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in TheBITTON, CORSTON, DOWNEND, EMERSONS GREEN,Week HANHAM, KEYNSHAM, KINGSWOOD, LONGWELL GREEN, MANGOTSFIELD, OLDLAND COMMON, PUCKLECHURCH, SALTFORD, STAPLE HILL, STOCKWOOD, WARMLEY, WHITCHURCH, WICK & WILLSBRIDGE FREE COPY to take away EVERY THURSDAY Issue no 266 - 25 April 2013 Your FREE local newspaper that’s BIG on news In this week’s issue ...... page 4 Gun & ammo found in raid . Cannabis farm discovered at Upton Cheyney page 6 More problems at K2 . Council involved at Keynsham site page 12 Sex offenders transfer to Ashfield . Prison authority confirms July date in 2 The Week • Thursday 25 April 2013 Keynsham Temple Street open for business Improved signposting directing people towards Temple have already taken steps to support traders through the Street businesses has been installed by Bath & North construction period, such as additional free thirty minute car East Somerset Council. A small podium is now in place parking spaces in Ashton Way car park and no on-site canteen outside the Iceland store reminding people that Temple for construction workers for the duration of the project. The Cabinet will also introduce some extra free parking into the Street shops are open as usual and improved signage town and details will be announced very shortly. Residents is also in place on some of the hoardings surrounding must also play their part in supporting local traders by choosing the regeneration site. to shop local rather than venturing outside the town.” Lynn Young, Chair of Keynsham Chamber of Commerce, said, “Any project of this size is going to see disruption for businesses in the immediate vicinity and with the temporary closure of the Civic Centre car park until September, the traders on Temple Street are not helped. That is why I welcome the small podium and signage on the hoardings directing people and reminding them that the shops are open for business. We are also keen to see the additional free car parking that Councillor Crossley has been discussing with us, and would like this at The Labbott.” The Week In on line Keep up to date with local news as it happens at www.theweekin.co.uk B&NES Council Leader Paul Crossley with Temple Street traders Follow us @theweekineditor Council Leader Paul Crossley said, “Although there is a £34 million regeneration project taking place in the centre of Keynsham, the Council wants the message to be clear. Keynsham is open for business and we want both local residents and people from outside the town to shop here. We in The Week • Thursday 25 April 2013 3 Upton Cheyney Shotgun and ammunition seized in drugs raid Police carried out a raid on a property in the village last Friday and seized around two dozen cannabis plants, a shotgun with ammunition as well as two quad bikes, believed to have been stolen. Patrol officers were joined by the neighbourhood team, firearms and dog units in a search of outbuildings on land off Wick Lane, Upton Cheyney under the Misuse of Drugs Act. The Viscount team, dedicated to dismantling cannabis factories, and Crime Scene Investigators also joined the operation. Two men from Mangotsfield, aged 20 and 68 were arrested on suspicion of producing cannabis and handling stolen goods. They were later released on police bail pending further investigations and forensic tests. Neighbourhood Sergeant Andy Hucker said: "This operation was in response to community intelligence about suspicious activity at the location. We always take on board information from local people, which is vital when we are asking the courts to give us a warrant." The Week in Publisher Keynsham & Saltford Times Ltd 8 Temple Court, Keynsham, Bristol. BS31 1HA T: 0117 986 0381 e-mail: [email protected] Editorial Director: Stephen Rodgers, Advertising: Jodie Deason, Tracy Broderick Advertising sales e-mail: [email protected] East Bristol Correspondent: Christine Rogers T: 07818 031328 in 4 The Week • Thursday 25 April 2013 Warmley NewThe new Warmley Tower Post Post Office will provide Office a 7 day a week retail storewill which are currentlybe from 24/76.30am to 11pm. She service once it opens inside Cosctcutters on Tower Road South confirmed that the public consultation process which preceded next month, Oldland Parish Council was told at its meeting last the decision had highlighted concerns from the public over week. Representatives from The Post Office attended the journey times and access to the Costcutter store, which sits on meeting to confirm to councillors that the present Post Office on the busy junction of Cadbury Heath Road and Tower Road South. Heath Rise will close on Tuesday 14th May and the new facility at Councillors and members of the public continued to voice their Costcutters would open on Friday 17th May. During the transition concerns over access and potential dangers in crossing the road period customers are advised to use either Longwell Green, in the area and it was agreed that the Post Office would work Warmley or Oldland Common as the nearest alternatives. Laura together with the Parish Council and Safer and Stronger Tarling from the Post Office explained that the new Post Office Communities Group to lobby South Gloucestershire Council for would be one of their new style retail design and would have an traffic calming measures in the area. It was also confirmed at the open counter. One of the consequences would be that more Post meeting that while there had been other expressions of interest in Office services could be provided within the opening hours of the taking on the Heath Rise Post Office Licence, these had been ruled out during the evaluation process either because the premises were too small or they were too close to other existing Post Offices. The alternative to the Costcutter site would simply have been no Post Office. Bitton Bank Holiday Plant Sale The Avon Valley Railway Gardening Group is to hold a plant sale at Bitton Station on the May Day Bank Holiday (6th May). It will be open from 11am – 3pm. All proceeds go towards the plants and gardens at Bitton and Avon Riverside Stations. Concerned residents at the Warmley Tower Post Office last month in The Week • Thursday 25 April 2013 5 Keynsham K2 - you couldn't make this up! Just when we thought this story had run its current course, that Taylor Wimpey will recognise and act upon their events last weekend took an even sharper tumble into the responsibilities towards local residents.” realms of fantasy land. As we have reported in recent editions, On the same day, Taylor Wimpey’s Regional Director Philip relationships between the developer Taylor Wimpey and local Court arranged to meet personally with some of the Dunster residents in Park Road and Dunster Road have hit rock bottom Road residents most seriously affected by the issues. A request since work started in earnest on the site. Problems with delivery from one of them for The Week In to be present as an observer, lorries blocking the roads or ignoring prescribed access and was refused. An hour later, it transpires, he also met with egress routes have been coupled with complaints over working B&NES Council Planning and Enforcement officers on the site. hours, noise and dust. While the three were together, the contracted road sweeping On Friday, B&NES Council announced they were intending to vehicle backed up and discharged its load in front of them (see sit down with Taylor Wimpey in an effort to try and resolve the above). It is not known at this stage whether B&NES is issues. A statement sent to The Week In said: “The Council has considering any enforcement action in respect of planning organised a meeting with Taylor Wimpey in the very near future infringements but at least officers have been able to witness with the aim of agreeing how best to prevent the sort of issues some of the problems first hand. that have arisen recently from being repeated. 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Initially there were problems with the information which was not stored on the hand held devices carried by Council enforcement agents, leading to the issue of penalty notices to residents with permits.