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Celebration makes healthy eating fun
YOUNG carers who attend a Downend primary school and their families got together for a celebration after a five-week course to help them learn how...
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Hire scooters allowed on Railway Path
ELECTRIC scooters are being allowed on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path for the first time under the region’s hire scheme. Metro Mayor Helen Godwin...
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January 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW
KNIGHT AND SPIERS + FLY YETI FLY FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2025 Over the years some incredible folk musicians have found sanctuary next to the altar...
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January 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW
THE BLACK FEATHERS + HANNAH WOOD FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2026 A duo who have become firm favourites of South Gloucestershire’s music lovers return for a...
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DECEMBER 2025: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW
THE SHACKLETON TRIO + THE ASHEN KEYS FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER 2025 The number three is a special thing. The Chinese consider it lucky, De La...
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DECEMBER 2025: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW
BRYONY GRIFFITH & ALICE JONES FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER 2025 December’s Downend Folk & Roots concert is always a special one, and this year looks set...
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November 2025: FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW:
SARAH McQUAID + MIKE WEAVER FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2025 “We’ve been talking about this gig for about ten years,” the gathered music lovers were told...
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November 2025: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW:
KNIGHT & SPIERS + FLY YETI FLY FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2025 ‘Folk A-Listers’, ‘Folk Royalty’, ‘Folk Icons’ are terms frequently applied to Peter Knight &...
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September 2025: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW:
LIZZY HARDINGHAM + DAN SEALEY FRIDAY 18 JULY 2025. A story broke on the folkier corners of social media today. It’s a story about the...
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January 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW
January 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW
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Shooting stars head for Caribbean contest
A DOWNEND sharpshooter is preparing to represent England at an international competition in the Caribbean. David Colegate is one of three target rifle shooters from...
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Seb seeks sponsors
A TEENAGE Downend kickboxer is looking for sponsors as he aims for a place on Team GB. Sebastian Heyes, aged 14, took up the sport...
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Ruby takes on pros
DOWNEND padel player Ruby Mathias made the last 16 in the adult category of the sport’s UK national championships. The 13-year-old Downend School pupil has...
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Cleve keep up the pressure
UNDERSTRENGTH Cleve were still too strong for Oxfordshire side Witney as they kept up their title challenge. The game at the Hayfields on November 22...
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January 2026: Letters
The scandal of the missing hospital IN 2005, a reconfiguration of healthcare provision in North East Bristol was agreed. An acute hospital was planned for...
Opinion
December 2025: Letters
Solar panels could end our toppers I AM one of thousands of people who work so hard to make postbox toppers to celebrate special occasions...
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November 2025: Letters
Hate has no home here RECENT events, both locally and nationally, have left many people in our communities feeling anxious and unsettled. Large scale marches,...
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Letters: October 2025
Scouts need you DID you know that Kingswood District Scouts have 1,089 young people who enjoy gaining skills for life in Beaver colonies, Cub packs,...
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August 2025: Letters
Get to grips with speeding e-scooters I RECENTLY experienced being very narrowly missed by several e-bikes and e-scooters on the same day whilst walking on...
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JUNE 2025: LETTERS
Great effort by cyclists THE Mangotsfield Community Association’s Spin Cycle and raffle over Easter raised an amazing £3,000 for two good causes, with hopefully more...
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April 2025: Letters
Come to the Staple Hill Expo STAPLE Hill and Mangotsfield Parish Council is inviting all residents, businesses, and community groups to two key events that...
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