies in South Gloucestershire has seen two Conservative and one Liberal Democrat candidates selected to represent the area in the House of Commons. The biggest surprise came in Kingswood where the sitting MP Roger Berry (Labour) was ousted by Chris Skidmore (Conservative) thanks to a 9.4% swing from Labour to Conservative. Incumbent Steve Webb (Liberal
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at a betting shop in Filton. At around 6.30pm on Tuesday, April 20 an unknown offender has entered a betting shop on Filton Avenue and threatened a staff member, with what was believed to be a knife, and ordered him to hand over cash. It’s believed the offender
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A group of residents in Filton are doing their bit to keep their community safe and crime-free. Residents of Charborough Road have arranged and helped to fund the installation of locking alley gates to keep the lane behind their homes secure. The large metal gates block access to the rear lane to everyone except local residents who get keys. The
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information in relation to an aggravated burglary in Filton on Friday, March 19. At around 9pm on Friday evening three unknown males have forced entry to a property on Southmead Road, Filton and were carrying, what were believed to be rounders bats. They are alleged to have threatened the victims before stealing a
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for witnesses after a woman was sexually assaulted in Filton in the early hours of Sunday, February 14. At around 2am the victim was getting out of a taxi on Kenmore Crescent when she was approached by an unknown man, asking for directions. When the victim – a 23-year-old woman – started to give
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