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

Harry was stabbed in the stomach during an ambush in Burma - but has lived to reach 100
15/08/2025

Harry was stabbed in the stomach during an ambush in Burma - but has lived to reach 100

AS the nation marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War on VJ Day, the Voice tells the story of a veteran of the campaign in Burma, where fighting continued after the guns fell silent in Europe. COMMUNITIES around the country held events earlier this year to commemorate 80 years....

Police are urging anyone with information to get in touch
10/08/2025

Police are urging anyone with information to get in touch

A MAN has been arrested by armed police after a stabbing at a house in Yate. The man, who is in his 40s, was arrested on Thursday evening after what police described as a “serious assault” at a house in Wainblade Court on the Autumn Brook estate. Police were called shortly after 8.45pm to a […...

Are you bagging Gromits this summer? If you'd like to see your picture in the Voice, send it, with the name of the Gromi...
01/08/2025

Are you bagging Gromits this summer? If you'd like to see your picture in the Voice, send it, with the name of the Gromit and anyone in the photo, to [email protected]

THREE statues on this year’s Gromit Unleashed 3 sculpture trail are bringing visitors into the Frome Valley. The trail runs until August 31, to raise funds for the Grand Appeal for Bristol Children’s Hospital. Among the 53 sculptures across the region are three in local villages. Rosebud Rosebud...

Fewer patients waiting a week or longer, and more people offered a choice of day or time, survey finds
31/07/2025

Fewer patients waiting a week or longer, and more people offered a choice of day or time, survey finds

MORE patients of GP practices are being offered same-day appointments than a year ago, new figures show. More than 700,000 patients across the country responded to the annual NHS GP Patient Survey, published in July, including 106 at Frome Valley Medical Centre in Frampton Cotterell, 126 at Yate’s...

Shops are 'suffering' as car park 'has hardly had a single car in it' since charges came in, say store owners
25/07/2025

Shops are 'suffering' as car park 'has hardly had a single car in it' since charges came in, say store owners

NEW parking charges are killing shops as drivers choose to go elsewhere instead, business owners have told South Gloucestershire Council. Owners of shops in Winterbourne spoke at a council meeting in July, telling members the 53-space Flaxpits Lane car park has “hardly had a single car in it” si...

Woman aged 19 was seriously injured in collision with unmarked car on emergency call
14/07/2025

Woman aged 19 was seriously injured in collision with unmarked car on emergency call

A POLICE officer has been charged after the unmarked car he was driving collided with a pedestrian on a roundabout. PC Dan Parsons, aged 32, is due to appear at Bristol Magistrates Court tomorrow to face a charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving in connection with the collision, in whi...

Site south of Westerleigh could help power a new supercomputer
10/07/2025

Site south of Westerleigh could help power a new supercomputer

TWO giant wind turbines could soon be built next to the M4 between Pucklechurch and Westerleigh. The turbines would help power the nearby Bristol and Bath Science Park, including the Isambard AI supercomputer being built there. The wind turbines would be set up by the Bristol Energy Network, with a....

Builders will hold a 'drop-in' event in Coalpit Heath on Friday
08/07/2025

Builders will hold a 'drop-in' event in Coalpit Heath on Friday

A DEVELOPER has launched a new bid to build 450 homes on Green Belt land at Coalpit Heath. Bloor Homes says its development, on a site to the east of the village between Roundways and St Anne’s Drive, the railway line and Woodside Road, will include “50% affordable housing”, land for a two-for...

Hire scheme is about to go live in Frampton, Winterbourne and Coalpit Heath
04/07/2025

Hire scheme is about to go live in Frampton, Winterbourne and Coalpit Heath

LEGAL electric scooters and e-bikes are about to arrive on the streets of Frampton Cotterell, Winterbourne and Coalpit Heath as a regional hire scheme expands into the area. People living in the three villages can expect to see the distinctive light turquoise Dott vehicles from Monday, July 7, when....

We're particularly looking for people who are able to deliver to Winterbourne.
19/06/2025

We're particularly looking for people who are able to deliver to Winterbourne.

Most people will get a new collection day - council also confirms start date for 3-weekly black bin collections next yea...
17/06/2025

Most people will get a new collection day - council also confirms start date for 3-weekly black bin collections next year

BIG changes to bin and recycling collections in South Gloucestershire will begin in August, the council has said. Most residents will have a new collection day for black bins and some will have green and black bins collected on different days. The changes are part of a new eight-year waste contract....

Police are calling on the drivers of four cars who passed the scene to come forward, as teenager is treated for 'potenti...
11/06/2025

Police are calling on the drivers of four cars who passed the scene to come forward, as teenager is treated for 'potentially life-threatening injuries'

A CYCLIST was seriously injured after the electric bike he was riding was involved in a collision at Wickwar. Police say the rider, who was in his late teens, is in hospital with “potentially life-threatening injuries” following the incident on the B4060 Station Road, near George Osmond Archfiel...

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