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Call for change in gun law World champ

A TEENAGER from Yate is a world champion after producing his "best performance ever" at a martial arts tournament.

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Baby Libby remembered

A MUM who lost her baby to meningitis is holding a fundraising day, to raise awareness of the disease and keep her daughter’s memory alive.

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Cleaning up Liz Jenkins' cat has been shot three times with an air rifle. Picture: Rich McD Photography A YATE woman whose cat has been shot three times in three years will campaign for a change in gun licensing laws.

Liz Jenkins wants to see new restrictions after her cat was attacked for the third time this summer.

Under the current law, anyone over 18 can own an air rifle without a licence, although the owner must only use it where they have permission to

shoot.

But Liz wants to change that and plans to start a petition to bring in licensing.

She also plans to unite owners in her area to guard against more attacks after finding that there were more victims nearby.

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From page 1 Liz said: “I feel really quite helpless but I think I have got to get something positive out of this.

"Apart from moving house, which will definitely happen at some point, I’m going to get a petition going on the gun laws, and I’m also going to start a pet watch in Yate, a little bit like a neighbourhood watch, on social media.

“I’ve always been an active member of the RSPCA, I’ve always volunteered for them, I’m really big on animal welfare. I’m going to start this I can’t let this drop. I can’t rest on my laurels I need to up the ante.”

Liz said her cat, known as Woowoo, was first shot in May and June of 2017. On the first occasion she came home "looking as if she’d seen a ghost" and only able to drag herself across the floor. Liz took her to a vet, who gave her antibiotics, but the pellet was not found.

On the second time, Woowoo came home with a scratch and it seemed to have something under her skin, but it was not until a

few months later, when the cat had an unconnected illness, that Liz took her back to the vet and two air rifle pellets were found in her back and shoulder.

The third incident happened in June this year and was discovered by Liz when her cat screamed in pain as she picked her up.

The pellet was found using an x-ray and the vet removed it.

Liz has made her own enquiries and discovered that four other people near her in Brockworth have had similar experiences.

Police are appealing for information.

A spokesperson said: “On June 8 we received a report of criminal damage relating cat which had been shot with an air rifle on Brockworth, Yate.

"Officers have conducted house to house enquiries but have so far been unable to establish the person responsible."

Anyone with information should call 101 and quote the crime reference number 5219 127 761.

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Keeping baby Libby's memory alive A MUM who lost her baby to meningitis is holding a fundraising day, to raise awareness of the symptoms of the disease and keep her daughter’s memory alive.

Claire Grove, of Yate, noticed that something was wrong with baby Libby in March last year, when her daughter was exactly six weeks old.

She was living with her parents, and her partner at the time, Jacob Martin, was at work.

Claire said: “She was whining rather than crying – usually she would be fidgety and have a lot of movement in her arms when she cried, but this time she was very limp. To me, this was the first sign.”

Claire’s mum then became worried about Libby’s breathing, and Claire called for help. An ambulance took Libby to Bristol Children’s Hospital and once there doctors gave Claire and Jacob the devastating news that Libby had meningitis and septicaemia. Her heart

had stopped five times and the disease had spread to her internal organs.

Claire said: “If she was to wake up, which was very unlikely, she would not have been our little girl anymore. The disease took her within hours, and the doctors told us that it was simply too aggressive for her little body to fight. She was unable to breathe by herself, and ultimately we had to make the decision no parent ever wants to make – we had to let her go.”

At Libby's funeral the family asked for donations for Bristol Children’s Hospital. Now Claire is putting all her energy into raising money for the Meningitis Research Foundation. After a successful skydive, Claire is now planning a family fun day at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex on August 10, which she hopes may become an annual event.

Claire is keen to raise awareness of the symptoms of the disease and challenge the misconception that the first

Claire Grove and her baby daughter Libby Martin, who died when she was six weeks old from meningitis and septicaemia. sign of meningitis is a rash. This wasn’t the case for Libby, whose rash wasn’t noticeable until the paramedics arrived.

She said: “If one person can take away that they have learnt a new symptom of meningitis or what the warning signs are then my job is done.”

At the event there will be lots of family fun, with food, a bar, inflatables, animals

and crafts, a treasure hunt, a visit from princesses and live entertainment between midday and 3.30pm. The raffle will have prizes worth up to £250, including Bristol City tickets, Bath Rugby tickets, a 3-hour tattoo session at the Purple Rose Tattoo Studio, family days out and beauty treatments.

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Thousands more tumble driers are recalled WHIRLPOOL has launched a recall of unmodified tumble driers, including thousands made at the company's factory in Yate.

Company executives recently told MPs that there could be up to 800,000 driers still in people’s homes which need safety modifications. The previous estimate was 500,000.

A fault in Hotpoint, Creda, and Indesit dryers, brands owned

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by government for 750 fires over 11 years. Under the terms of the recall, people have more choices.

They can have a free replacement dryer, a free modification, a refund up to £150 based on the age of their appliance, or an upgrade to a superior model at a heavily discounted price.

