The Week in East Bristol & North East Somerset FREE Issue no 388 10th September 2015 Read by over 30,000 people every week In this week’s issue ...... page 9 Referendum for B&NES Mayor . . . Election petition successful page 22 Brislington library reprieved . . . But opening hours to be cut page 24 New schools open this term . . . New primary and studio schools
ANext Tuesday's better public consultation exhibitionfuture very sensibly for Keynsham? brings together a number of issues concerning the future development of Keynsham over the next 15 years. The 'placemaking' operation which fleshes out the aims and ambitions of the Core Strategy and the Draft Transport Plan are key among these, but air quality management and the euphemistically named 'conservation area' strategy will all get an airing on 15th September at the Key Centre. One document you probably won't see there is called 'The Heart of Keynsham' but it is well worth getting your hands on a copy before you visit the exhibition or respond to the council consultation.
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e forIt has notKeynsham? been produced by B&NES officials or expensively recruited consultants, it has been written by local people who have witnessed the changes of the last two decades and considered the potential challenges for the future from the inside looking out. Author Terry Edwards lives in Mayfields and over the last 18 months has consulted with local residents and organisations, as well as wearing out a considerable amount of shoe leather walking around the Keynsham town centre and periphery to see Station Road if a better future could be imagined with just a little more courage and foresight. At 30 pages, it's a bit of a tome and the space constraints of our The result is NOT a simple wish list or an uncosted string of own publication limit the detail of a report. But as the title makes demands. It is an invitation for those who are ultimately clear, Terry Edwards' concern is the heart of Keynsham - how responsible for making the decisions which will affect best it can survive as a community rather than simply a Keynsham's future to consider the wider picture. Currently the shopping destination. B&NES Council Core Strategy looks forward as far as 2029 and Connectivity for pedestrians is a vision he shares with B&NES' forecasts a minimum 20% population increase. The Draft officials but he has rather more radical suggestions on how to Transport Plan includes no infrastructure investment and a raft achieve this. Take the railway station, for example. Much has of suggestions which the report acknowledges will have only a been made of the increased reliability on public transport and minimal impact. the development of over 600 homes and a retirement village at Significantly, The Heart of Keynsham calls itself a CAN DO, Somerdale. This report looks at the raised embankment rather than a CAN'T DO document. It doesn't use acronyms opposite the station on the edge of Somerdale and questions and technical jargon but rather affectionately refers to key whether this is perfect terrain for a tiered car park and bridge elements such as the Civic Centre as the Golden Temple and across the road to link with the station footbridge. the Riverside block as the Big Brown Elephant. Continued on Page 5
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Workclock to install Keynsham's launch new clocktower on Market Walk by the new Civic Centre began this week. The six-metre tower is the work of artist Sebastien Boyesen whose design was selected following public consultation and voting last year. It uses a patchwork of glass and acrylic panels to capture the history of the town, past and present. The launch and unveiling is due take place on Saturday 19th September.
