The Week In - Issue 738 - 13th July 2022

THE WEEK IN East Bristol & North East Somerset

13th July 2022

Issue 738

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Surge in COVID-19 cases prompts summer warning to stay cautious People are being urged to stay mindful to the ever-present

19 in the past week. The number of people in hospital in these

risk of COVID-19, especially during summer festivities,

areas with COVID-19 had increased to 104 from 62 the

as infection rates soar.

previous week. The number of patients in intensive care was

The rise in cases across the country is thought to be driven

less than five.

by the latest Omicron variants.

While there are no legal requirements around self-isolation

People can catch the newer variants even if they have had

and social distancing, the bulletin encourages people

coronavirus recently.

planning to attend large indoor or outdoor gatherings over

The most recent figures available from the Office for

the summer months not to go if they are feeling unwell; to

National Statistics showed an estimated one in 25 people in

complete a lateral flow if possible before attending (test kits

England were infected with the virus in the week ending 29th

can be purchased from pharmacies) and not to go if the test

June, despite free tests no longer being available to the

is positive.

general public. The rate for the previous week was one in 30.

People are encouraged to wear a mask during the event if

Dr Amanda Webb, chief medical officer for the Bath and

they wish to, and if they haven’t had their COVID-19

North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care

vaccination to have it.

Board, said there is a lower risk of passing on the virus if you

All local vaccination sites, including those offering the jab

are outside and if the weather isn’t good, try to open doors

without the need for an appointment, are listed online at

and windows to keep crowded rooms ventilated.

www.nhs

She added: “These small steps, along with getting all

Meanwhile the most recent figures on South Gloucestershire

necessary COVID-19 vaccinations, will help to keep friends

Council’s website for the week up to 5th July showed 896

and family, especially those who may be older or living with

cases (311.3 per 100,000) with 36 patients in hospital with

a long-term health condition, safe while we enjoy the

COVID in the North Bristol NHS Trust (Southmead

summer months.”

Hospital).

The most recent COVID-19 bulletin on Bristol City

In recent months, the symptoms of COVID-19 have been

shortness of breath and diarrhoea are all possible signs of

Council’s website (6th July) estimated that 4.2 per cent of

expanded to include many that are synonymous with other

COVID-19, and many people who now test positive no

people in Bristol, B&NES and North Somerset had COVID-

seasonal illnesses, such as colds, flu and hay fever.

longer experience the well-publicised symptoms of a cough,

Headaches, runny noses, sore throats, general fatigue, a

high temperature or a change to their taste or smell.

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Also in this week’s issue

Keynsham High Street latest . . . page 3

Boost for waste plant campaigners . . . page 5

‘Pay what you can’ cafe for Hanham . . . page 7

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Cooperation needed to resolve local bus crisis . . . page 12

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Have your say on proposed £2.5m project to improve Kingswood Park South Gloucestershire Council is calling on local residents to take part in a survey about restoring and improving Kingswood Park as it prepares a bid for up to £2.5m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The aim is to listen to what locals want. The main aims of the project are to: • Encourage greater use of the park through events and activities.

• Provide new play facilities.

• Restore paths, walls, masonry, and other features.

• Improve park facilities for all, making it a central focus for the community and contribute to the economic regeneration of Kingswood High Street.

• Investigate opportunities for a refreshment facility.

• • • • •

Improve access for people with mobility difficulties.

Share the heritage of the park and research its history.

Explore the option to refurbish or provide new toilet facilities.

Encourage voluntary groups and schools to make greater use of the park.

Improve the park landscape and biodiversity.

The deadline for the survey is 31st August – you can take part at lhttps://orlo.uk/kingswoodparksurvey_mm6Sg By completing the questionnaire you could also win one of five £25 shopping vouchers. The details are at the end of the survey.

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A firefighter from North East Somerset is raising money for The Grand Appeal, the Bristol

recycled materials. They are then asked to photograph their scarecrow and send the image

Children’s Hospital charity, by asking local people to get make a scarecrow.

to Avon Fire & Rescue Service to be judged.

Bobby Ball has experienced first-hand the incredible work of the doctors, nurses, and staff

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Keynsham councillors united over action needed to fix ‘dangerous’ High Street The six councillors who represent Keynsham on Bath and North East Somerset Council have laid out what they feel needs to be done to improve safety on the High Street.

It follows numerous reports of people tripping and falling over the uneven road surface since a £1.5m “improvement” project was completed in March.

As we reported on our front page in Issue 736, a road safety audit has been carried out in Keynsham High Street and has recommended that B&NES Council makes 15 changes – including making the contraflow cycle lane red, better signs and replacing “incorrect” paving. The changes do not include the removal of the controversial stepped kerb between the cycle lane and the road.