Jeff Noel, Vice President of Whirlpool, said: “People’s safety is our top priority, which is why we are expanding this important

campaign.”

“We are committed to doing the right thing for our consumers and will continue to take every action possible to resolve this issue.”

“The crucial message is please contact us immediately if you still own one of these tumble dryers and haven’t already had it modified or replaced by us.”

The renewed effort to contact consumers will be accompanied

by a £1m advertising campaign.

Whirlpool branded driers are not part of the recall, the safety notice concerns certain models of Hotpoint, Indesit, Creda, Swan and Proline dryers built between 2004 and 2015. Whirlpool bought Indesit in 2014, taking on the Hotpoint and Indesit brands.

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Coming together to fight cancer HUNDREDS of people took part in the Yate Relay for Life, which has already raised more than £44,000 for research into cancer.

The 24-hour charity event at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex was the 14th held in the town and was one of more than 5,000 being staged around the world.

More than 500 fundraisers camped overnight as team members took it in turns to walk around the track, many in fancy dress.

The relay opened with a parade from 2509 Air Training Corps leading cancer survivors, some of whom were still undergoing treatment, who were invited as guests of honour to walk the opening lap. Team members then took turns to walk the track over the 24 hours to raise sponsorship donations.

Organisers say that already £44,000 has been raised for charity Cancer Research UK. The final total will not be known for a few months, after all the donations are collected, but the event’s fundraising committee has set a target of £80,000, to add to the £500,000-plus raised by previous relays.

Sari Vanska, who organised the Guest of Honour celebrations, said: “It's my first time helping organise this event and what has really struck me is how the community has come

together, with local businesses giving up their time to help set up the event, bake cakes, decorate our marquee and not forgetting the bands that came along to entertain everyone: it's really quite incredible.”

The event also included a 'Candle of Hope' ceremony, poetry and a two-minute silence for those who had lost loved ones or been affected by the disease.

Amongst the participants was Sue Juggins from Yate and her team the Juggernaughts. They’ve already raised £3,000 during the year so far, although their efforts will continue throughout the summer.

Sue said: “It was a very enjoyable weekend, challenging and tiring, but full of inspiration and team camaraderie. Our team walked a total of 230 miles, with team mascot Ogilvy the octopus.

The event was extremely well organised, with several live bands playing and themed fancydress laps.”

Kelvin Bullock walked the equivalent of three marathons in the 24 hours.

He said: “I took part in Relay For Life because I have family that have been affected by cancer and wanted to help: some of them are no longer with us.”

Lisa Nelson, who is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, said: “We have raised over £2,500 so far. It's a really special event; it's so well

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organised, the atmosphere is great. We're all here because we want to beat cancer.”

Among the teams taking part was one from Avon Fire and Rescue, who also had a ‘friendly’ tug of war with 1st Yate Scouts.

Support for the event came from main sponsors Barratt and David Wilson homes,

and Brandwells Construction, schools, the U3A, DJ Dom Walker, who provided music for the whole 24 hours, local bands and choirs.

Donations can still be made online at Yaterelayforlife.org.uk.

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New vacuum firm aims to clean up TWO entrepreneurs based in Old Sodbury are taking on the giants of the vacuum cleaner industry – including their old boss, who lives down the road.

Lupe Technology was started in 2015 by Lucas Horne, 35, and Pablo Montero, 38, who originally met each other on their first day working for Dyson.

Lucas was a new graduate and Pablo was just starting as an engineer.

Four years after striking out on their own they have successfully launched their own vacuum cleaner after securing more than £560,000 in backing using online crowdfunding site Kickstarter: the most successful campaign of its type for a vacuum cleaner, with 1,762 backers pledged money.

Lucas said: “It was great to see all our hard work and effort pay off. We were nervous how it would go but just shows that there is real appetite from the consumer for something

different.”

Coincidentally, their company is based not far from Sir James Dyson's country estate. But Lucas says they do not have any one competitor: they want their vacuum to stand out from all the main brands.

What could really set the Lupe Pure Cordless vacuum apart from the others is that its

creators want each one they sell to last owners a long time, rather than being made obsolete and replaced.

Its inventors say upgrades will be made available for battery packs and motors, and nearly every part will be replaceable.

Lucas said: “We are not comfortable how brands launch 'new' products year after year,

which drives perfectly usable or easily repairable product to waste. Improvements are often small and the whole product is often not required to be changed.

"We feel that consumers want something different and personally it was what both I and Pablo and the rest of Lupe believe in.”

The company says its machine is light at 4.2 kg and has a flexible head for all floor surfaces, lasts 60 minutes from one charge and has recyclable batteries.

While using less power than some existing cleaners, Lucas says it is "more efficient in transferring the power to the floor surface," which gives it more suction where it matters.

Lupe Technology is now taking pre-orders via crowdfunding and sales site Indiegogo and expects to deliver its first 200 cleaners in December. For more details, visit the site at bit.ly/2YhYBLz.

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Yate teenager brings home gold A TEENAGER from Yate is a world champion after producing his "best performance ever" at a martial arts tournament.

