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WHAT’S ON GUIDE - PAGES 26-27 | BUSINESS OF THE MONTH PAGE 38
Scarecrow Trail is back again The popular Scarecrow Trail returns to Fishponds this month – and we exclusively reveal that FishFest will be back in 2016.
Pages 8 & 9
Vandals target Conor’s bench Vandals have trashed the area around a bench installed in a park in memory of Conor Hall, 16, from Fishponds.
Pages 10 & 11
Exam successes across the area As the new term begins, let’s hope all school students are as happy as these girls at Bristol Metropolitan Academy
Hold the burgers!
IT’S a waiting game in Fishponds for two contrasting burger restaurant schemes. McDonald’s has gone to appeal over refusal of its plans for a takeaway and drive-through
on Fishponds Road, which was widely opposed. Meanwhile scores of people want to see The Burger Joint plan approved. Full story: Page 3
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Young people from schools and colleges around the area notched up some excellent GCSE and A-level results.
Pages 23 to 25
£20,000 hospice tribute to Emma Friends and colleagues raised more than £20,000 for St Peter’s Hospice in memory of Emma Wygladala, from Fishponds.
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