Keynsham councillor Alan Hale revealed the proposals at last month’s Keynsham Area Forum but there has yet to be an official comment from the council or any indication that it will act on them.

Councillors Alan Hale and Lisa O’Brien represent Keynsham South while fellow Conservatives Vic Clarke and Brian Simmons represent Keynsham North. Lib Dems Andy Wait and Hal McFie serve the Keynsham East ward.

The six met last week “to find a more permanent, cross-party solution” and in a joint statement noted that B&NES had so far “made small attempts to improve safety on the High Street, mainly by installing signs”.

To improve safety for pedestrians, the six councillors are calling for: • The cycle lane to be raised to make it level with the pavement.

• The cycle lane to be painted green so it stands out more clearly.

• The white line that separates the cycle lane to be made thinner so it doesn’t resemble a dropped kerb.

They say that while due to the poor design of the High Street, these measures may not fix the problems completely, they believe they will make an “enormous” difference to the safety of pedestrians.

Cllr Alan Hale, who is the council’s member advocate for road safety, said: “The redesign of Keynsham High Street has

The cycle lane

been a disappointing failure. It has resulted in the road being made dangerous for pedestrians, with some residents sustaining serious injuries.

“The meeting with the Lib Dem councillors was productive and I look forward to working with them to get these problems sorted out as quickly as possible.”

Cllr Andy Wait, said: “Both Cllr Hal MacFie and I were pleased with the outcome of the joint meeting. Despite our different political views, our main concern is for the welfare of the town as a whole, and these sensible solutions should make a positive difference to people’s lives.”

The council has previously maintained that the scheme complied with the legislation, specification and guidance that regulate the industries involved in both highway design and construction, including the new cycle infrastructure design guidance.

Clarification Keynsham councillor Andy Wait has contacted us to say that people can in fact use the reopened public toilet block in Ashton Way using cash.

He tells us the 20p cash option came in a few days after the toilets were reopened last month.

We pointed out that Bath & North East Somerset Council’s website stated that only contactless card payments could be used.

Cllr Wait subsequently contacted the council and the website has since been amended to say that both coin and contactless card payment options are available.

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Renewed appeal over fatal collision

Plans for shops and flats on old garage site are withdrawn

Police investigating a fatal collision in Warmley on Easter Sunday are renewing their appeal for witnesses.

They are especially keen to speak to the driver of a silver or beige Vauxhall Insignia which had stopped at the traffic lights at the Wraxall Road throughabout on the A4174 Ring Road where the collision happened on 17th April at 9.45pm.

A car and a moped collided and sadly the moped rider, Daniel Davies, 16, of Hanham, was pronounced dead at the scene.

His family continue to be supported by specially-trained officers and police say their thoughts are with them.

A 27-year-old man arrested on suspicion of

Plans for a mixed use development on the site

Whitchurch Village Council had raised

of a former vehicle repair garage in

concern about the lack of parking for the two

Whitchurch Village have been withdrawn.

new commercial units and B&NES highways

Creo Property Solutions had submitted a

officers agreed that the proposed development

proposal to Bath & North East Somerset

would not provide enough on-site parking

Council to demolish Central Garage, next to

spaces which would make road safety and on-

Westin Care Home on the A37 Bristol Road.

street parking problems worse. They also had

The plans involved de-contaminating the site

safety concerns over the proposed access.

and building two commercial units with two

In terms of the conservation area, B&NES had

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flats above.

concerns about the scale, design and materials

In spite of council policy requirement for eight

of the proposed building.

parking spaces, only single parking spaces,

The developer now plans to address the

Barrs Court, Bitton, Brislington, Cadbury Heath, Compton Dando, Corston, Downend, Emersons Green, Fishponds, Hanham, Hillfields, Keynsham, Kingswood, Longwell Green, Mangotsfield, Marksbury, North Common, Oldland Common, Pucklechurch, Saltford, Staple Hill, Stockwood, St George, Warmley, Whitchurch, Wick, Willsbridge.

each with an electric rapid charging point,

concerns and then bring back a resubmitted

were being proposed, along with bike storage.

scheme.

causing death by dangerous driving remains released under investigation while inquiries continue.

If you saw the collision or have dashcam footage, call 101 and give reference number 5222091120.

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The Week in • Wednesday 13th July 2022

Boost for campaigners fighting food waste plant The campaign group fighting plans for a large anaerobic digester plant near Keynsham have welcomed the news that they have been granted ‘Rule 6 status’.

The ruling means that Protect Our Keynsham Environment (POKE) are now considered to be a main party at the public inquiry and can cross-examine other parties – but they need to raise a minimum of £20,000 to cover the cost of employing experts to represent them.

