Campaigners prepare to set off from Golf Course Lane

Marchers brave the rain to protest against airfield closure

Several hundred marchers braved heavy rain on Saturday to protest against the planned closure of Filton Airfield by its owners BAE Systems. The campaigners say the airfield’s closure will jeopardise jobs in the local aerospace industry and they are angry that South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has revised its Core Strategy planning blueprint to allow the building of 3,700 homes on

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Cycle paths near the Abbey Wood Roundabout

Cribbs Causeway cycling route plans unchanged after consultation

South Gloucestershire Council has published its response to consultation comments made on a proposed scheme to improve the cycling route between Lockleaze and Cribbs Causeway. The scheme is one of three being implemented in the Bristol North Fringe area using money from the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF). The West of England was awarded £5 million from the fund

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NHS Filton Blood Centre, Filton, Bristol

Council set to restrict on-street parking in business park

South Gloucestershire Council has launched a consultation on proposals to introduce double yellow lines on public streets within the North Bristol Park in Filton. The Council says it needs to take action because of the high level of on-street parking within the estate, which can cause access problems for delivery vehicles, especially those requiring emergency access to the NHS Filton

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New name for merged Filton College

Filton College, one of the main centres for further education in the North Bristol area, has been rebranded ‘South Gloucestershire and Stroud College’ (SGS) after officially merging with Stroud College on Monday (1st February). Public consultation on the proposed merger was carried out in June last year and John Hayes MP, Secretary of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong

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