To help celebrate National Tree Week, South Gloucestershire Council and the Friends of Yate Common have teamed up with BBC Breathing Places and Guinness World Records for Tree O’Clock, a nationwide challenge to plant as many trees as possible in a single hour. At 11am on Saturday 5 December, Executive Member for Planning, Transportation and Strategic Environment, Cllr Brian Allinson,
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A wind band from Yate has won a coveted award at the West of England and South Wales Regional Concert Band Festival in Monmouth. Earlier this month Yate Music Centre’s Senior Wind Band performed a 20 minute programme of music for woodwind, brass and percussion under the experienced baton of musical director David Pagett, to scoop the prestigious Platinum Award.
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Residents living in priority neighbourhoods across South Gloucestershire are being encouraged to help shape the areas where they live. A series of ‘drop in’ sessions have been arranged by South Gloucestershire Council to help inform future action in these neighbourhoods, which have been identified by residents and the Council as places where resources could be directed most efficiently in one
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The X27 bus service is to be extended for the long-term after a successful ‘Use It’ campaign. As part of an initial council-funded 6 month extension, South Gloucestershire Council has been running a high-profile ‘Use It’ campaign since May to build up patronage on the X27 service in an effort to maintain an important bus link between the communities of
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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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A Yate soldier who has recently been awarded the Military Cross for bravery will be sharing his experiences over a cuppa with South Gloucestershire Council’s Chair, Cllr Shirley Holloway. As a token of appreciation and in recognition of his enormous achievement, Acting Corporal Sean Keenan and his wife Claire have been invited for tea at the council offices in Thornbury
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South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on plans for a cycle route between Mangotsfield and Yate. Cycling City Route 15 will provide a new north/south link between the Bristol & Bath path at Coxgrove Hill and Station Road, Yate. The route will generally follow the rail corridor using disused railway track, run along field boundaries and existing public
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South Gloucestershire Council has provided local community transport groups with seven new cars to help improve access for local residents to facilities such as doctors surgeries, dentists and for social activities such as bingo and dancing. Community transport is a range of transport provided by community-based voluntary organisations, with support from the Council, to cater for local needs which are
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Police are appealing for information following a serious assault in Yate, during the early hours of Saturday 26th September 2009. The incident occurred at approximately 2.50am when a 21 year old man was found unconscious lying on the ground in Sundridge Park. He had a serious head injury and we believe he was assaulted. Just prior to the incident he
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man indecently exposed himself to two 12-year-old girls. The incident occurred on Saturday 12th September 2009 at around 4.40pm in Littledean, Yate, Bristol. The man is described as white, aged about 60 years and 5ft 5ins tall. He had a round face with big cheeks. He was wearing small rectangle glasses
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