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Anyone for tennis at Lyde Green?
PLANS for a David Lloyd centre on a site between the ring road and Folly Brook at Lyde Green will meet a need for leisure facilities in Emersons Green and Downend, its backers say. .. Read More
What wonderful neighbours we have!
DOWNEND saw more snow in March than it has seen in the past five winters at least. .. Read More
Jean Hanmer, who led the fight 50 years ago to save Lincombe Barn, dies on her 100th birthday
TRIBUTES have been paid to Downend community stalwart Jean Hanmer MBE who died on her 100th birthday on March 5. .. Read More
Council to press for junction 18a at Emersons Green
ANY new junction on the M4 should be at Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire Council has agreed. .. Read More
Infants school to get a £700k revamp
HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds will be spent giving Christ Church Infants a long-awaited makeover after the school finally reached the top of the council's waiting list. .. Read More
Mhairi aims for Westminster
LABOUR has selected a city councillor to contest the seat of Filton and Bradley Stoke at the next general election. .. Read More
Come and join us, say food growers
IT’S the growing season in more ways than one for a food cooperative project in Frenchay. .. Read More
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Barbara's 36-year experiment ...
IF THERE'S a magic formula for being a perfect school science technician, then Barbara Freeman has certainly worked it out. .. Read More
Unique act of remembrance
MORE than 140 Year 8 students from Downend School have been visiting the First World Ward battlefields 100 years after the end of the conflict. .. Read More
Wonders of science are so inspiring
BARLEY Close Community Primary School welcomed scientists from UWE Bristol as part of National Science Week. .. Read More