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A better future for Keynsham? Continued from page 3 infrastructure investment in Keynsham. Its own Draft Transport Plan identifies the biggest problem as the volume of through Then there is Bath Hill. B&NES' Draft Transport plan highlights traffic which has to cross the town. While the Ashmead Lane the volume of traffic which accesses the town centre up Bath bypass has been talked about for over 10 years, the report Hill. So why not head it off at Bath Hill East with a multi-storey dismisses that idea as too expensive and long term. Let's not car park and level pedestrian link across to the Big Brown forget either that while the Civic Centre has been sold to us as Elephant - sorry, the Riverside, once redeveloped. the catalyst for Keynsham's economic regeneration, it is first With the fire station due to move to Hicks Gate, why redevelop and foremost a cost effective means of re-homing council the Temple Street site as the Fire Brigade HQ? Can't that go to departments. Hicks Gate as well? And why not move the ambulance station Nothing in The Heart of Keynsham will ever come to pass in Park Road for that matter to free up valuable space for without the intervention of local and central government, as well housing. Rather than another office block between the Civic as the support of commercial developers. While public Centre and the redeveloped (presumably for housing) consultation is a necessary part of any council project these Riverside, why not something which would draw people in and days, many in Keynsham will have reason to believe this is be part of the Keynsham community? A Bath Guildhall style usually of the 'tick-box' variety and that the views of residents market, for example? are seldom given serious consideration. If The Heart of The Heart of Keynsham makes many 'what if' suggestions, Keynsham is at least read in the corridors of power and some which would have severe consequences for businesses like of its recommendations considered further, the people of Kwik Fit and organisations such as the Scouts. It is for this Keynsham may for the first time, feel they have had some input reason it must be emphasised it is not a blueprint, just a into the future of their town. discussion document. It will be too easy for bureaucrats to scoff The Heart of Keynsham is available in PDF format for and ask where all the money is coming from but that would downloading from The Week In website. Go to detract entirely from the aims of The Heart of Keynsham. www.theweekin.co.uk and then "A better future for Keynsham" B&NES Council has a shocking record when it comes to in the News section.
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Thesponsored 1st Kingswood Baden Powellexpedition Scouts undertook a sponsored expedition to raise funds to install a Public Access Defibrillator outside Cock Road Methodist Church, where they meet. Group Scout Master Sarah is disabled and continues to do Scouting with the aid of her mobility scooter that partly compensates for the limitations of Elhers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder. The expedition involved Sarah travelling over 40 miles in four days on her mobility scooter, travelling from her home in Portishead to Scouts and back again, avoiding roads as much as possible, with various members of the group, friends and supporters joining her for various sections. If you would like to sponsor the Scouts or find out more about the group, either for young people or adult opportunities, email [email protected]
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FeteSt Mary's Church fete raises was opened on Saturday by£4,700 Connie Williams - just three days shy of her 100th birthday. Connie was introduced by MP Chris Skidmore who then joined the crowds in singing Happy Birthday to her, accompanied by Oldland Brass. Hundreds of people enjoyed the fete's many attractions, including a dog show, the Bristol Morris Men, ballet dancing, medieval archery skills and an egg throwing competition.
There were stalls and traditional games, and Bitton Parish History Group and Bitton Road Runners invited visitors to find out more about what they do. In the church itself, there was an exhibition of gold embroidery and visitors enjoyed tea and cakes and music by pianist Natalie Morton. There was also the opportunity to climb to the top of the tower for stunning views. At nearby Church Farm there was an art exhibition and cream teas with music from the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Bitton. Connie with Chris Skidmore, Rev Jeremy Andrew & Lexi, The fete raised over £4,700 and forms part of year-round efforts who presented her with flowers to raise funds and maintain the Grade I listed church.
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Keynsham B&NES Christmas tree festival Referendum will be held next year on an elected Mayor The petition for an elected mayor for Bath and North East Somerset has reached the number of valid entries legally required to kickstart a referendum. The council notified the organisers on Monday that the total number of valid petitioners had met the statutory number set out by the Local Government Act 2000. The strict guidelines required the council to check each entry individually against the current register of electors. St John's Church Christmas tree festival will take place this year on 4th, 5th & 6th December. The council established there were 6,818 entries which The organisers are currently producing the final information and matched the electoral register and 2,789 entries which did letters will shortly be sent out to local groups and associations. not. The total number of valid entries required to validate For more information email [email protected] or call the the petition was 6,437. Parish Office on 0117 986 3354. In order to be a valid entry, each person must be on the local register of electors. Everyone signing the petition is required to provide their full first name, surname and South Glos address and the date on which he or she signs the petition. The referendum will most likely be held early next year and Alert over fake money Police are warning businesses to be on the lookout for fake further details will be announced in due course. If a majority Scottish £20 notes. of residents vote for a mayor, there will be a contest, with There have been recent attempts to pay for goods in the area the winner elected to serve for four years. with the counterfeit cash. An elected mayor would replace the role of council leader An Avon & Somerset police spokesman said the public and in and campaigners believe the role - as in Bristol - would be particular shopkeepers and bars were being asked to make their a better and more democratic answer to the challenges staff aware of these notes and where possible to use a facing the district, such as traffic congestion and housing counterfeit security pen. needs. Any instances should be reported using the 101 number.
