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New £1.1m pavilion for cricket club
DOWNEND Cricket Club is planning to rebuild its clubhouse to make it fit for its growing membership. The £1.1 million project would see the ageing...
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Council tax bills top £2,500
COUNCIL tax bills for the typical household in Downend will top £2,500 for the first time this year. Band D tax payers living in the...
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MARCH 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW
THE BLACK FEATHERS + HANNAH WOOD FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2026 People who make new year’s resolutions are just boring, aren’t they? What’s wrong with being...
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MARCH 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW
SHERBURN BARTLEY SANDERS FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2026 Downend Folk & Roots celebrate the week of St Patrick’s Day with a distinctly Irish flavour as they...
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February 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW
BRYONY GRIFFITH & ALICE JONES + HEARTWOOD CHORUS FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER 2025 Will you look at this place? Gorgeous lighting throwing a regal glow up...
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February 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW
THE OFTEN HERD + GREEN TREE FRIDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2026 It’s bluegrass night in South Gloucestershire this month as a highly-rated four-piece headline the Downend...
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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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Bowls course returns
A COURSE to teach people the basics of bowls will be held in Page Park from April. The popular annual course is run by Page...
Sports
Flyers win through to semi-final
IF you’ve glanced out of the window at any point in 2026, you’ll know the forecast has been fairly consistent: wet, wetter, and “is this...
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Cleve bounce back after Chippenham loss
CLEVE lost another clash with a club near the top of the table on the artificial pitch at Chippenham. Both teams were well-prepared, and it...
Sports
Mangos’ play-off hopes fade
MANGOTSFIELD United achieved perhaps their best result of the season in beating league leaders Roman St George, before falling to a defeat at home to...
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Opinion
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...
Opinion
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,...
Opinion
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,...
Opinion
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...
Opinion
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...