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A councillor who was head of Avon Fire Authority (AFA) has been ordered to undergo training in equalities and professional boundaries after calling a female employee “stunning” and following her into a hotel room at an awards night. Cllr Ben Nutland was found to have breached South Gloucestershire Council’s member code of conduct by a standards sub-committee .

The decision in November follows a similar ruling by an AFA panel in the summer. But Cllr Nutland, who was a Lib Dem councillor for Yate North – now an independent – and the fire authority’s chairman at the time of the incident in Bristol city centre in November 2024, has hit back, saying he was prevented from presenting his evide

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