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Digging down to get to bottom of water leak
PART of Downend’s King George V playing fields is set to be dug up to try to find the source of a water leak flooding...
Thefts warning to van owners
POLICE are warning owners of Ford Transit and Transit Custom vans to take extra precautions after a spate of thefts targeting them. Thieves have been...
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‘More than just a great player, he was a great person’
Digging down to get to bottom of water leak
Thefts warning to van owners
Demand remains high for secondary school places
Quicker buses to centre– but 462 route cut back
Frenchay team wins Lego robot championship
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Lifestyle News
Concerns over Post Office counter
STAFF and customers have raised concerns over the new counter for Downend’s post office. The Post Office counter used to be at the back of...
Plants cash will make Staple Hill greener
STAPLE Hill & Mangotsfield Parish Council and Downend in Bloom have both been given grants to help brighten up high streets in a sustainable way....
April 2024: Bromley Heath Neighbourhood Watch
BROMLEY Heath Neighbourhood Watch has responded to the Metro Mayor following a dismissive reply to our work on suggesting acceptable locations for new scooters and...
Community nature reserve celebrates first year
A PROJECT to make Emersons Green a thriving haven for wildlife has celebrated a successful first year. Emersons Green Community Nature Reserve was set up...
Old school will be ‘handed to community’
FRENCHAY residents look set to win their campaign to secure the former primary school building for community use. Frenchay & Downend ward South Gloucestershire councillors...
March 2024: Staple Hill Hub
Hub’s helping hand from Freemasons STAPLE Hill Community Hub has received two donations from Gloucestershire Freemasons to support its work. A donation of £250 from...
December 2023: Downend Folk & Roots Review
DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW: HANNAH SANDERS & BEN SAVAGE + LAUREN SOUTH FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER 2020, CHRIST CHURCH DOWNEND. The sub-title of Hannah Sanders...
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Sports News
Two promotions for Bristol & West
WITH still over a month of league hockey to play, Bristol & West Men’s 4th team and the Ladies Jaspers 2nd team have managed to...
Cleeve Hill Tennis Club
I THINK “rain stopped play” has been my motto for tennis this winter, as so many of our tennis games have been cancelled due to...
Cricket returns
CARSONS and Mangotsfield Cricket Club is holding a number of friendlies in April in the lead up to the start of the league season in...
Medal haul for martial artists
A MARTIAL arts team that trains in Lyde Green is celebrating after members won 17 medals at a national competition. Students from Fishponds Taekwondo Academy,...
Opinion News
Opinion: Letters April 2024
Help make our fun day a success IGNITE Life supports marginalised young people through counselling, food support and mentoring, providing essential services across South Gloucestershire...
A Passion for life
What is Easter all about? Is it more than just a bank holiday weekend and Easter eggs? I wouldn’t be writing this if it wasn’t....
February 2024: Your Opinion
Frenchay 10k is back THIS year’s Frenchay 10k race, sponsored yet again by Star Legal Fishponds, is taking place on Sunday April 14, at...
January 2024: Your Opinion
Thanks for helping BLOC help homeless BLOC Productions’ recent musical A Christmas Carol, performed at the Bristol Hippodrome, raised over £7,000 for Caring in Bristol,...
December 2023: Letters
Greyhound mystery solved FURTHER to the article ‘The Staple Hill greyhound mystery’ (CHAP column, Voice, November), this is not a mystery. The dog in question...
November 2023: Letters
Is this the tidiest street in Downend? RESIDENTS of Cleeve Park Road turned out in force in October for a tidy-up and bulb planting in...
October 2023: Letters
Thanks for backing our bake sale ON Tuesday August 15, local independent funeral directors HG Harris opened the doors to the public as we hosted...