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skateboarding, there's not excessive noise (like I said earlier, I acknowledge that skating does make noise but the Letters noise barrier will sort that out) there's no Why the party politics? 'skanky drug dealers' down there and Dear Stephen, it's generally a good atmosphere. I have just received the Lib Dem Focus I just wish people would see it for its on Saltford newsletter. In it Andy Wait good points and not just bad. It gives us and Duncan Hounsell have asked all a place to go and it gives us B&NES Council for a review of how they something to do and it gets kids off the calculate the subsidy for Dial a Ride, streets when there's a lack of things to because the subsidy per passenger in do for youth in the area. Keynsham is less than that in Midsomer Jake Norton and Radstock. This is a bit rich - why didn't the Lib A box-ticking exercise? Dems review the situation while they Dear Sir, were in power for four years in B&NES? It seems that Keynsham is about to be Even more worrying from the Saltford short-changed yet again. point of view, is that the so-say To be fair to people who have I, along with many others in the area, INDEPENDENT parish councillors have complained, skating does make a bit of a use the leisure centre hall during the day made the same request to B&NES. noise and a few local kids do gather to two or three times a week. We have Quite why the parish council is following socialise but I've been down there been informed that there are "exciting Lib Dems and involving itself with almost every day since it was built and new developments" in the pipeline. We playing party politics is difficult to I've never seen it 'littered in nos were impressed until we realised that understand, when we have so many canisters' and I've never seen 'condoms there was no mention of a replacement other problems in Saltford, including the on the floor' and I just read that the sports hall included in the plans. excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide skatepark has ruined someone's life. Many of us wrote asking clarification to (which it is claimed kills 60,000 people a Here's how it is from our point of view the council and have had absolutely no year in the UK) on Bath Road, due to the (people who actually ride there and use response. high levels of traffic. the skatepark as it's meant to be used). Next week there seems to be a chance Reg Williams There are a few people from Cadbury to comment on future development Saltford Heath who come down every now and plans. The more cynical amongst us then who have nothing better to do than may well assume this 'consultation' ticks See the skatepark for its make noise, smash stuff up and just be a box before the plans go ahead, regardless. good points general idiots. We would like to know whether or not Dear Editor, We would love to see the old hut I'm a local skateboarder, one of those reopened and we'd love to be doing there will be any provision of a sports who were involved a few years ago with charity events and activities for the hall in the Keynsham area for use during the initial ideas and planning etc. I've community but everyone seems to have the day. Many older people are been reading about the skatepark in The painted us with the same brush at the encouraged to exercise - it seems a Week In for a while now and I'm just others. The truth about the skatepark is shame that such a valuable facility is to wondering why it all seems so over- when the idiots aren't there, we sit be lost. dramatic? around, skate and talk about Lindsey Allen
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and compare it with Bristol, there may as comes to healthcare, South well be a Berlin wall running through the Gloucestershire, at the very least, needs county boundary: on one side is Bristol to be treated as an equal partner to Letters with several thousand pounds per head Bristol. Healthcare more funding than South Best wishes, Dear Stephen, Gloucestershire. Yes, we have had an Chris Skidmore MP Further to Adam Boyden's letter incredibly welcome health funding Kingswood regarding healthcare funding in South increase of 7% in the past year - the 17th Gloucestershire mentioning that he had largest rise in the country - but we need Seeing red over taxi drivers raised the issue with me during the a fairer funding settlement. We have the Dear Stephen, General Election, I wanted to make sure f40 group for schools, and we need the Having driven and ridden since early residents were aware that I have already same in healthcare to ensure that South 1968, horses, bikes, motorbikes, cars, been actively pursuing the case in Gloucestershire residents get the trucks of varying sizes and even tanks, Westminster since being re-elected as healthcare that they desperately not only in the UK but worldwide, the one Kingswood's MP, and will continue to do deserve.” standard has always been traffic lights, so. During a debate on healthcare The funding gap between Bristol and basically red being 'stop' and green 'go'. funding in South Gloucestershire on 14 South Gloucestershire is a historic one I like to keep abreast of things and July, in which myself, together with local that goes back over a decade, based on although there have been some MPs Jack Lopresti and Luke Hall spoke, deprivation, but I believe that greater changes in parts of the Highway Code, I I made the point to the Health Minister account needs to be taken of