The Voice reported last month that Brimsham Green School pupil Rio Patterson was preparing to add a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world title to the Welsh, British and European titles he had already won.

And at July's two-day Junior World Championships in Wolverhampton, the 15-year-old beat all comers to win a global title.

Rio said: “Winning this title has shown me that with hard work, dedication, determination and a strong support network around you, you really can believe in your dreams. Teamwork makes the dream work.”

His Mum, Emma, said: “It was a very large category with opponents from various

countries including Brazil, Spain, Poland, Portugal & Ireland.

"Rio had some very tough opponents but bought the gold home to Yate. We are immensely proud of him.”

Rio was the lightest competitor in his age group, weighing 70kg, and his opponents were all heavier.

His coach, Jason McCauley, said: “The guy who he fought in the final must have been about 80 kilos. A bigger person is going to have an advantage."

Jason is delighted at Rio’s success, describing it as his “best performance ever.”

Jason took other students to the championships. They came back with a haul of other medals; two golds, three silvers, and two bronzes for the club Gracie Barra Yate.

'Old git' Duncan wants to train every day RIO Patterson is not the only Yate competitor winning titles in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Former Bath and England rugby player Duncan Bell, who stumbled across the sport when recovering from an injury, says he’d like to win the lottery so he could "train every day".

Duncan, 44, is now a British Open Masters 3 Ultra Heavy gold medallist, which he describes as the "old and fat gits category".

He got his first taste of the sport 11 years ago, when Professor Salvatore Pace offered to train ten of Bath Rugby’s injured players while he was establishing a Gracie Barra school in the city. Duncan took up the offer, and the training only lasted two months, but by then he was hooked.

He said: “It was something I loved immediately but didn’t follow it up whilst I was a player, which I regret.”

In 2012 Duncan retired from professional rugby and started to look for a local Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school. With a young family and a full time job in Chipping Sodbury, he looked for a local school and Gracie Barra Yate turned out to be just around the corner from his home.

Duncan said there is still very much a ‘team ethos’ even though it is an individual martial art.

He said: “Everybody helps each other out and there are no egos.”

His coach suggested he should enter the British Open and Duncan signed up without giving it too much thought. He

took a day off work on the day of the event because he thought his son was having an operation.

Duncan said: “I completely got the dates wrong but was walking through Yate in the morning and one of the boys asked me when I was leaving for the British Open – I’d completely forgotten. But as I’d taken the day off I thought, why not?”

Duncan said that beforehand he was “absolutely bricking it", adding: "Pre-fight nerves were very similar to the pre-game nerves I used to get waiting to run out for a rugby match. I was probably more nervous to be honest – on a rugby pitch your mates can bail you out but on the mats you are on your own."

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More improvements on the way at YOSC THE running track may have only just have been upgraded but more work is underway at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex.

A second phase of refurbishment will see the outdoor hockey pitch and astro turf replaced.

The two projects have been paid for by separate funding streams. The hockey pitch and astro turf is being funded by money from the Landfill Communities Fund and Sport England, and the clubs which use the pitch are also fundraising themselves.

Town mayor Karl Tomasin said: "I am very excited that we are going to be able to upgrade the all-weather surface to benefit the next generation of both school users and community users."

The improvements to the running track and athletics facilities cost more than £800,000, with £400,000 coming from development deals,

£300,000 from asset transfer, £75,000 from Sport England, and £50,000 from a private donor.

Changes to the athletics facilities mean they are now accessible to everyone including people with disabilities, and the track has been upgraded to meet national competition standards.

As the local population using YOSC is expected to grow, the capacity of the athletics facilities has also been increased.

Users of the Yate Outdoor Sports Complex and some of the people behind its improvements after the track reopened.

The first event to be held on the new track was the Yate Relay for Life. Upcoming events include a Guinness World Record attempt with a relay of 105 people covering the marathon distance of 42,195m, combined with target sprint shooting, on August 24.

Andy Letherall, complex manager at YOSC said: “Since the refurbishment work in June we have been very busy, we have had three school sports

days, the Relay for Life, three athletics competitions, and many more events are planned. All the groups that have used the new track have said how good the new facilities are.”

“It has only been possible with the help of Yate Town Council that all the works have been done. We are now working with them to replace the allweather pitch surface to bring this up to date as well. This work is currently underway and due to finish in September. A huge thank you to all the team at YOSC and all the volunteers that make it possible to do what we do.”

Councillor Chris Willmore, Chair of the Project Steering Group commented: "We are delighted that local athletes now have access to a completely upgraded facility that will last another 25 years.”

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Classic Car Run raises £10,000 CHIPPING Sodbury’s Classic Car Run has raised more than £10,000 for charities.

Hundreds of people attended the event, which is now in its 24th year.

The winner of the best car title was a 1933 Austin 7, owned by Steven Coleman, from Yate, pictured. The best motorcycle was a 1961 Matchless G2 and the best fancy dress award went to Neil Reason and Ann Pounsberry, riding in Neil’s 1948 Land Rover Series 1.80.