POKE say there is lots of work to be done to prepare for the inquiry but having this status gives them a much stronger case and a much bigger chance of success.

They have warned that thousands of residents in Keynsham and nearby villages will be affected by smells and a surge in traffic on local roads if the development planned by Resourceful Energy Anaerobic Limited (REAL) gets the goahead.

“This is a critical time for our community for if we lose the appeal the supersized anaerobic digester facility will be built and our town and villages will change forever, Now is the time to stop the developer once and for all.”

REAL’s planning application for the food waste plant was unanimously rejected by Bath & North East Somerset Council’s planning committee back in March. REAL subsequently lodged an appeal and a three-week public planning inquiry is due to start in October.

POKE held a public meeting in Keynsham last Tuesday to update residents and drum up support, and another one was taking place at Pensford Memorial Hall last night (Tuesday).

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Another is planned on Thursday 28th July at Whitchurch United Reformed Church from 7pm to 8pm. Cllr Paul May, who represents Publow with Whitchurch on B&NES Council, said: “I urge members of the local community to attend this meeting on 28th July and I thank POKE for setting it up. If we are successfully to fight this appeal, we must come together as a community and present a united front.”

Kerry Morgan of POKE said: “If the development were to go ahead, there will be around 28,500 extra two-way HGV movements every year. More than half of all lorries will go through Whitchurch Village leading to more noise, air pollution and will make the existing problems on the busy A37 far worse.”

She added: “The public have been brilliant in their support of POKE as we fight to stop this supersized anaerobic digester. Local politicians of all hues have also stepped up to oppose this inappropriate power station in the heart of our irreplaceable Green Belt.

“We have successfully resisted the developer up to now but we are redoubling our efforts in light of the appeal.”

The waste-to-power plant scheme was refused by B&NES on the grounds that it is not a suitable site for such a large

development and would harm road safety and the road network; it was also considered that it would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt as well as harming the openness of the Green Belt because of land raising.

Other reasons were that it would harm protected species, as well as vulnerable people in terms of noise and air quality; and could impact on Queen Charlton’s proposed ‘liveable neighbourhood’ scheme.

Find out more at https://protectourkeynshamenvironment.wordpress.com/

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Helping those in crisis Suicide Prevention UK is an award-winning charity with its roots in Bristol that takes hundreds of calls a week.

The charity helps anyone who may be struggling with their mental health and/or thoughts of suicide. Trained volunteers provide anything from simply a listening ear, right through to working alongside emergency services to help people in what could be their darkest hour.

The service now operates nationally. The service takes more than 700 calls a week and helps between five to 20 people in person, out on patrol each week.

Every 90 minutes a friend or loved one is lost through suicide in the UK. And 72% of people who commit suicide have not been in contact with any mental health services in the year before death.

Although the pandemic has increased demand on the Suicide Prevention UK’s services, Skye, a volunteer of the charity, provides a positive outlook on the negative effects that the 2020 lockdown had on our mental health.

She says: “The impact lockdown 2020 had on our mental health and wellbeing is undeniable. People who had not previously suffered with mental health illness found

themselves anxious to leave the house, afraid to close the two-metre distance between loved ones, and a dark cloud of depression looming after all our basic human needs and routines were restricted or forbidden.

“But what this did do is normalise these feelings. People started openly talking about their mental health, realising others felt the same. We said words like anxiety, diagnosis, depression, suicide; we started to break the stigma. In turn, we validated people’s feelings, because we empathised with them.”

Suicide Prevention UK is 100% publicly donated. The phone lines cost almost £5,000 a month to run across the UK with training costing £500 per new volunteer. The charity also operates using patrol vehicles which costs around £500 per month per vehicle. Alongside this it the upkeep of vital safety and first aid equipment which are carried during active patrols and whilst responding to people in crisis.

Suicide Prevention UK relies on public donations to be able to continue its work. If you want to donate visit spuk.org.uk Suicide Prevention UK’s phone number is 0800 689 5652.

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The Week in • Wednesday 13th July 2022

New ‘pay what you can’ community café in Hanham A ‘pay what you can’ community café has opened in

BS15’s allotment behind Holy Trinity Church in Kingswood

Hanham.

each morning to gather ingredients to be used. Over time,

The Beacon Café is part of We are BS15, a not-for-profit

they hope to grow even more produce to incorporate into their

organisation that’s community led.

menu.

The café has opened in

The café team is made up of 10 volunteers and they are keen

the Hanham Methodist

to build a community hub where anyone and everyone can

Church building and

come and socialise.

the menu shows a

Katie told us: “A big element of the project is our

suggested

donation.

volunteering programme; because we are pay as you can, our

Customers then pay

staff are volunteers, so that is very important to us to give

anonymously

people the opportunity to learn new skills, do something

the

amount they can afford.

meaningful and have some social interaction.”