the age of have yet to find any regarding traffic Jane Ellison that: a resident population in funding lights, that is unless there has been any “With 30% growth in the over-65s allocations. Progress has been made in special dispensation put in place for taxi demographic since 2004, there will be increasing the healthcare budget for drivers. On a number of occasions problems with co-morbidities and long- South Gloucestershire, but I will where crossings are light controlled, I term chronic illnesses, which affect continue to raise, just as I have done so have been 'cut up' by taxis, as I have everyone once we reach a certain point for Kingswood's schools as a member of noticed others in the same position. If in life. That is what we need to deal with the f40 group of MPs campaigning for there are any taxi drivers out there who in South Gloucestershire, but we can increased education funding, which has could enlighten me, I would be forever only deal with it with improved funding. led to a record rise in the per pupil grateful. Thank you. When we look at South Gloucestershire funding for schools locally, when it Barrie Parker
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TheNew area around DVD south Bristol, includingexplores Keynsham, was central Somerset recently featured in a DVD made by local historical documentary film-makers 1st Take and written and presented by Somerset author Henry Buckton. The film, entitled Discovering Somerset Volume One, took a tour of the area visiting interesting places including Portishead, Clevedon, Pill and the Clifton Suspension Bridge. At Keynsham the film showed how the town was affected both during the English Civil War and Monmouth Rebellion. A second film, called Discovering Somerset Volume Two, is now available for anyone who wishes to continue the tour. Among the places visited in the film is Burnham-on-Sea, where you will learn about the town's famous lighthouses and piers. Neill Bonham, of the Glastonbury Antiquarian Society, talks about about the Glastonbury lake villages, and we also learn about the history of the abbey and tor and the many myths and legends connected with them, including that of Joseph of Arimathea who brought Christianity to Britain, and the fabled Isle of Avalon, the final resting place of King Arthur. The film also looks at the possibility that Cadbury Castle was the site of Arthur's legendary Camelot. anniversary of the show being held on its permanent site. There is also an inside look at the Bishop's Palace in Wells The film is now available on DVD and anybody interested in before going to Shepton Mallet and Cranmore to visit the East obtaining a copy visit their website at www.1st-take.com or Somerset Railway. Paul Hopper, of the Royal Bath and West phone 01454 321614. They are a planning a third film, so the Society, is interviewed at the showground on the 50th trilogy will cover the entire county.
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Petition as campaigners step up fight for Frenchay Community Hospital Campaigners have launched a petition to support their and it was for everyone fight for the promised Frenchay Community Hospital. over the age of 18.” In 2005 Southmead Hospital was selected over Frenchay as She said failure to the site for a new acute hospital. A community hospital was provide a community promised on the Frenchay site, providing up to 68 inpatient hospital at Frenchay beds for people needing rehabilitation. affected all patients in Campaigners have been pressing for years for this community South Gloucestershire, hospital which they say is vital to prevent bed-blocking and long Bristol, Bath and North waits by patients for treatment. The new hospital at Southmead East Somerset. has only 800 beds where once there were 1,400. The petition is online at https://home.38degrees.org.uk/?s= However, South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group save+frenchay+community+hospital has moved away from the concept of a community hospital. Meanwhile in their latest newsletter, the CCG says it is making Barbara Harris, from the Save Frenchay Community Hospital “good progress” with plans to transform rehabilitation, recovery Group, said this week: “The CCG is intending to provide beds and reablement (3Rs) services in partnership with South Glos in nursing homes instead of our much-needed Frenchay Council.The CCG says: “This work will see the introduction of a Community Hospital. new community-based, individual focused model of care in “We are not persuaded that the provision of beds in nursing South Gloucestershire, and will include provision of new homes would be of the same high standard of intermediate care community rehabilitation services at Frenchay and Thornbury. currently being provided, (but only on an interim basis), in Elgar “In March our governing body agreed that we will work with House, Southmead. All reconfigurations, by law, must improve Sirona Care & Health and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) to on the standard of care and provision they replace. Nursing deliver the service. Further details on the long-term home care is not equal to that provided in a community hospital. arrangements will be presented to the CCG's governing body in In 2005 we were promised a community hospital offering 'step November and, subject to these being agreed, work will up' and 'step down' beds into and out of Southmead Hospital continue to finalise plans for approval in March 2016”.
