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June, 2019 — ISSUE 33
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Action to breathe new life into corner park A STREET corner park in Mangotsfield is set to be transformed into a valuable community space. Volunteers are working with South Gloucestershire Council to make Dame School park a place for people to spend time and find out more about their neighbourhood. Work has already started to clear weeds and remove the dog mess which had plagued the park, on the corner of St James Street and Richmond Road. And Mangotsfield Residents Association is calling on people to come and help make the transformation happen by giving as little as an hour of their time to the clear-up. The association has been working with South Gloucestershire Council officers and Staple Hill & Mangotsfield councillor Michael Bell to drive the plans forward. A council landscape architect has drawn up plans for planting, Turn to Page 3
Arsonists cause £30,000 damage Police have questioned four teenage children over a fire that caused £30,000 damage at Springfield Park in Mangotsfield. PAGE 5
Tories remain in control of council The Conservatives have held on to power at South Gloucestershire Council in the local elections. PAGE 6
Arsonists cause £30,000 damage Princess in pink: This storybook character made an ap-pearance outside Pucklechurch Primary School as one of dozens of creations in the village’s annual scarecrow trail in aid of St Thomas a Becket church. More photos: Page 16
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