Work was due to start yesterday (Monday 19th July) on South Gloucestershire’s first park and ride at Hunts Ground Road, Stoke Gifford, near Bristol Parkway rail station. The site will provide extra parking for commuters using train services at Parkway Station and will also serve the regular bus services that call at Parkway. Its location also means that it is
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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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Volunteers from the community are helping neighbourhood police keep Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford safe. Since the volunteers signed up in autumn 2009 they have helped police identify anti-social behaviour (ASB) hotspots, enabled officers to seize alcohol from underage drinkers, identified 60 speeding vehicles and carried out community clean-ups. Neighbourhood PC Mark Graham said: “We asked for volunteers to help
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Assets worth almost £35,000 are to be seized from a Stoke Gifford man convicted of drug dealing. In August 2009 the man admitted supplying cocaine and cannabis and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. On Friday February 05 2010 Bristol Crown Court ordered the confiscation of his realisable assets – £15,758 in cash seized from his home and two
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a woman was deceived by an offender claiming to have her missing dog. The victim was walking in Church Lane, Hambrook on Wednesday 13th January 2010 at around 5pm. This was the last time the dog was seen. The owner has since put up posters offering a reward and has made numerous
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South Gloucestershire Police have charged a 13-year-old boy with burglary after a break-in at a house in Stoke Gifford in which two mountain bikes were stolen on January 17 2010. The boy, from Stoke Gifford, has been released on police bail and is due to face Northavon Youth Court on February 23 2010. Source: Avon and Somerset Police
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South Gloucestershire Police have charged a 16-year-old man with burglary after a break-in at a house in Stoke Gifford in which two mountain bikes were stolen on January 17 2010. The young man, who is from Stoke Gifford, has been released on police bail and due to face Northavon Magistrates on February 23 2010. A 13-year-old boy arrested in connection
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Work has started on the construction of a new bus lane in Great Stoke Way, Stoke Gifford, as part of the Greater Bristol Bus Network (GBBN). South Gloucestershire Council is to widen Great Stoke Way to allow for the extra lane but the number of lanes for general traffic will not be reduced. An additional left turn lane will also
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Police are appealing for information after a woman was assaulted while out walking her dogs on boxing day in Bristol. At around 12pm on Saturday, December 26, the victim, a 44 year-old woman, was walking her two dogs in the field area on Hatchet Road, Stoke Gifford when she was approached by a group also walking their dogs. A dispute
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Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire when a man was allegedly threatened with a machete. It happened just before 11am on Tuesday, December 1 at Mead Park in Hatchet Road. Police say the road was busy with traffic at the time. The man was prevented from driving into the car park at Mead
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