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  • Get fit and healthier this year with the help of South Gloucestershire Council

    By Trucks79 at 09:33 on 13/01/12
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    OK, If you're New Year's resolution this year is to get healthier and more active then South Glocestershire Council has all the tools required to help you do just that. you could try out a number of council run activities including a Tai Chi taster session this weekend at Downend Library, Buckingham Gardens. The one hour session on Saturday 14th January and takes place from 10am to 11am, this offers you the chance to learn more about...
  • Councils making good savings thanks to part night scheme in Thornbury

    By Trucks79 at 18:13 on 27/11/11
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    Measures to conserve energy by switching off street lights between midnight and 5am in Thornbury are reducing the district's energy costs and carbon emissions without compromising community safety, council and police figures show. Council data show that the 4,000 lights now switched to 'part night' lighting are on track to save £55,000 a year in energy costs, while reducing carbon emissions by a quarter. Meanwhile separate police...
  • South Gloucestershire Council encourage residents Get active this October

    By Trucks79 at 19:07 on 21/09/11
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    From foraging for fungi to volunteering at a nature reserve, South Gloucestershire Council is encouraging residents to get active in October. They have organised a programme of events to celebrate active mind month which aims to challenge, entertain and inspire the whole family to get out and about, or learn a new skill this autumn. You will have the opportunity to start a new hobby, become a volunteer, join a community group, go...
  • Collect your Free cardboard recycling bags at a number of locations around Thornbury

    By Trucks79 at 09:05 on 27/08/11
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    South Gloucestershire Council is providing local residents that want one with a FREE bag for recycling cardboard. These bags have been introduced to help you recycle more of your cardboard waste and reduce the amount of cardboard contaminating the green wheeled bins. Some residents do not want additional containersso cardboard presented neatly at the kerbside in other containers will continue to be collected as normal. The first...
  • Clegg has good news for OAPs

    By Thornbury People at 09:00 on 21/04/11
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    DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg visited Bristol to announce that pensioners will be £15,000 better off over the course of their retirement, despite rising inflation and crippling cuts. Liberal Democrat Mr Clegg was due to visit Bristol on April 8 but his trip was cancelled when South Gloucestershire Council told him he could not use Bradley Stoke Community School for the event due to election rules, But yesterday Mr Clegg...

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