Almost 200 cars and motorbikes from as far afield as Shropshire and Hertfordshire lined up in the High Street before setting off through Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire, with a coffee break at Royal Wootton Basset Rugby Club, and ended with lunch at Chipping Sodbury Ruby Club.

“This event becomes more popular every year”, said co-organiser Mark Benstock. “The weather was perfect and about 70 Rotarians and friends helped the day to go smoothly. I’d like to say a big thank-you to all of those who supported us and, in particular, all those who came along on the day.”

In the afternoon over 500 people came to see the vehicles and enjoy a party atmosphere with music from Spex Appeal.

Residents meet developer over new homes A DEVELOPER has met with residents over plans to build 89 new homes on the outskirts of Yate Newland Homes wants to build on land at Engine Common, between North Road and Engine Common Lane.

Residents told the developer they were concerned over the loss of what some feel is a green space used for recreation at the heart of their community, and also a haven for wildlife, in particular bats and newts.

Some residents are also worried about risk of flooding, mine collapses, additional traffic, and the impact on the primary school.

The company said it had examined in detail key issues

including highways, drainage, ecology and local infrastructure.

The outline proposals for the site, pictured, which is not in the designated green belt, would include 31 affordable homes, play areas and allotments, and the retention of surrounding trees.

A spokesperson for Newland Homes said the land was proposed as a strategic housing site in the region's Joint Spatial Plan, which is currently being examined.

The spokesperson added: “Our site at North Road is not green belt and to that effect would have less impact on the character and landscape of the area, as well as being more sustainably located. It going

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Boulders installed on village green to keep travellers away BOULDERS have been installed around the perimeter of Iron Acton village green at a cost of £3,000, in an attempt to deter travellers.

Fence posts have also been put around Latteridge Green, as the parish council tries to prevent future damage and waste dumping when the greens are occupied.

For the past two years, visits by groups of travellers in April have left the parish council with a clean-up bill for rubbish and human waste in areas used as a toilet. A consultation was started with villagers as to what preventative measures could be put in place.

Paul Chapman, the parish councillor who has led a working party on the issue, said police and South Gloucestershire Council served notice requiring the travellers to leave.

But they left behind excrement, went into people's gardens to use taps and caused fire damage to the green. The cost of removing bin bags which South Gloucestershire Council gave to the travellers for their rubbish was £1,500.

After a third camp by travellers at the end of May the parish council installed boulders from Wickwar quarry around the perimeter to deter and hamper attempts to drive on to the green. Some can be moved temporarily to allow May Day-related vehicle movements.

So far, there has been a mixed reaction from villagers.

Longer term options are now being investigated and Paul said the parish council was taking legal advice over the possibility of securing a High Court injunction which, if granted, would make it a criminal offence to set up camp on the green and enable anyone breaching it to be prosecuted.

Paul said: “It is a shame that we have to go to such lengths to protect our private property and it is to be hoped that South Glos council will in future provide sufficient sites for travellers passing through the county so that swift police action can be taken to remove such inappropriate unauthorised encampments.”

A South Gloucestershire spokesperson said: “We have a responsibility to ensure the welfare of traveller communities passing through the district. This includes providing facilities for them to collect waste.

“Work is being progressed to identify potential transit sites or temporary stopping places for Gypsies and Travellers. It is anticipated that proposals for this and other uses will be presented for consultation through the Council’s Local Plan in Winter 2019.”

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Family cycle rides on the Sunday finished off this year’s event.

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Beavers build a bug hotel YATE’S first hotel for bugs has been opened at a special event in Brinsham Park.

Members of 1st Yate Beavers, who helped build the hotel, also cut the ribbon on a commemorative bench in the park.

The bench, which is black with a design featuring the outline of soldiers, a Lancaster bomber, a map of Europe and a white dove, was funded by member awarded funding from Yate and South Gloucestershire councillor Mike Drew. It sits next to strips of wildflower meadow which the Beavers planted to commemorate the centernary of the end of the First World War, with funding from the Friends of Brinsham Park. By next summer red poppies will be growing there.

The Beavers were instrumental in building the bug hotel, which was designed by contractor Chris Belcher and again funded through MAF. The Beavers named the new residence, open to insects only, the ‘Brinsham Ritz’.

The Beavers’ main role was to fill the structure with materials which would appeal to all kinds of bugs. They used bricks, sticks, roofing materials, wellington boots filled with straw, drainage pipes stuffed with twigs, and rolls of roofing felt filled up with bits of leftover material and acorns.

Dodington Parish Councillor Paul Hulbert, who’s a member of Wapley Bushes Conservation Group, talked to the children about the importance of giving insects an environment where they can thrive.

Yate councillor Chris Willmore said: “The Beavers have really transformed this area, working with the Friends of the Park and Town Council. They have sown wildflowers earlier in the summer and built a fantastic bug hotel, officially named Brinsham Ritz by them.

We are incredibly proud of the way they join in and enjoy making a difference.”

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Milan and Max win world dance bronze A YATE teenager and a fellow dancer from a performing arts school in Winterbourne have returned from the Dance World Cup with two Bronze medals.