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Emersons Green Six charities receive donations from caring company Six local charities were presented with cheques at the Emersons Green offices of multi-national company Knorr- Bremse UK last week. Since the devastating tsunami in South East Asia in December 2004, air braking systems firm Knorr-Bremse, which has its headquarters in Munich, has been providing carefully targeted support for people in need via the charitable organisation Knorr- Bremse Global Care, set up in January 2005. To mark the 10th anniversary of Knorr-Bremse Global Care, efforts have been focused on supporting local charities nominated by employees. Also receiving £750 was Paul's Place, which provides support for And collecting cheques at the firm's Century House on Emerald physically disabled adults in a safe and social environment, and Park East in Emersons Green on Wednesday were the Bristol PAWS-GIST which was founded by Doynton mum Jayne Area Stroke Foundation, cancer charity PAWS-GIST, Paul's Place Bressington after her daughter Eve was diagnosed with a rare at Coalpit Heath, Warmley Rangers Football Club Under 10s, gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST). PAWS stands for Bitton Juniors AFC Under 9s and the Bristol-based Imperial Junior Paediatric Adolescent Wild-type & Syndromic GIST. Netball Club. The PAWS-GIST national alliance was formed as a joint effort Bristol Area Stroke Foundation, which received £750, has between patients, carers and healthcare professionals, to raise professional staff and volunteers who offer guidance and support awareness, improve treatments, stimulate research, understand to stroke patients and their families after a stroke. Its services the causes and mechanisms of GIST in children, young people include a monthly Stroke Café at Badminton Methodist Church in and those with wild-type GIST and ultimately to find a cure. Downend and a weekly stroke group in Fishponds on Meanwhile the three sports clubs - Warmley Rangers Football Wednesdays from 10am to noon at Colliers Gardens, Delabere Club Under 10s, the Imperial Junior Netball Club and Bitton Avenue. Juniors AFC Under 9s - each received £250.