We are BS15 strives to put an end to loneliness and isolation

The café is open Thursday to Saturday from 9am to 3pm.

by connecting the people in the postcode area through food

The BS15 team have a vision of allotments across BS15

and skills.

providing fresh fruit, vegetables and salad to the community.

It began in March 2020, when the country went into national

They also run the Kingswood Kitchen based at Holy Trinity

lockdown. The BS15 community responded with a massive

Church Hall which opened last year, providing pay as you

effort to support each other. More than 400 volunteers

can hot meals to anyone living or working in BS15. Whether

registered to help and raised more than £8,000 for the

you’re a key worker in between shifts with no time to cook a

Kingswood Foodbank.

good meal, a single-person household who is fed up with

We met up with Julia Cameron and Katie Andrews from the

cooking for one, or you’re just struggling to get food on the

Beacon Café who told us they want to give everyone a chance

table right now, the team of volunteers can help.

to be able to enjoy the café experience whilst providing a

You can find out more about We are BS15’s projects at

community space for everyone to enjoy.

https://wearebs15.co.uk

The produce is very important to them, with the aim to be as local and ethical as possible. They take a trip to We are

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Sophie Mead

Julia (l) and Katie

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LETTERS Still waiting for our replacement bridge

riverbank but surely with a substantial budget

we are walking!

The bridge could perhaps be put the other side

Disgust at minor injury unit decision

Dear Editor

of the bandstand a few metres away.

Dear Week In team

The residents of Lyde Green are fortunate to

This is my third letter about the subject and I

Just to say how disgusted and disappointed we

have a new footbridge in place (Issue 736) as

know from conversations with others that this

are that Cossham Hospital will not be having a

What will MP’s political legacy be?

we in Keynsham have been waiting almost

bridge really is important and must be replaced

minor injury unit (MIU).

Dear Editor

three years for a replacement bridge in

soon. I believe that the increasing population

I went to all the meetings to save Cossham

Loyalty is normal seen as an admirable quality,

Keynsham Park.

of Keynsham is being treated shabbily.

years ago and the money was there then to do

but there comes a time when, taken to dogged

We were told that there was £750,000 available

Of course I realise that the B&NES Council is

the MIU and it’s never been spent on it. What

excess, it can tip over into wilful blindness,

busy sorting out the debacle with the High

happened to that money? On the plans at the

simple misjudgement or even begin to look like

Street “improvements” so there is every excuse

time there was even a space in the building for

active collusion.

for doing nothing!

the MIU.

As his Iraqi regime was collapsing around his

Hazel Powe

Cossham was built for the people of

ears, Saddam Hussein had Comical Ali on the

Keynsham

Kingswood. Losing Frenchay Hospital too for

airwaves with ever more ridiculous and

us to use is making it worse.

sycophantic commentary and it is alarming to

Our helpers are a credit to their generation

We went to A&E at Southmead Hospital the

see our own MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg, assuming

other week and waited three hours. They

this mantle for Boris Johnson.

explained we would be there all night and as

Mr Rees-Mogg entered politics with a

Dear Editor

my partner is aged 75, we felt it better to come

reputation for significant ability allied to an

May I use the pages of your newspaper to thank

home after being advised he probably wouldn’t

upbringing which had exposed him to moral

the young couple that helped my cousin and I

get treatment as his bleeding stopped.

values and an understanding of the key tenets

on Monday 4th July.

A&E was packed. It was a terrible experience.

of integrity.

We had just finished shopping in Asda,

We had a family member drop us off and pick

It would be a great sadness if his lasting

Longwell Green, when my cousin, who is in

us up at 11pm.

political legacy were to become indelibly

his 70s and has very limited mobility, collapsed

We must have something local. Yate has one,

stained with too close an association with a

by the entrance.

and other places.

M. Hill

fraught period of our modern political history

available, any difficulties can be overcome.

A young man and an Asda member of staff

which has been characterised by dishonesty,

helped him up and into an Asda wheelchair.

Whilst I pushed our trolley to my car, the in this year’s budget and it would be in place

young man pushed my cousin in the wheelchair

by the autumn but there seems little hope of

and helped him into it.

that happening! By chance I met a B&NES

I happened to mention that I might have

Council engineer doing a survey for a new

difficulty getting my cousin into his house (up

bridge three months ago, and despite

three steps and a right-hand turn).

subsequently asking my local councillor about

Having asked where he lived, the couple then

progress afterwards, there is still no news.

followed us there in their car and helped him

We are enjoying the weekend band concerts in

up the steps and home.