Milan Cacacie, from Yate, and Max Ilett, from Wottonunder-Edge, were among 6,000 dancers aged from five to 25 who competed in the event in Braga, Portugal, in June and July.

They were part of a Team England which won out over 54 other countries to come home as World Champions after winning a variety of different classes, recording their sixth Dance World Cup win.

Milan and Max are members of REDDS (Rhythm, Energy, Dance, Drama & Singing) School based at Winterbourne Community Centre in Watleys End Road, which was the only

school from the area to represent England.

The 19-year-olds' performances earned them medals in the Showdance Solo and HipHop Duo categories and they also earned a fifth placing in the Song and Dance Solo category.

Both are now studying dance, and are due to start three-year courses in London in September, Milan at Urdang Academy and Max at Bird College.

Milan has been dancing at REDDS since the age of 5 and Max at New Generation since he was 9.

Milan's proud mum Erin Cacacie, the principal of REDDS, said the dancers' medals represented a "massive achievement".

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Data breach A CONTRACTOR has been sacked for accessing and passing on personal information held by South Gloucestershire Council.

The incident was the most serious of 184 data security breaches at the authority in the past year – up by 46 per cent on 2017/18, when there were 126.

A report to the council’s cabinet said two serious data breaches were reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office by the council. The ICO also received seven complaints about the council from the public.

In the second case, “accidental disclosure of highly sensitive data about an individual to another individual” had been due to human error.

No further action was taken against the council for either breach.

Climate emergency declared AUTHORITIES in the region have declared a “climate emergency” committing them to cut carbon emissions.

The West of England Combined Authority, which makes strategic planning, transport and investment decisions for the region, followed South Gloucestershire, Bristol and B&NES councils in passing a motion on July 19.

The announcement was greeted with a standing ovation from the public gallery at Bristol’s City Hall and came on a week when the city was brought to a standstill by activists from the Extinction Rebellion environmental protest group.

The unanimous vote by metro mayor Tim Bowles, Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees and council leaders Toby Savage and Dine Romero commits the region to

meeting the Government’s target of zero net carbon emissions by 2030.

Mr Bowles said Weca’s energy strategy would be a “key tool” in seeking more government cash to deliver carbon neutrality.

Speaking after the South Gloucestershire Council declaration, two days before the Weca vote, council leader Toby Savage said all parties had worked together to “address this important topic which transcends party politics”.

He said: “This Council has made significant steps towards decreasing its carbon emissions in the past few years, reducing our emissions by half over the past decade and of that we can all be very proud, but with more and more conclusive physical evidence and academic research highlighting the intensifying

problem, there is a clear need to do more, and quicker.”

Frampton Cotterell Lib Dem councillor Claire Young, who proposed the motion to South Gloucestershire, said: “I’m extremely pleased that the council has taken this important step and I am grateful to the other parties for seconding the motion and agreeing to tackle this problem together."

Extinction Rebellion activists blocked Bristol Bridge for several days during July and also brought traffic on the M32 and Avon Ring Road to a halt with protests.

Police have charged 16 people, from Hampshire, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Gloucestershire, with wilfully obstructing a public highway in connection with the protests.

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Suspended sentence after waste dumped in country lanes A ROGUE waste disposal man who dumped rubbish in country lanes after he had been paid to dispose of it has been given a suspended jail sentence.

John Hegarty, formerly of Fox Avenue in Yate, pleaded guilty to three fly-tipping charges at Bristol Crown Court after a lengthy and complex investigation by South Gloucestershire Council’s environmental protection team.

The 28-year-old dumped waste at Woodend Lane in Rockhampton, Lodge Road in Abson, pictured, and Ham Lane, Doynton, after being paid up to £150 a time to dispose of it.

Between August 2017 and November last year he ran a business known as Ever Green Tree & Gardening Services and Rubbish Removal, attracting work through cold-calling and delivering leaflets.

The investigation found that in Hegarty was paid £140 to collect waste from a restaurant

that was being refurbished in Calne in Wiltshire in August 2017. The waste was later found dumped in Abson and Doynton.

The second incident saw Hegarty paid £150 to collect household waste in Bristol which was later found in Woodend Lane, Rockhampton.

He was interviewed under caution in February and admitted the offences.

Hegarty, now living in Wales, was given a nine-month suspended jail sentence, a four month curfew and ordered to pay £950 on July 16.

Council cabinet member for communities Rachael Hunt said: “Our zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping in South Gloucestershire means that anyone who fly-tips here is up to five times more likely to be prosecuted than anywhere else in the country. We want people to realise that fly-tipping really isn’t worth the risk and to dispose of their waste in a responsible

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“I encourage anyone who has information in relation to instances of fly-tipping in South Gloucestershire to get in touch with our Envirocrime team who will investigate the matter further.”

Residents and businesses are advised to only give their rubbish to an Environment Agencyregistered waste carrier, who will have a certificate they can show.

The council has urged people to avoid offers of cheap waste clearance on sites such as Facebook and Gumtree unless they are registered with the Environment Agency.

