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A monthly, free newspaper for Frampton Cotterell, Winterbourne, Coalpit Heath, Iron Acton and Winterbourne Down. With news, sport and features.

15/05/2026

Results for Winterbourne and Frampton Cotterell elections have been confirmed

A GREEN Party candidate whose opponent was suspended by Reform UK has won a Winterbourne Parish Council by-election. Monica Maggs was elected to represent the council’s Winterbourne ward with 998 votes to Paul Heyward’s 663. Mr Heyward was suspended by Reform UK, which announced it had withdrawn...

13/05/2026

Election is one of two taking place locally tomorrow

A BY-ELECTION candidate has been suspended by his party, which has withdrawn its support ahead of voting tomorrow. Paul Heyward will appear on the ballot in Winterbourne Parish Council’s Winterbourne Ward as a Reform UK candidate. But the party said today: “Mr Heyward has been suspended from Ref...

04/05/2026

Campaigners welcome decision to axe plan for building that 'poorly replicated' the original school, which also involved the 'irreplaceable loss' of mature trees

PLANS to demolish a historic former Frampton Cotterell school have been sent back to the drawing board again. Residents who campaigned against developer LiveWest’s plans for the former Watermore Primary School infant site in Woodend Road, previously known as Brockeridge Infant School, have welcome...

03/05/2026

Are you ready for the carnival tomorrow?

WINTERBOURNE Down Village Carnival has announced this year’s royal special guests. Carnival King Finn Morrison, aged eight, who attends Hambrook Primary School, and Queen Harper Jones, ten, a St Michael’s Primary School pupil, will preside over events tomorrow, joined by attendants Amira Falango...

01/05/2026

Leading councillor says fencing around site between Yate and Westerleigh would make neighbouring home 'like a prison compound'

COUNCILLORS have refused permission for a new solar farm in the countryside near Yate. RWE was planning to generate clean electricity on two sites south of the town, one covering eight fields at Mousewell Farm, off Sodbury Lane, and the other on four fields between Westerleigh and Wapley Bushes, by....

29/04/2026

BREAKING NEWS: National Highways confirms when A432 between Frome Valley and Bristol will reopen

NATIONAL Highways has confirmed the date when the new Badminton Road bridge over the M4 will open. The bridge, which has been under construction for the past six months, will be officially opened to pedestrians and cyclists on June 19, with motorists on the A432 able to cross between the Frome Valle...

22/04/2026

Hugely outnumbered, local soldiers' heroic attempt to fight off an invading army began 75 years ago today

TODAY is the 75th anniversary of the start one of the most celebrated – and costly – battles in the history of the Gloucestershire Regiment. The last stand of the Glosters at the Battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War in 1951 helped save the city of Seoul from invasion by a huge […]

15/04/2026

Councillors told significant repairs are needed to address 'urgent and serious health and safety concerns'

URGENT repairs costing £1.1 million have been approved for a permanent traveller site at Winterbourne. South Gloucestershire councillors agreed the works for Northwood Park in Old Gloucester Road, after hearing that the site, which was originally built in the 1990s, needed significant repairs to ad...

05/04/2026

Volunteer Geoff's 'commitment, professionalism, and compassion has made a profound difference to countless lives,' says ambulance service

A VOLUNTEER medic who has provided a vital first response to emergencies in Frampton Cotterell for 21 years has retired from the role. Geoff Bell has been described as a “cornerstone of our community” by South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. Geoff became a community first respond...

04/04/2026

Ferstival will return to its traditional location at Centenary Field

FRAMPTON Festival will return this summer after a year away. Preparations for the family event are underway, and it is due to take place on July 11 at its traditional venue, Centenary Field in Mill Lane. Organisers say a combination of donations, sponsorship, advertising and support from Frampton Co...

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