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NearlyChoir 90 people turnedoverwhelmed up at Cadbury Heath Hall last by keen singers Thursday evening after hearing about Black Sheep Harmony Choir's free 'Learn To Sing A Cappella' course, as featured in The Week In last month. Mary Williams, assistant director for Black Sheep, whose style is four part close harmony, said that most of the women didn't know each other and it took a long time to sort the ladies into singing parts. The evening also featured a tea and cake social. Mrs Williams said she was very excited about the turnout and a lot of the women had come having read the article in the paper. She is hoping that within a very short period the choir, with its new additions aged from teenagers up to pensioners, will be performing a concert. She will be taking tonight's (Thursday) choir practice at Cadbury Heath Hall and looks forward to the future with what could be one of the largest choirs in the area. There is no obligation for people to stay on at the end of the five weeks and if they wish to join they will have what Mrs Williams says is a “very small audition”. There are no spaces left on this course but to find out more about the choir visit www.blacksheepharmony.co.uk/
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Saltford Santas get ready to dash The 2015 Saltford Santa Dash will take place on Sunday December 6th. The event is for any novice, proficient runner or jogger aged over, and registration opened on 1st September The Saltford Santa Dash project was first established in 2013 with a view to providing a festive community fun run. The event's organising committee also sets out to raise funds in aid of selected charities supporting young people and having a local link. In the last two years over £25,000 has been raised and some 1,500 runners and their supporters have participated in a festive fun day out. Two charities have been selected to receive support this year - Time2Share and the Carers' Centre. Find out more at www.saltfordsantadash.webs.com
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Staple Hill Fun sessions to improve mental health A new wellbeing and dementia project will be running at Staple Hill Library this autumn. South Gloucestershire Library Service is working with Liz Clarke & Company on a three-year project especially for those with dementia and their carers and for people who want to improve their mental wellbeing. The first season of the Re-mapping Project, which took place in Yate Library earlier this year, was hailed a great success. The sessions at Staple Hill will run every Tuesday from 15th September until 20th October. Sessions for those who want to improve their mental wellbeing are from 11am to 12.30pm while those experiencing dementia and their carers can attend from 1.30pm to 3pm. Sociable and fun, the sessions are a chance to get out, meet others and enjoy their company. Although this is an arts project, no experience of performance or art is necessary to join in. The groups will take their inspiration from the resources the library offers and will exhibit their finished works, including films, performance and books, in the library towards the end of the year. To find out more email project co-ordinator Liz Clarke at [email protected]
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Keynsham rallies to help migrants Keynsham people have been donating tents, bedding, clothing collection, says Sandy, but in the meantime donations of money and other items to help migrants in Calais. are important to pay for improvements to the camp and for food St Dunstan's Catholic Church has become a collection point in and medicines. the last week and a team have today been hard at work boxing If people wish they can donate money via St Dunstan's, stating up thousands of items for people living in the refugee camp. that their donation is for Calais. The boxes will be taken to Calais Refugee Solidarity Bristol's central collection point and lorries will then transport all the Kingswood donated supplies to France. Sandy Logan, a member of St Dunstan's, said donations had come from both the congregation and the wider community. Arts weekend at She said parish priest Father Tibor Szende had offered the Holy Trinity Church church to be a drop-off point. St Dunstan's is planning another Holy Trinity Church is staging a weekend of art and music. On Saturday 12th September from 9am to 5pm there will be an open art festival and sale of work by local artists. Refreshments will be on sale throughout the exhibition. On Saturday evening there will be 'Trombones, Bangers and Burgers' in the church hall at 7.30pm, with entertainment from the Panama Jazz Band. Time will be given in the interval and at the end to view the artwork in church. Tickets are £8. To book your place contact 0117 9498483, the church office on 0117 9673627 or email [email protected] On Sunday from 1pm to 4pm the art festival continues, again with refreshments and from 3pm to 4pm there will be music from Viv Wilkinson. Proceeds from the events will be given to the continuing work of the Holy Trinity Church Restoration Fund.
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ManyWe regularly receive press motorists releases from the RAC following admit breaking 20mph limit various surveys they have carried out among their members or motorists at large. In the light of the recent introduction of 20mph zones in much of Bristol and residential areas of B&NES, one particular survey caught our eye.
According to the motoring organisation, a large majority of motorists are happy with 20mph speed limits in urban areas but increasing numbers admit to travelling in excess of that speed.
