Artist's impression of a new 'anchor' store planned as part of an extension at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.

Mall Cribbs expansion plans given green light

South Gloucestershire’s largest retail outlet is set to expand after councillors granted outline planning permission for the proposals. The scheme at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway includes more than 35,000 square metres of retail floor space, leisure, and hotel and restaurant facilities alongside a new multi-storey car park, an events plaza and up to 150 residential apartments. A new bus station

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Patchway Community College, Patchway, Bristol.

Patchway school placed in ‘special measures’ following damning Ofsted report

Patchway Community College (PCC) has been placed in ‘special measures’ following the publication of a damning report by Ofsted inspectors who visited the secondary school in early October. Assigning the lowest possible overall rating of ‘inadequate’, lead inspector Kathy Maddocks concluded that standards at the school have declined in recent years, and criticised school leaders and governors for being too

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Bus lane on Highwood Road, Patchway, close to the Coniston Road junction.

Highwood Road bus lane camera nets council more than £180k in just nine months

Nearly 6,000 fines, netting a total of more than £180,000 for South Gloucestershire Council, have been issued to drivers caught by a single enforcement camera on a bus lane in Patchway. The astonishing statistics, verified by the Journal, were revealed after a frustrated motorist used a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to find out how much money the council is

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Bus lane enforcement camera sign on the Gloucester Road (A38) northbound approach to the Aztec West Roundabout.

Enforcement camera goes live on A38 bus lane at Aztec West

South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has installed a fixed bus lane enforcement camera on the northbound Gloucester Road (A38) approach to the Aztec West Roundabout and will begin issuing penalty charge notices from 21st June. The camera went live on 7th June, but the authority has chosen to only issue warning notices (letters) during the first fortnight of its operation. In line with the

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