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Man seriously injured at pub
POLICE have released pictures of two men wanted in connection with a serious assault at a Downend pub. Officers say a 26-year-old man suffered serious...
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Last chance for a say on planning blueprint
PROTESTERS voiced their anger at the proposed “decimation of the Green Belt” as councillors approved a 15-year blueprint for the future of South Gloucestershire. The...
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March 2025: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW:
THE BROTHERS GILLESPIE + LIZ SIMCOCK FRIDAY 17 JANUARY 2025 How many people will pull on shades and go off and watch Timothee Chalamet’s pitch-perfect...
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March 2025: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW:
THE ROSIE HOOD BAND + BRISTOL FOLK SINGERS FRIDAY 21 MARCH 2025 The Rosie Hood Band are the headline guests as Downend Folk & Roots’...
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March 2025: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW:
DETTA KENZIE – LIVE AT LUNCHTIME SATURDAY 8 MARCH 2025 Downend Folk & Roots continue their family-friendly ‘Live at Lunchtime’ concert series this month as...
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February 2025: Downend Folk & Roots Preview
SAM SWEENEY (WITH SPECIAL GUEST LOUIS CAMPBELL) + LOU SHEPHERD FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2025 Back in early 2021, just after the Covid lockdowns when we’d...
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February 2025: Downend Folk & Roots Review
A WINTER UNION + HEARTWOOD CHORUS FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2024 There’s the smell of mulled wine in the air, hundreds of people muffled up against...
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Downend Folk & Roots Preview January 2025
THE BROTHERS GILLESPIE + LIZ SIMCOCK FRIDAY 17 JANUARY 2025 Described by Folk Radio UK as “weaving an especially compelling magic”, and “showing British acoustic...
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Downend Folk & Roots Review November 2024:
GRANNY’S ATTIC + HEATHER FERRIER FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2024 There are those that will tell you that live music is struggling, that people just don’t...
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Cleve 1sts and 2nds riding high
CLEVE have started 2025 as they finished 2024 – winning. The first team and the second team are riding high, with both unbeaten in their...
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Bowls course returns
PAGE Park Bowls Club is holding its popular course to teach the basics of the sports from next month. The course is open to anyone...
Sports
Play-offs beckon for Mangos
AS the season begins to enter its climax, Mangotsfield United remain second in the Hellenic League Premier Division. Leaders Hartpury University had a five-point lead...
Sports
Glorious win in the mud for Cleve
CINDERFORD II brought a strong team to the Hayfields, a tribute to the reputation Cleve are now forging in this league. It was no surprise...
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March 2025: Letters
Join us helping air ambulance Tony Joiner, Pete Crossman, Lizzie Corrigan and Dave Gibbs are raising money for Great Western Air Ambulance. WE are a...
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Letters February 2025
Thanks to the community I’D like to thank all in the Mangotsfield community for their generosity in supporting fundraising events. The Red Lion annual charity...
Opinion
January 2025: Letters
Bin changes a good idea I AGREE with the proposed black bin collection reduction to once every three weeks (Voice, December). If folk didn’t put...
Opinion
December 2024: Letters
Have your say on healthcare services ARE you a patient at Downend Health Group? Do you want to help shape the future of our healthcare...
Opinion
Letters November 2024
Leap Valley needs new friends Friends of Leap Valley volunteers clearing weed from a pond. MANY of you will know that the Friends of Leap...
Opinion
October 2024: Letters to the editor
Post office is a disgrace IS Morrisons trying to close down Downend post office, which actually is owned and run (ruined?) by it? Since it...
Opinion
September 2024: Opinion
Power of the press? MY thanks to the Downend Voice for achieving in ‘hours’ what an individual taxpayer and an entire parish council couldn’t achieve...