Keynsham Park but for my disabled husband

Having got him into the hallway, the young

to reach the bandstand without the bridge to

man said: “I won't intrude any further," and

cross the river, there is a considerable detour.

disappeared with his partner.

It must also be inconvenient for the band

The two them could not have been any more

members to carry their instruments a

polite, helpful and modest. They are a credit to

considerable distance.

the younger generation.

I have also written before about the continuing

Thank you both.

dangerous access to the toddlers’ play area. I

Mike Slucutt

have heard excuses about the instability of the

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Morris Powe

sleaze and what in any other country we might

Longer trial needed

describe as moral corruption.

Alastair Singleton

Dear Editor I am astonished that so soon after the major, disruptive and expensive alterations to

Emerging pattern

Keynsham

Dear Editor

High

Street

that

numerous

alterations are being suggested (The Week In,

There seems to be a pattern emerging of the

Issue 736).

failure of the Member of Parliament for

I have much sympathy with those who have

Kingswood, the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE,

had injuries whilst in the High Street. However,

to respond to questions from your readers and

as a disabled 93-year-old pedestrian who

your being unable to get an answer to my

regularly visits the High Street, I find little

question in the 22nd June edition, asking how

difficulty in identifying the various alterations.

he voted in the ballot concerning the

The planning authorities have tried to please

Conservative MPs’ confidence in the Prime

everyone and, in doing so, they have displeased

Minister.

many.

A Hanham believer in democratic

My suggestion is to give it a longer trial before

accountability

making any alterations at all and I would recommend that we pedestrians watch where

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LETTERS Six emails and no reply from my MP

comprehensive reply on the subject. He

good people, preventing travel, disrupting

free speech in this country”.

apologised for taking so long to respond so he

totally legal gatherings with the sole aim of

Most people now keep their opinions to

is maybe not quite as bad as some of your letter

highlighting their beliefs.

themselves, afraid to speak out for fear of the

Dear Editor

writers think.

Anything they declare or say I switch off in

aggressive reprisals they are likely to get from

I am writing to add my weight to the enormous

Bob Edwards

disgust of them, because of the disruption they

the woke activists. Me? I’ve usually got my

cause. Overall however, obviously reducing

head above the wall!

What about patch of overgrown wasteland?

harmful things that could adversely affect

With reference to his articulate letter, I’m

global warming is good for the planet. I merely

surprised that he can’t see that this (the written

object to how they go about their beliefs, by

word) is a far better approach for getting his

Dear Editor I note with interest that Keynsham Town Council is taking over two parcels of land from B&NES Council (The Week In, Issue 737).

In Lytes Cary Road, B&NES after 40 years of maintaining a small parcel of land and the trees at the back of Rhode Close for 40 years have now disowned it and refused to maintain it, leaving it as a piece of unmaintained, overgrown waste land.

Surely before buying new land the council should ensure that existing land is maintained especially as original residents have suggested it was on the original estate plans for the houses as a green space when approved.

David Whalley Keynsham

harming and disrupting others.

point across. I, and I am sure many others, read

No doubt your Letters page will be

it, whereas I would never listen to anyone

overwhelmed with criticisms of my comments,

who’d glued themselves to anything. Mindless

but it seems to me that illegal and disruptive

vandalism, or even just obstruction, will only

activities are the kernel of their publicity

ever breed contempt and anger. Disrupting

beliefs. OK, disregarding their Keynsham

people’s lives will simply get their backs up,

march, but nationally disruption appears to be

whereas a well-written explanatory leaflet

their preferred choice of publicity.

handed out with a big smile and a polite

If they could try to understand an alternative

comment would win over many an unbeliever.

view to theirs, sources of energy are one of our

We each have our own ideas on protecting the

nation`s requirements to exist. How many of

planet. Living locally, I am very aware of the

the marchers on 11th June are driving non-

huge quantities of air flights now going over

polluting cars, have insulated homes, or were

again, heading for or from Lulsgate Airport.

they just fond of criticising?

How do people justify the carbon footprint

I`ve been there before. A previous march in

involved in an aeroplane flight, for whatever

Keynsham some years ago was to criticise the

reason?

expansion plans of Bristol Airport. I was

It's no good buying plastic-free teabags/straws,

accosted by one of their crowd, proclaiming

then jetting off on holiday.

their justification for what they were saying. I

For the same reason I cannot understand the

Skidmore publicly declared last Wednesday

Why Extinction Rebellion are a pain

disagreed with them then, as I do now, for how

modern trend for the avocado that has to be

that he no longer had confidence in the Prime

Dear Becky

they go about things. OK, it is said even bad

flown here from Peru or wherever, when we

Minister to lead the Conservative Party

Re Extinction Rebellion, am I the only one who

publicity is good publicity, for me it isn`t, to

grow such lovely fruit and veg locally.

is so frustrated with all and everything these

me they are a pain.

