Kingswood in Bristol & NE Somerset - The Week In
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National award for school librarian
July 12, 2023Sally Hamerton from Two Mile Hill Primary Scholl in Kingswood has been named Primary School Librarian of the Year. She was presented with her award last night at a ceremony in Swindon organised by the School Librarian Association. When Sally …
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Kingswood MP defies his party on fracking vote
October 20, 2022In what was one of the most extraordinary days at Westminster, even by recent standards, Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore last night defied party orders and refused to vote with his government on fracking. On a day which saw the resignation …
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Keynsham man ordered to pay £1,193 following Kingswood fly-tip
October 18, 2022A Keynsham man has been ordered to pay a total of £1,193 after South Gloucestershire Council prosecuted him for fly-tipping waste in Kingswood. Arsid Hoxhaj, 27, of Carpenters Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, pleaded guilty to the offence of fly-tipping when the …
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‘Advertising signs risk more distraction and confusion at throughabout’
February 9, 2022The addition of advertising signs on the controversial Wraxall Road throughabout at Warmley risks yet more “distraction and confusion”, according to the RAC Foundation. The controversial £6.9m throughabout on the A4174 Ring Road – the first in South Gloucestershire – …
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Transport schemes to go ahead and a chance the 18 bus service could be rescued?
February 2, 2022Spending on major transport schemes including the A4 between Bristol and Bath was approved last week as more flesh was applied to the bones of the West of England Combined Authority’s (WECA) half-a-billion pound funding grant from the Government. Last …
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More road closures for work on new ring road junction
November 18, 2021Tower Hill Lane and Wraxall Road will be closed in each direction tomorrow night (Friday 19th November) for more work to be carried out on the new throughabout. The junctions will be closed from 8pm until 6am on Saturday morning …
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Controversial Kingswood redevelopment scheme is withdrawn
October 10, 2021A scheme to redevelop the former Hilltop Service Station in Kingswood High Street has been withdrawn after being criticised as a “gross overdevelopment”. Tradex Developments Ltd applied to South Gloucestershire Council to clear the site and put up a mixed …
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Kingswood residents can’t use parking permits as signs haven’t gone up
September 18, 2021South Gloucestershire Council has apologised to residents in three Kingswood streets who have paid for residents’ parking permits which they can’t use because the signs haven’t gone up. Line markings were laid in June in Moravian Road, Laurel Street and …
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Man charged following burglaries in Kingswood
September 15, 2021A man has been charged with multiple offences following an arrest by ‘Operation Remedy’ officers on Friday 10th September. On Saturday 11th September Richard Kilbane, 36, of Bishopthorpe Road, Horfield, was charged with two counts of dwelling burglary, theft of …
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Developers fail in second attempt to build houses behind former Kingswood pub
September 9, 2021Developers have this week failed in their second attempt to build four three-storey semi-detached houses behind the former Old Flowerpot Inn on Kingswood High Street. Plans to turn the pub itself into a 125-place children’s nursery was granted earlier this …
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