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Beer + music + sun = party at festival THE 24th South Cotswold Beer and Music Festival ended with a party atmosphere with people dancing to Natty Daps Party band’s classic covers.

Some 1,450 people bought tickets to attend the event at Chipping Sodbury rugby ground, organised by Yate Rotary, over two days on July 12-13, and camping was a popular option.

Early figures suggest income was up 10% on last year.

Yate Rotary president Darren Williamson said: “The club put on this excellent event as its main way to help raise money for charitable purposes. We return over 65% of the club’s charity money back to support local community and needy individuals.

“I and all of our 28 men and women members wish to thank everyone who supported the event and also a big thank you to all the helpers and The Town Trust. I have just taken up office and hope we can rely

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Real Ale and Cider enthusiasts enjoyed the bar and music on the Friday night, and

Saturday afternoon saw many families relaxing in the sun.

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Greenbelt homes master plan attacked THE choice of 12 sites to build many of the 105,000 homes planned for the region over the next 17 years have been attacked from all sides.

The West of England Joint Spatial Plan or JSP has been put together by Bristol, South Gloucestershire, B&NES and North Somerset councils to be a blueprint for the development of the region until 2036. It is currently being examined at a series of public hearings in Bath.

It includes 12 strategic development locations or SDLs, which will each have hundreds of new homes built on them.

They include Yate, Coalpit Heath, Charfield, Thornbury and Buckover.

Builders Bloor Homes and Barratt Homes are calling for the housing target to be raised to 140,000, while campaigners from Thornbury Residents Against Poorly Planned Development (TRAPPD) say that the impact of the current target

could be “catastrophic”.

Persimmon Homes barrister Thea Osmund-Smith said the four councils had failed to consider reasonable alternatives to the 12 SDLs and the plan’s sustainability assessment had “fundamental flaws” that could not be remedied.

But barrister Suzanne Ornsby, for the four councils, said the plan was maximising urban living and more than half of the planned homes were in areas that no-one was trying to change.

She said: “Everyone around the table is complaining that the assessment of SDLs is wrong because their sites aren’t in.”

Miss Ornsby said that SDLs in the green belt were chosen only after councils had exhausted their hunt for brownfield sites – preferably close to the area of housing need – that would allow “sustainable” development.

Councils had to prove there were “exceptional circumstances” to

justify building on the green belt.

But Colin Gardner, from TRAPPD, told the inquiry the process as described smacked of “post-selection justification”.

Bus company Stagecoach, said congestion Yate is one of five ‘strategic development locations’ from new developments would make in the West of England will be it “practically impossible” to severe.” run a reliable bus service on The government examination certain key routes, and unless the of the joint spatial plan took MetroBus network is extended, place during the first half of the growing communities in July, further hearings planned in Thornbury and Yate would not September and October. be served effectively by public A decision by inspectors on transport. whether the plan is “sound” and Nick Small, from Stagecoach, legally compliant is not expected said: “The impact on passengers until the end of the year.

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Green flag award for nature reserve A NATURE reserve just south of Yate has been recognised as one of the best green spaces in the country.

Wapley Bushes Local Nature Reserve and the Orchard for the Future, just south of Yate, have been recognised by the Green Flag Award Scheme.

It is one of 1,970 UK parks and green spaces and 131 in 13 other countries to be awarded the mark of a quality park or green space.

The award, now into its third decade, is a sign to the public that the space boasts the highest possible environmental standards, is beautifully maintained and has excellent visitor facilities.

Wapley Bushes has been given the Green Flag Community Award, a category for green spaces that are managed by voluntary and community groups. There are only eleven Community Awards in the whole of the South West. South

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ancient woodland and younger plantations. We work closely with South Gloucestershire Council and the Southwold Group of the Wildlife Trust, who provide us with very valuable advice."

International Green Flag Award scheme manager Paul Todd said: “Each flag honours the thousands of staff and volunteers who work tirelessly

to maintain the high standards demanded by the Green Flag Award. We congratulate each and every winner on their fantastic achievement.”

Volunteers are invited to a work morning on September 8, meeting at the Shire Way entrance to the woodland at 10am. Anyone interested can call Paul on 01454 315851 for more details or just turn up.

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Committee member Paul Hulbert said: “We are absolutely delighted to receive a Green Flag Community Award for the eighth time. Our local green spaces really matter to residents and visitors. They make a major contribution to health and wellbeing.

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Stamps, dogs and rock’n’roll at auction house STROUD Auctions’ July sale got the stamp of approval from buyers when all things philatelic went under the hammer.

Seven lots of stamps, postal history and albums made the list of top-sellers: a collection of 1854-1902 Indian Convention and Feudatory States took pride of place, going under the hammer for £3,600. The New Ideal Stamp Album volume 1, British Empire 1840-1936 – an extensive collection of mint and used stamps including a number of high values – made £2,600, and a very extensive collection of GB stamps from 1840-2014, in six large Stanley Gibbons GB stockbooks, sold for £1,150. Other high selling lots in auctioneer David Lord's specialist section included a ring binder album of Great Britain stamps 1870-87 on Hagner sheets (£900); an extensive collection of QEII Commonwealth stamps (£800); a ring binder album of Great Britain stamps 1901-35 on Hagner sheets, and a stock card of Chinese treaty port stamps each made £600.