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s admitLast year, 44% admitted breaking to breaking the 20mph limit, albeit only 20mphagainst, with three quarters believinglimit the limit should never be marginally. Two-thirds of those surveyed claimed to drive at applied to 'through roads'. speeds up to 25mph while 8% admitted to driving at 30mph. In a separate survey carried out about driving licence penalty When it came to speed limits outside schools, support for a points, almost half those who admitted having them said it was 20mph speed limit was over 90%, while in accident black spots as a result of being spotted by a speed camera while 6% it was 76%. However, when the same questions were asked of received a points tally from using a mobile phone while driving. motorists living in rural area, an almost similar proportion were
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Brislington Saltford Wick Road Library saved but Open day at brass mill opening hours to be slashed Heritage Open Days, Save Wick Road Library campaigners have England's biggest thanked everyone who supported their successful fight to keep it open. voluntary cultural festival, Following extensive consultation, which take place over the period confirmed how much people love their the 10th to 13th of libraries, Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson September, with over and his Cabinet last week agreed on 4,600 events happening proposals which will save six of the seven that Wick Road library across the country. were under threat, including Wick Road. to what my fellow cabinet members and the As part of this, Saltford Eastville Library is the one that will close, with people of Bristol have told us, which has Brass Mill at The Shallows the city council planning to move provision to resulted in us agreeing a new set of proposals, will be open this weekend better serve people in the Lockleaze area. reflecting what we have heard. from 10am to 6pm on both A total of 27 libraries will be kept open, “This sees all but one of our current libraries days. although with reduced opening hours at most staying open, creating a strong base on which You are invited to get a branches. Wick Road Library is likely to have to build for the future. There has been a great taste of a local, but its hours cut by about nine a week. deal of passion shown for local libraries, with nationally important, The decision is based on a reduced savings communities coming together to make strong, industry that boomed in target of approximately £465k, recognising valid and heartfelt representations.” the early 18th century. that the council will need to make alternative Writing on their Facebook page, the Save savings of £635k from elsewhere, with Wick Road Library group said: “Don't forget Find out more about other consequent impacts on other services. that it's more important than ever to use our events at www.heritage Mr Ferguson said: “Throughout this process I library and continue to send a clear message opendays.org.uk/ have listened intently and paid close attention about our best community facility.”
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Kingswood Hanham A little TLC Competition success A new venture is starting in Hanham this month called TLC - T for Talk, L forThe 37th KingswoodDrum Drum Corps for Listen and C for Care. Corps took their 2015 show The aim is to give people entitled 'The Destination' to a helping hand towards Thurrock in Essex last week, dealing with a concern or representing Kingswood in the difficulty through one-off latest Drum Corps UK national contact sessions at competition. Hanham Methodist In the last event before the UK championships on 19th Church. September, the Kingswood-based The sessions will be on marching band achieved a third Tuesdays between 4pm place ranking on the day in a and 6pm and users will be competition that was won by signposted to an reigning European Champions appropriate service. The Company, from Derbyshire. Corps director Nick Hibbs said: “Our The dates for the next drummers, brass players, percussionists and For our local Scout band, who will be taking three months are 15th & part in both the UK and European dancers have all worked so hard. We were all 29th September, 20th & Championships in Holland at the end of the very proud to see them excel today.” 27th October and 10th & month, the success in Essex was a result of Anyone wanting to find out more about the 24th November. months of hard work, through all winds and group and to follow their journey to Holland weathers. can go visit www.37thkingswood.weebly.com
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New schools have been schoolsopening their doors including a open their doors brand new £3.7m primary in Kingswood and two studio schools in Warmley and Keynsham. The primary in Brook Road is part of the King's Oak Academy with pupils in Year 6 guaranteed a place at the senior school in Year 7. Part of the Cabot Learning Federation (CLF) the primary is opening with 60 Reception places and will expand by one year group annually until reaching capacity in 2021. The first studio school in South Gloucestershire has welcomed the first students through the doors. Studio schools are a new style of school, with intakes at Year 10 and Year 12. They work closely with businesses to give students the chance to get work experience and placements alongside their studies.