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people expect to be admired for, for what in

Roger Tilley

others. I may voice them as food for thought –

Dear Editor

their own selfish opinion they are doing is

I have to come to MP Chris Skidmore’s

right?

defence regards email returns. I emailed him a

No doubt their attitudes are meant to be good,

sense of despondency brought about by the lack of respect for his constituents by my MP, Chris Skidmore, which I see has recently been a hot topic on your Letters pages.

Since January I have emailed him six times and I have not had one reply. At best this can be described as discourteous but actually this is far worse. I also questioned him on his deafening silence on the Tory leadership debate and wondered if his integrity has been smothered by his loyalty. I wanted an honest answer and not just a banal pre-prepared statement repeating the Tory Party line.

But I have had neither. Nothing in fact.

It seems like an awful waste of time but I will continue to write to him in the vain hope that one day he will treat concerned constituents with some facet of civility. I hate to point out the obvious to him but his job will on the line very soon.

Neil Mulvaney Editor’s note: These letters were received prior to the Prime Minister’s resignation. Mr

that is the true meaning of “free speech”.

Extinction Rebellion would do well to deploy

few weeks ago about pension plans and the

but as soon as I see or hear their slogan (XR) I

Extinction Rebellion should be more polite

triple lock suspension.

shut off. I immediately turn my memories to

Dear Editor

Mrs L Owen

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the harm they do to the general law-abiding

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Footpath hopes move a step closer A bid to register an official public right of way in Warmley has moved a step closer.

South Gloucestershire Council’s Public Rights of Way and Commons Registration Sub-Committee has agreed to proceed with the application brought by London Road resident Dino Zelenika on behalf of other local residents.

The claimed route starts partway along Goldney Avenue, then goes along a track next to No 10 and in front of properties 12 and 14. It passes through a gateway into an open yard area at the rear of warehousing, then curves to follow alongside the warehouses running behind the gardens of houses that front London Road, coming out in front of Nicols Countrystore.

Mr Zelenika applied two years ago for the map modification order, saying he has a private right of way which was challenged by the locking of the gate around August 2018, which came a few months after the change of ownership of 8 London Road - Nicols Countrystore.

Following conversations with local residents it became apparent to Mr Zelenika that members of the public had been using the route and he coordinated the submission of the application.

It was based on user evidence and documentary evidence; a total of 35 user evidence forms were submitted along with photographs and declarations.

The overall claimed use of the path spans a period of 68 years from 1950 to 2018. In total, 28 users said there have been gates on the route and none had ever been given permission to use the route; nobody had ever seen notices such as ‘Private’.

In 2019, planning permission was granted for the development of four houses on land at the rear of 22 London Road. The access to the site uses the track from Goldney

Avenue, part of the claimed path. This raised questions about a permanent closure of the access between Goldney Avenue and the Nichols site, to which many locals objected.

The claimed route is described by most users as a footpath, with all saying they’ve used it on foot. Two have also used it with a bicycle and two others in a car. The reasons for using the route are given as dog walking, access to local services, walking to school, walking to church and visiting friends/relatives.

Solicitors on behalf of Arcade Leasing, the owners of 8 London Road, stated they did not believe the way to be public based on several statutory declarations.

In their report council officers said the evidence submitted showed that the route has been used and that there is conflicting evidence as to whether this use has been verbally challenged or interrupted by locked gates. However, they concluded that there was sufficient credible evidence to reasonably allege that a right of way exists.

The committee agreed and a modification order will now be advertised. However, that is not the end of the matter.

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Pupils, parents and staff get muddy for charity Children, parents and staff from St Anne’s CE Primary School in Oldland Common took part in the recent Cancer Research Pretty Muddy 5k on the Downs in Bristol.

Initially the staff decided to take part in the event to show support to colleagues, family and friends and then pupils and parents also decided they wanted to take part.

Headteacher Sean Quinn said: “Recently members of staff in the school were diagnosed with cancer. They are undergoing treatment and we wanted to show our support for them. When we began discussing what we could do and also realised the

number of families who have been touched by cancer, 26 staff signed up to take part in the event.

“Then children and their parents also wanted get involved so an additional 16 children and parents also signed up to the event. Cancer is having such a massive impact on all of our lives, we wanted to show support, work together and raise money to help the charity.”

On race day it rained and was windy, with the sun shining occasionally.

First the pupils ran 5km, climbing obstacles and getting wet and muddy. Then later in the day staff covered the same course. A total of £8,050.88 was raised for Cancer Research UK by those taking part.

Pupil Amelia, who is chair of the school council, said: “It was so enjoyable and good to know we were raising money for Cancer Research UK. It felt great to be helping so many people.”