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mantra of 'quality sells' was evident once again, as a Royal Worcester pair of two-handled covered vases, decorated with Highland cattle in moorland landscape and signed James Stinton, sold for £2,300. A much-admired Goldscheider Art Nouveau figural lamp in the form of Eve reaching up into an apple tree, with impressed signature of F Goss, made £1,000. A Geoffrey Baxter for Whitefriars banjo vase in kingfisher blue, with original

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In the music section, three USA-made electric basses were the highlights – a 1976 USA-made Fender Jazz went for £1,000, a Fender Precision made £550 and a Gibson Ripper also made £550.

A collection of around 120 vinyl albums, including Neil Young, Queen and the Beatles, sold for £550.

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Litter bin checks to catch out residents BINMEN will start checking litter bins in South Gloucestershire to try and catch people who are using them to dump their household waste.

The council says some residents are “regularly” throwing waste from their homes in street litter bins. Anyone whose waste is identified will face enforcement action and a possible fine.

The measure is part of a new 10-year waste strategy being launched by the council which sets a target of recycling 65 per cent of rubbish by 2035 and sending no more than 10 per cent to landfill.

The 44-page document says: “In some areas of South Gloucestershire, litter bins are being used for the disposal of household waste.

“This results in overflowing bins and has a major negative effect on the appearance of our streets.

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Signs will be installed making this clear to residents.

The report adds: “Where education has not been effective, our collection teams will investigate the contents of household waste in litter bins to identify who is responsible and take appropriate enforcement action.”

The report to cabinet said the council would review the location of its 1,000 street bins, as well as the types of bin it provides.

There have been calls for public recycling bins and council waste and cleansing group manager Kristy Spindler said it was something “we are looking at rolling out”.

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South Gloucestershire cabinet member for communities Rachael Hunt launches the new waste strategy at the Yate Sort-It Centre. will be taken to a new facility to be shredded, removing metals, wood and rigid plastics for recycling. The remaining material would be sent to be burned to generate energy, with the aim of zero going to landfill.

The council’s new waste strategy is open for consultation

until September 27. Comments can be made online at bit. ly/30Rwj8n, at local libraries or one-stop shops or by calling 01454 868154.

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n PETER'S VISION

Winning Together

to Silverstone and enjoy a full three days trackside and watch the whole event live for the first time. I realised just how close we were to the action when as a racing car took a corner a little too wide a piece of gravel flew up and hit me in the face just under my eye.

Thanks to my trusty Ray-Bans my eyes were protected, (from the bright sun as well as flying objects!) but it was a useful reminder that even watching sports is not entirely risk free.

The personal stories about our sporting heroes and how they value and respect the support of their families are perhaps quite different to the sports stories I grew up with, when I think in the past it would have been seen as a sign of weakness to be thanking our families for the necessary help they give us. I for one, know that without a loving and supporting family both at home now, and

WELL what a month we’ve just had!

England team winning the cricket, Hamilton winning the British Grand Prix (for the 6th time no less) stunning Wimbledon finals and it’s been beautifully warm & sunny weather! I find it very fascinating to read the stories about the often larger than life characters we see on the TV, when so few of us have the privilege of actually meeting or knowing the people we come to admire, love and even idolise.

Now I’m usually an armchair sports fan as with busy work & family life I don’t usually have the spare time to enjoy travelling to and watching live sporting events. This year however it all changed. I’m fortunate to have had the opportunity to head off

when I was growing up I would most probably not be where I am today.

My aim for our teams at our practices is that they all feel a valued part of our work family.

We enjoy success together and we share the difficulties that life so often can bring as well. This ultimately makes us a closer and more effective team as we care for each of our patients. It also creates a pleasant & friendly atmosphere which hopefully you find welcoming as you visit and we enjoy working in.

Back to glasses for a moment if I may. This summer we’ve launched a glasses event - the opportunity for you to enjoy up to half price glasses and sunglasses. It’s a key part of our role, to not only provide you peace of mind about your eye health and vision, but also to ensure that you can see clearly and feel good in your glasses too! With

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n NEWS

National award for special needs group

A GROUP which gives a voice to families of children with disabilities has had its work recognised with a national award.

South Glos Parents and Carers was nominated for the Excellence in Parent Carer Participation award as part of charity Contact’s ‘Together at 40’ celebrations.

The group was presented with the award by Minister for Children and Families Nadhim Zahawi during a ceremony held at the Palace of Westminster and hosted by Radio 4 Women’s Hour presenter Jane Garvey.

SGPC is the parent carer forum for South Gloucestershire, representing families of children and young people, aged up to 25, with additional needs.

Founded 10 years ago from a meeting of eight parents in a coffee shop, the group now has more than 1,150 members and 40 volunteers, providing a range of services.

