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WHAT’S ON GUIDE - PAGES 26-27 | BUSINESS OF THE MONTH PAGE 38
Just rewards for HEFs in Bloom
Battle for the buses ALMOST 500 people have signed petitions calling for bus services to be restored to all of Lodge Causeway and Hillfields. Shops in the Causeway say their trade has been hit because some people cannot get to them since routes were changed at the end of August. There are also concerns that elderly and infirm residents are becoming isolated, unable to travel to Fishponds or Kingswood. The cuts in services have also reduced links between Kingswood and the university, colleges and Parkway Station in Bristol’s north fringe. Campaigners are calling on Bristol and South Gloucestershire Councils to subsidise routes so that people in deprived parts of east Bristol are not put at further disadvantage. Bus operator First said when it introduced the new timetable that it was aimed at improving punctuality and providing better access to hospitals, schools and railway stations.
Hillfields, Eastville and Fishponds in Bloom (HEFs) won a silver gilt pennant at the regional awards ceremony.
Page 5 New principal’s vow for school
The new principal of Minerva Primary Academy in Hillfields is determined to make sure its rising standards are kept up. Before and after … Labour councillors Craig Cheney (Hillfields), Mhairi Threlfall (Eastville) and Rhian Greaves (Brislington West) take part in the first Oldbury Court Colour Fun Run to raise money for addiction recovery charity St Vincent’s
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Page 13 Bat conservation in the kitchen
Animal lover Kiri Green devotes her spare time to rescuing bats and has transformed her Fishponds home into a sanctuary.
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