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A step closer to faster Broadband
Plans to promote access to high-speed broadband throughout South Glos have taken a step forward with the launch of a new exercise to confirm the areas where internet access should be improved.
The council will be asking broadband suppliers to confirm areas where connection speeds are low and unlikely to be improved by planned commercial investment within the next three years. Click below to read more...
The council will be asking broadband suppliers to confirm areas where connection speeds are low and unlikely to be improved by planned commercial investment within the next three years. Click below to read more...
Join South Glos’ Big Spring Clean
A call for volunteers goes out to community groups and residents across South Gloucestershire to support the annual Big Spring Clean, which runs from March 1 to April 30.
The Council is looking for people to join them in taking action against litter as part of a national campaign to give our neighbourhoods and open spaces a spring clean.
You need to register by Friday 24 February - click below to download a booking form.
The Council is looking for people to join them in taking action against litter as part of a national campaign to give our neighbourhoods and open spaces a spring clean.
You need to register by Friday 24 February - click below to download a booking form.
Horizon buys Oldbury land
Horizon has completed the purchase of land key to the development of its proposed new nuclear power station near Oldbury-on-Severn.
Horizon is working towards a total development of around 6GW of secure, affordable low-carbon energy, which could mean thousands of jobs. Click below to read more...
Horizon is working towards a total development of around 6GW of secure, affordable low-carbon energy, which could mean thousands of jobs. Click below to read more...
It's Panto Time in Thornbury...
Click below to view a video clip promoting the pantomime "Babes in the Wood", which features Robin Hood and his Merry Men, and is being performed by the Thornbury Musical Theatre Group at the Armstrong Hall in Thornbury between 15-18 February.
International Aid for Thornbury
The Seaview Schools at St Elizabeth in Jamaica have sent a gift of £110 to Thornbury's Christmas Lights Association. Through a Thornbury connection, staff and pupils were aware of the town’s voluntary Christmas display and decided that TCLA was a worthy cause for support. Click below to read more...
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From 'Gazette Series':
TYTHERINGTON’S famous Gymkhana will get a 44th run this summer - thanks to the Gazette.
FOR THE first time in more than three decades, Pilning’s most anticipated summer event has been cancelled this year.
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From BBC News:
Activists say Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in Homs in the worst violence since anti-government protests began, but the government denies it.
Heavy snow is forecast for most of England and Wales later, with warnings of likely disruption to rail services and on the roads.
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