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s openSpecialising in digital, hi-techtheir and creative sectors, thedoors Digitech Studio School is based at the Grange School at Warmley. Digitech will be working in partnership with Intel, Renishaw, Amey, E3, Ad-Lib and many more national and local employers. A total of 85 students are starting in Year 10 and 22 in Year 12. Digitech has its own staff, separate from the Grange. While plans to build a new £4m state-of-the art facility on the campus take shape, Digitech, which is run by the Cabot Learning Federation, is being housed in existing buildings at the Grange. Due for completion by next September, the new building will cater for 360 students. The Grange School is due to close in two years. In Keynsham the new IKB (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) Studio Digitech students in their new uniforms School has opened, sharing facilities with Wellsway School while its new premises are being built in Wellsway's grounds. converted accommodation at Downend School. Last year the Run by the Wellsway Multi-Academy Trust, the Studio School's Secretary of State for Education approved the opening of the industry partners include Rotork, the James Dyson Foundation, new school, sponsored by the Castle School Education Trust, Wessex Water, BuroHappold Engineering and Kier which from next September will have its own brand new Construction. building in the heart of the new development. The name chosen for the new school honours the famous And Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy, which engineer who built the Great Western Railway and who for a opened in temporary accommodation last September, was time lived just down the road in Saltford. opening in its new, purpose-built premises on Avonvale Road Meanwhile the new Lyde Green Primary School, catering for this week, although some finishing touches have still to be the fast growing development at Downend, is opening in made.
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Netball Rugby New kit for Fry Netball Determined Keynsham Fry Netball Club has managed to find kit sponsorship for all its junior teams, as well as the senior 4th team, thanks to the open season with away win support of local companies. Keynsham 1st XV got off to a winning start to the season in Steve Strong Specialist Cars, Compressor Systems, Alide Hire Western Counties North with a committed performance resulting Services, Lancer Scott, K.I.T co and the Little Coffee Shop have in a 10-12 win over Burnham-on-Sea. all come on board for the new season and the teams will be The visitors started the stronger and early pressure on proudly displaying their brands during matches. eventually paid off with debutant fly half Joe Davies kicking two Julie Weedon, who has penalties for a 6-0 lead. been chair of the club for However, the game's first try came rather fortuitously when a the last 40 years, has lucky bounce allowed the Burnham full-back to sprint in for a been delighted by the converted try and a one point lead. response to her appeal As the half time whistle approached, the away pack began to for sponsors. She said: gain the ascendancy at set piece and a number of solid and well “We are an established worked scrums inside the Burnham 22 allowed Davies to knock club and growing bigger over another penalty and take Keynsham into half time with a 7- each year. Our 1st Team 9 advantage. Julie Weedon, left, with players and gained promotion into No further tries were scored and Keynsham's dominance in the coaches showing off their new kit Division 1 this season scrum gave them the edge when it came to penalty awards and and we have a strong junior section made up mainly from girls the visitors finally came away with a 12-10 victory. in Keynsham and the surrounding areas. “We have a dedicated team of coaches and umpires who are also very pleased that their teams would be kitted out for the new season.”
Football Two-goal comebacks for Keynsham Town Keynsham Town came from 2 goals behind to earn draws twice in the space of four days. In their first ever visit to newly promoted Chipping Sodbury Town, two excellent strikes from Aaron Childs and Ben Harris earned a 2-2 draw. Then in a thrilling encounter with high-flying Wells City, two goals in the last 3 minutes by Kieran Adams and Joe Baker turned a 3-1 deficit into a point. However, they just failed to make it 3 out of 3 on Saturday, slipping to a 2-1 defeat at Radstock Town. Next week sees two evening matches at the AJN Stadium. Crossword Solution Tuesday 15th September sees the visit of Corsham Town (7:45 pm kick off), followed by a local derby against Ashton & C T B P W A Backwell United on Friday 18th September (8:00 pm kick-off). CASUAL UNEASE F N A P A P Sudoku Solutions KEEN TAILSPIN E A L E R 1-Easy 2 -Hard VE I L I NG PLEAT N T C N 759146238 314956278 863259174 896127453 AVO I D THROATY 421387695 572348619 I N A A B 2 6 1 8 3 4 5 9 7 3 4 6 8 2 1 9 5 7 GAUNT LET J AMS 185793426 789615324 297564813 453279861 B A P T E A 5 7 2 4 1 8 3 6 9 6 4 5 7 8 1 9 3 2 GL I TCH EXCESS 614935782 927463185 E E A L T K 938672541 138592746
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