Lost a watch?

An Apple Watch was handed in to our office after being found near Rock Road in Keynsham last month.

The school, which has already decided it will participate again next year, thanks everyone for their donations.

Youths flee after smashing window A group of male youths smashed a window at a home on Broad Street in Staple Hill at approximately 2pm on Saturday 2nd July before running off.

on social media.

If you have any information about this incident, call the police on 101, giving the reference number 5222157058.

If you think it is yours, call us on 01179 860381.

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More cooperation needed to deliver a better bus service Regional Mayor Dan Norris has urged council leaders to put cooperation ahead of politics in order to resolve longer-term issues with the area’s bus services.

The call came at last Wednesday’s meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s Scrutiny Commission to which the Mayor and leaders of First and Stagecoach West bus companies had been invited. And it came hard on the heels of the latest meeting of the West of England Combined Authority in Midsomer Norton at which not only was the green light given to a number of transport infrastructure projects but another argument arose over bus funding.

Having finally come to an agreement over the funding of supported bus services just two weeks earlier, Kevin Guy and Toby Savage, the leaders of Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils objected to a proposal by the Mayor to return an underspend on projects from the previous year’s budget to general reserves. They wanted the money spent on supporting bus services instead, but Mayor Norris pointed out that this went against previously agreed rules on maintaining financial reserves.

The matter raised its head again at last week’s meeting in Kingswood. The Mayor repeated his contention that without tax-raising powers himself, funding for supported bus services had to come from the transport levy paid by each of the three unitary authorities and that the amounts paid in the West of England were much lower than in other mayoral authorities. The much-publicised cash awards from central government through the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement and the Bus Service Improvement Plan were to build a resilient transport infrastructure for the future and not intended for maintaining current bus services.

South Gloucestershire Council leader Toby Savage responded that the decision to row back on his earlier agreement to increase bus levy payments by up to 10% was because he was advised it was unlawful. While expressing disappointment that the Mayor’s decision not to allow the budget underspend to be put towards bus services and blaming Mr Norris for withdrawing funding for the 18 bus service, Cllr Savage said he did still want to work together to find a solution.

Mayor Norris said that he understood that with council elections due next May, local politics were inevitable. But he said that while politics were important, the reality was cooperation and he hoped that once next year’s elections were out of the way that all parties could really work together to provide a better bus service.

Rachel Geliamassi

Funding and driver shortage issues First West of England Managing Director Doug Claringbold highlighted the perfect storm facing local bus operators.

With the Government support for bus operators during the pandemic due to end in October, he told the meeting of the realities facing his company. He said that while mileage had returned to between 85% and 90% of preCOVID levels, passenger numbers were only at around 75%. That level appeared to have reached a plateau and as his counterpart Rachel Geliamassi from Stagecoach West pointed out, changes in people’s work-life balance were impacting on the network. If people who used to catch the bus to work every day were now working from home for part of the week, then the consequences for the bus companies in terms of revenue were obvious.

Driver shortages were the other element of a perfect storm. While there were short-term impacts from illness, driver recruitment remained an underlying issue. While driver training and recruitment were starting to bear fruit, the problem of staff leaving for other sectors of the industry remained constant. Mr Claringbold warned that the driver shortage issue would not be solved overnight.

First had already made changes to its network to ensure more reliability and he said that the ongoing review of services was not just about commercial aspects but which services can actually be delivered.

The key was to find more bus passengers and the public would need confidence in the network for that to happen.

Round two of new council consultations Residents are being given a second chance to comment on a move to create a new town council for Kingswood and a joint parish council for Staple Hill and Mangotsfield.

As we have previously reported, there was controversy earlier this year after South Gloucestershire Council’s Regulatory Committee’s decision to push ahead with the proposals, even though there was no clear mandate from residents.

The second stage of consultation is now under way with South Gloucestershire Council saying that in both cases the results were “balanced” between those who thought a new town/parish council would be of benefit to the community and those who did not.

Nearly 22,000 residents in Kingswood were consulted about whether they wanted a town council and 320 responded. Half were against and 42% were in favour.

In Staple Hill and Mangotsfield there were 274 replies (2.5% of those consulted) with 49% of respondents preferring no change, compared to 39% who backed the creation of a parish council.

South Gloucestershire Council’s leader Cllr Toby Savage has said that one of the main concerns that people who responded had is that they think a town or parish council will automatically lead to higher council tax bills, but there is no evidence to suggest that is the case.

He also said that a town council is “part and parcel” of the regeneration of Kingswood.

