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New bridge reopens road to Yate
A NEW bridge over the M4 for traffic travelling between Downend and Yate is now open. The £20 million bridge carrying the A432 Badminton Road...
Crime
Law change means crash driver avoids jail
A LORRY driver who admitted causing the death of a passenger in a crash on the Avon Ring Road will not go to jail. A...
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July 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW
THE CHARLOTTE CARRIVICK BAND + ERIKA OLSON FRIDAY 15 MAY 2026 Charlotte Carrivick, flatpicking guitarist extraordinaire, has her head down, tuning. Her face is obscured...
Lifestyle
July 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW
SUMMER CEILIDH WITH THE MOLECATCHERS + FISH & CHIP SUPPER FRIDAY 17 JULY 2026 After the success of their ceilidh during the 10th Anniversary Celebration...
Lifestyle
June 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW
BELINDA O’HOOLEY + GREN BARTLEY FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2026 A familiar face returns to headline Downend Folk & Roots’ June concert. Belinda O’Hooley is an...
Lifestyle
June 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW
THE SAM KELLY TRIO + LOU SHEPHERD FRIDAY 17 APRIL 2026 What’s the biggest mystery in the world? The building of the pyramids? Some kind...
Environment
The Bristol communities proving environmental action starts close to home
Every community project starts somewhere. With a conversation. A cup of tea. A few people asking, “What if we tried this?” Or simply noticing what...
Lifestyle
MAY 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW
THE CHARLOTTE CARRIVICK BAND + ERIKA OLSON FRIDAY 15 MAY With a shared passion for modern bluegrass, The Charlotte Carrivick Band brings together four of...
Lifestyle
MAY 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW
SHERBURN BARTLEY SANDERS + PAUL LLOYD NICHOLAS FRIDAY 20 MARCH It could be said that folk can, sometimes, be a bit of a backward-looking genre....
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July 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW
July 2026: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS PREVIEW
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Sports
Graduates on the green
PAGE Park Bowls Club has unveiled the latest graduates from its annual beginners’ course. An expanded coaching team meant the Staple Hill club was able...
Sports
Mango Rocks merger
ONE of Mangotsfield’s football teams is merging with another side ahead of the new season. AFC Mangotsfield has announced a partnership with Tytherington Rocks, which...
Sports
Downend School boys are national champions
DOWNEND School’s Year 7 footballers are celebrating becoming national champions. The team won the English Schools FA Boys Under-12 Schools’ Cup with a 2-1 victory...
Sports
Double cup triumph for Mangotsfield School
MANGOTSFIELD School’s Year 10 football team sealed a remarkable double in the space of 24 hours, by winning two prestigious trophies. First the team travelled...
Opinion News
Opinion
June 2026: Letters
WG Grace – master of lawn bowls AS the summer sports season arrives it is worth noting that WG Grace, Downend’s most famous son, was...
Opinion
April 2026: Letters
Respect the common I RECENTLY collected two bags of litter collected from the mountain bike track in the wooded area of Rodway Common. This covered...
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,...
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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...