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Police patrols to be stepped up

8:30am Friday 10th July 2009

POLICE are stepping up patrols in Chipping Sodbury High Street after an outbreak of late-night criminal damage.

Wildlife is thriving in grounds of a nuclear power station

3:30pm Thursday 9th July 2009

OLDBURY Power Station has been praised for its work with wildlife conservation.

Toxic air needs special attention

2:36pm Thursday 9th July 2009

AIR pollution at Cribbs Causeway is so toxic that the area is due to be given special attention.

Appeal to bring council into 21st century

Dodington Parish Council Chairman Mandy Sainsbury and Cllr June Kent

1:51pm Thursday 9th July 2009

AN APPEAL has been launched in Dodington to bring the council into the 21st century.

Closure notice put up outside primary school

11:15am Thursday 9th July 2009

CLOSURE notices were put up outside a Yate primary school this week, two months ahead of schedule, in a move that has shocked the local community.

Assurances given to residents over new nuclear power station plans

11:06am Thursday 9th July 2009

NATIONAL energy firm E.ON has reassured Oldbury residents that they will not start building the proposed new nuclear power station without permission from central government.

Council homes could be sold off

8:30am Thursday 9th July 2009

COUNCIL homes in the Stroud district could come under new ownership - despite the authority's chief executive assuring residents this wouldn’t happen just six weeks ago.

Radical shake-up planned for sixth form studies

8:20am Thursday 9th July 2009

FURTHER education in Yate and Chipping Sodbury is set to undergo a radical shake-up after two schools pulled out of a sixth form programme.

Council spent over £200,000 paying bills twice

3:51pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

AROUND £240,000 of tax-payers money has been spent on paying bills twice.

Waste incinerator plans are backed by residents

People give their views at the consultation event yesterday

3:30pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

PEOPLE on Severnside have had their say on ambitious plans for a waste incinerator which could power up to 50,000 local homes.



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