People are now being asked to have their say on the creation of a town council for Kingswood with six wards and a total of 15 town councillors., and a Staple Hill and

Outstanding leadership at secondary school

Mangotsfield Parish Council which would have four

Bristol Metropolitan Academy in Fishponds has been rated

the vast majority of pupils are respectful and empathetic

The consultations close on 21st August. The responses

as Good in all areas inspected, except leadership and

towards each other.

will be reviewed and considered by the Regulatory

management which is said to be Outstanding.

The academy in Snowdon Road has 1,056 students and is

Committee towards the end of September. A decision will

In their report the inspectors said pupils are very proud of

part of the Cabot Learning Federation.

then be made in time for the May 2023 local elections.

their school and all, including those with special

Both trust and school leaders are said to be passionate

To have your say search under ‘Consultations’ on South

educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), receive a

about the role of the curriculum in transforming the lives

Gloucestershire Council’s website. If you do not have

good quality of education.

of pupils, a vision shared by staff. There is a whole-school

internet access call 01454 868009.

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Church brings history to life Regional crackdown on drugs for hundreds of pupils

Avon & Somerset Police were last week playing their part in the second phase of Operation Scorpion, a regional crackdown on drugs.

They joined other police forces in the South West to carry out operations to disrupt drug supply and prevent drug crime within the region.

Codenamed Operation Scorpion, it was the second phase in the crackdown, aiming to also educate communities on drug prevention and provide welfare checks.

Seven hundred children from three different primary schools visited St James Church in Mangotsfield to learn about its 800-year old history.

The church is the oldest building in the area and to celebrate its history, pupils from Mangotsfield CofE, Barley Close and Emersons Green primary schools were all invited to learn about it.

Students were greeted at the porch door by a robed monk who explained that 800 years ago the church was on the edge of a vast forest and how the building has evolved over time.

The children then heard from other characters in costume how it might have been for poorer members of society to live with very little in the way of the comforts of modern society whilst working for the Lord of the Manor.

They then learnt about life in Tudor times and the Victorian era when many men were working in mines, and when Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge.

They ended the performance in current times, sharing light on the recently refurbished church.

children’s imagination by dressing the characters in costumes of the era that they represented. As well as making the children reflect on their learning it also helped them make comparisons to their own lives today.

The delivery of the history trail focused on capturing the

Police concern over speeding motorists

Tenniscourt Road

Police in Kingswood have highlighted their concern about the number of drivers breaking the 20mph speed limit on Tenniscourt Road.

At the recent Kingswood Community Engagement Forum, they reported that they had attended with a speed gun on Monday 27th June for an hour and saw 140 cars - threequarters of which were exceeding the limit.

There are two schools just off Tenniscourt Road – King’s Oak primary and secondary academies.

Police said the speeding tends to be in the daytime and they intend to return as often as they can to crack down on those exceeding the limit.

They have also been out with the speed gun on Cock Road and Holly Hill Road where speeding tends to happen later on in the evening We reported in Issue 731 that a petition had been started calling on South Gloucestershire Council to install traffic calming measures on Holly Hill Road where pets have been killed. A section at the top of the hill is a 20mph zone

Preserving unique varieties of apple In the grounds of the former Conham Hall in Hanham, a new orchard is being created to safeguard apple trees that are unique to South Gloucestershire.

Several old apple trees found growing in the woodland at Conham River Park were DNA tested and found to be unique.

These varieties, named Avon, Volunteer, Ferryman’s and Conham Redcoat, are found nowhere else in the world!

Martin Hughes, co-chair of the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust, met with the Friends of Avon Valley Woodlands to explain how the new trees have been grown from graft wood taken from the rare heritage trees.

Volunteers have been helping to plant new trees in the orchard to protect the varieties for future generations.

Unique apple varieties are also being preserved at Magpie Bottom Nature Reserve at Hanham with support from volunteers. These varieties are called Magpie’s Joy, Fairy Lights and another named after local man Richard Cullum who returned injured from the First World War to start a successful plant nursery business in the early 20th century at Magpie Bottom Lane.

The heritage apples will be ripe and ready to pick in the next few weeks.

Operation Scorpion is a collaboration of Avon & Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire police forces.

The first phase took place in March and saw £404,000 worth of drugs seized with 194 arrests and a vast array of weapons seized including tasers, knives and machetes.

Phase two focused on dismantling the drugs supply network in the South West and arresting those who are profiting from them.

Additionally, this phase was working with partner agencies to support and help those vulnerable to exploitation, and help engage young people in education around exploitation and drug harm.

Avon & Somerset Police ask the public to play their part in looking out for and reporting signs of drug activity in their neighbourhoods.

The police urge anyone with information about illegal drugs activity to report it online at www.avonandsomerset.police.uk or via 101. To pass on information anonymously, the independent charity Crimestoppers is available 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year on 0800 555 111. Always call 999 in an emergency.

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