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Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

North Bristol NHS Trust cares for nine patients with Covid-19 in hospital

A contraceptive pill, as new research suggests too many women are not using the safest brands.

Proportion of women in South Gloucestershire on contraception fell by a fifth fo...

Total fines issued in Avon and Somerset for using a mobile phone while driving ...

File photo dated 17/06/22 of a ring-tailed lemur cools down by eating specially prepared animal friendly 'ice lollypops' at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster. There are more than 2,700 privately owned animals from wild breeds considered dangerous across Great Britain, new figures show. Wildlife charity the Born Free Foundation said an overhaul of current legislation on the keeping of animals categorised as dangerous is a "matter of urgency". Issue date: Thursday February 22, 2024.

Several dangerous wild animals legally owned by people in South Gloucestershire

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

South Gloucestershire restaurant given new food hygiene rating

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to two South Gloucestershire establishments

File photo dated 06/05/22 of an Ukrainian and Union flag flying. Up to 10,000 Ukrainians are being offered free English language lessons in a bid to improve their job prospects in the UK. Some of those who have fled the war in their homeland and settled in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be given almost 20 hours of online English learning a week over a period of 10 weeks, the Government said. The announcement comes on Ukrainian Independence Day. Issue date: Thursday August 24, 2023.

Ukraine anniversary: hundreds of refugees given shelter in South Gloucestershire

File photo dated 15/11/22 of a general view of the Accident and Emergency department at Craigavon Area Hospital near Belfast. Junior doctors in Northern Ireland are being balloted for strike action for the first time. They are being asked to vote over whether to take a 24-hour strike over pay in March. Issue date: Monday January 8, 2024.

Tens of millions of pounds needed to repair crumbling buildings at the North Bri...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings given to two South Gloucestershire takeaways

PICTURE POSED BY MODEL. A general view of a man in a hoodie holding a knife.

Nearly two-thirds of knife crime convictions in Avon and Somerset were first-tim...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

South Gloucestershire road closures: almost two dozen for motorists to avoid ove...

File photo dated 21/01/20 of BBC Broadcasting House in London. BBC local radio shows have suffered a drop in listeners amid planned cuts to their programming by the corporation, new figures show.

BBC local radio cuts 'could harm hundreds of people registered visually impaired...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to three South Gloucestershire establishments

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

North Bristol NHS Trust cares for eight patients with Covid-19 in hospital

File photo dated 03/01/21 of a general view of a school safety zone sign. Ofsted's plans to prevent further deaths following the suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry have been welcomed by her family and union leaders, but they have called for more work to be done. The proposals, which include new guidelines showing school leaders how to stop an Ofsted inspection if staff show signs of distress, have been published in response to senior coroner Heidi Connor's prevention of future deaths report. Issue date: Friday January 19, 2024.

Almost a dozen complaints about Ofsted inspections in South Gloucestershire

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

South Gloucestershire takeaway awarded new five-star food hygiene rating

File photo dated 19/05/11 of a dentist at work. Millions of children in England were not seen by an NHS dentist last year, new figures show. Data obtained by the Liberal Democrats show that 4.4 million children in England were not seen by an NHS dentist in the year to June 2023. Issue date: Tuesday September 19, 2023.

Almost 200 hospital admissions in South Gloucestershire to remove children's rot...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to two South Gloucestershire establishments

General view of estate agents signs outside a block of flats in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

South Gloucestershire house prices dropped more than South West average in Decem...

File photo dated 20/09/2021 of the scene in Chandos Crescent, Killamarsh, near Sheffield, where the bodies of John Paul Bennett, 13, Lacey Bennett, 11, their mother Terri Harris, 35, and Lacey's friend Connie Gent, 11, were discovered at a property. A series of "very stark" failures by the Probation Service contributed to the murders of a mother and three children by Damien Bendall, a coroner has concluded. Peter Nieto, the senior coroner for Derby and Derbyshire, said that while Bendall bore "primary responsibility" for the "brutal and savage" murders of Terri Harris, John Paul Bennett, Lacey Bennett and Connie Gent, there were "several very stark acts or omissions" by both the Probation Service and individuals that "accumulatively" contributed to the deaths. Issue date: Monday October 23, 2023.

Decade-high number of people killed by homicide in Avon and Somerset last year

Hundreds of operations cancelled at the North Bristol Trust

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings given to three South Gloucestershire establish...

People looking at house price signs displayed in the window of an estate agents in Lewes, East Sussex, as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said that the average UK house price has surged by £24,000 during the past year of coronavirus lockdowns. Issue date: Wednesday May 19, 2021.

Dozens of landlord repossession claims threatened renters in South Gloucestershi...

Council workers empty bins in Sunningdale, Berkshire .

Recycling rate in South Gloucestershire worsens

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: dozens for South Gloucestershire drivers over the next fortnight

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to 16 South Gloucestershire establishments

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

North Bristol NHS Trust cares for 24 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

The North Bristol Trust: all the key numbers for the NHS Trust in December

General view of an Accident and Emergency Sign at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Nearly two-thirds of A&E arrivals at the North Bristol Trust seen within four ho...

A mother holds the hand of a new baby.

Life expectancy for boys in South Gloucestershire fell following the pandemic, b...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to two South Gloucestershire takeaways

Dr Laurence Buckman writes a prescription in his practice room at the Temple Fortune Health Centre GP Practice near Golders Green, London.

Average Bristol, north Somerset and South Gloucestershire GP looking after over ...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings given to four South Gloucestershire establishm...

File photo dated 26/10/12 of of a pupil doing their maths homework as children who are good at maths at age 10 earn more later in life, new research suggests.

Hundreds of children home-schooled in South Gloucestershire – as figures suggest...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: dozens for South Gloucestershire drivers over the next fortnight

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings awarded to three South Gloucestershire establi...

Police watch the English Defence League protesters on the waterfront in Nottingham.

No action taken for nine in 10 allegations made against Avon and Somerset Consta...

Prison Guards make last minute checks to the Woman's wing.

Rise in thefts committed by children in Avon and Somerset

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

North Bristol NHS Trust cares for 24 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

File photo dated 12/09/18 of a teacher and students in a classroom. Poorer pupils are less likely to get into top-performing comprehensive schools than their peers even if there is one in their local area, a study by charity group Sutton Trust has found. Issue date: Thursday January 11, 2024.

Almost a dozen South Gloucestershire schools in financial deficit – as numbers s...

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