South Gloucestershire, England News

Social housing providers in South Gloucestershire have partnered up for a series of speed-dating for houses events, to help their tenants move.

Statistics for 2012 provided by Avon and Somerset Police reveal that the number of accidents involving injuries to one or more individual fell below 500 for the first time since 1996, to 489 incidents.

A FORMER actress, who appeared in hit television shows including Coronation Street, has been appointed head of a performing-arts department at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College.

Statistics for last year show the number of road accidents involving injuries to one or more people fell to 489 lower than 500 for the first time in 16 years.

PLANS for a six-screen cinema, restaurants and shops in Yate's overflow car park have been put out to public consultation.

St Peter's Hospice's roots were in the community nurses who visited patients at home before there was a hospice building.

A CHIPPING Sodbury pub which had been told its licence would be suspended for three months has been ordered to close before midnight by magistrates.

PEOPLE who live near the site in Yate where 2,500 homes are likely to be built have pleaded with South Gloucestershire Council to make the development as unintrusive as possible.

DISTRICT bosses have won a national award for their work assisting elderly, disabled and vulnerable people to live independently in their own homes.

Privately-owned land along the planned North Fringe-to-Hengrove rapid transit route is set to be bought by South Gloucestershire Council.

PARENTS, councillors and members of the public are being asked to have their say on changing the status of Chipping Sodbury's only secondary school.

We were not involved in South Gloucestershire but it is certain to focus their minds that Joe Public does not like being messed about.

The opening hours and activities at the Portcullis Hotel in Chipping Sodbury will be reduced following a decision by North Avon Magistrates' Court.

The new clinical-commissioning group in South Gloucestershire has announced that services will be provided by Sirona Care and Health from October, after the Bath-based not-for-profit organisation won the 11 million, five-year contract.

On behalf of one of his constituents, Newcastle MP, Paul Farrelly has challenged Justice Secretary Chris Grayling regarding Court of Protection Proceedings.

THE decision to choose Southmead over Frenchay as the site for the major acute hospital for North Bristol and South Gloucestershire caused considerable ill-feeling in large parts of South Gloucestershire.

Donna Telford, who runs The Ship Inn, in Alveston, is renowned for her on going fundraising efforts to various worthwhile charities.

BUILDING firm Barratt Homes will move its South West headquarters to newly-refurbished offices in Aztec West, South Gloucestershire, following a deal in which CBRE Bristol acted as advisers.

The government recently announced a new 982 million fund which has been earmarked for new academies and free schools in areas of high demand for places.

A PROJECT to help young people in Staple Hill get into music production has been given 23,000 in funding.