Members of the South Glos Parents and Carers group The first SGPC community base opened in Kingswood in 2009 and its head office is in Poole Court, Yate.

In London to receive the award were SGPC members Rachel Trueman and Leonie Pollinger, who both live in Emersons Green.

Rachel, an SGPC founder and its chief executive, said: “We are thrilled to have won this award.

Our passion and our drive are to see service improvements for

our community and making sure that we are fully involved in the process.

“Over the past 10 years we have been working really hard to build trust and relationships with education, health and social care services, with the sole aim of working co-productively together in mutual understanding towards positive change. We have had successes but there is still a lot of work to be done.

“Our community is our

motivation. Without our community giving their time and energy attending our events, completing our surveys and giving us their views, winning this award would not have been possible.”

Julie Bye, a parent who nominated the group, said: “They are a force for change, but also hugely supportive. They run a counselling service and training for parent carers to empower them to get jobs.”

Any parent carer of a child with additional needs in the area, diagnosed or otherwise, is welcome to join the SGPC community and access the services and support offered, which include lowcost counselling, workshops, accessible stay and play, drop-in support sessions, support groups, written guides and a closed Facebook group.

For more information visit www.sglospc.org.uk.

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KINGSGATE Park played host to around 5,000 people for weekend music event Yate Rocks.

This year was the 14th time the event has been held and crowds were entertained by local bands and dance groups.

A strolling magician on stilts entertained the crowd, there were children’s go-karts and rides, a drumming workshop, face painting, crafts and games.

Yate mayor and town council

5,000 people rock in Yate chair Karl Tomasin said after the event on June 22: “It was good to see so many people enjoying the 14th community music festival at Kingsgate Park. The weather was marvellous and it's a credit to staff at Yate Town council, the friends at Kingsgate and the staff at re-energise that it was such a roaring success!”

The following day, Yate

Churches gathered for ‘Praise in the Park’ in front of a large congregation. This was followed by the Choir Showcase. Raysfield School and Fascinating Rhythm Junior choir sang together, then the adult choirs Fascinating Rhythm, Choir Jam, Bromley Heath Community Choir and Rock Choir. During the finale they sang together.

Yate Town Council would like to thank everyone who supported the community event for making it such a great success.

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n LOCAL MP

Broadband: Fighting for the remaining 4% Luke Hall MP writes for Yate & Sodbury Voice

AS a local man who grew up in rural South Gloucestershire, I feel the frustrations that can come with a slow, or even worse non-existent, broadband connection.

As the world becomes ever more dependent on connections – from working at home with email, to streaming the latest iPlayer series or children requiring the internet to complete their homework – a reliable and fast connection is more vital than ever. It is not a luxury: it can be as vital for households as heating or running water.

Since 2010, the Government has undertaken one of the most ambitious infrastructure programs ever seen in our rural communities, with towns and villages in South Gloucestershire seeing a leap from 61% coverage in 2012 to the present day 96%, aided by the

Government’s investment of £13.7 million both locally and nationally.

And the support hasn’t stopped there, with a number of schemes helping make more connections.

From the Better Broadband Voucher for rural businesses to the Rural Gigabit scheme targeting our hardest-to-reach communities, the commitment from Government is to now treat a decent connection as a utility like water, electric and gas; connections are now increasingly fibre to the premises, rather than copper to the cabinet.

As the local MP I have remained determined to be a strong voice for both our towns and our villages, ensuring that as a whole community, no-one is left behind.

That is why I have consistently pressed both ministers and local council chiefs to deliver and fight for the remaining 4%, connecting

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I was delighted to hear that our voice has now again been heard in Government; our demands from ministers have been successful and we have been granted an extra £900,000 for South Gloucestershire, which will help to meet this final element of the challenge for 100% broadband connections.

I will continue to fight for the whole community, ensuring that when it comes to important issues such as this we’re not left behind. If you are concerned about the speed of your broadband connection, or if you are in the remaining 4% that we have to connect, please do let me know at luke.hall.mp@parliament.uk.

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n MESSAGE FROM AVON & SOMERSET PCC

We're keeping our cool ...

WITH the schools finishing for the holidays and the sun shining, summer is in full swing. It’s important to remember that for those working during this time, in particular those working in uniform, the heat is more than a little uncomfortable. Regardless of this, I know officers will continue to keep our communities safe and feeling safe to ensure you are able to enjoy all that summer brings.

In Avon and Somerset, we’re lucky enough to have many wonderful events take place over the summer. At the start of July, the biggest music festival in the world came to our doorstep and over 200,000 people descended on Worthy Farm for Glastonbury 2019. I was pleased to hear that crime levels at Glastonbury have remained low with 118 crimes reported this year compared to 202 in 2017, a reduction of 41.6%.

I was also delighted that St Paul’s Carnival was back again for another year as it’s a fantastic

celebration of people, diversity, culture, community and music.

The event proves what great things can happen when the whole city pulls together, and is a testament to the local community and the love that residents have for the place they live and work.

Most recently, we celebrated Bristol Pride and officers proudly donned rainbow colours and marched alongside revellers at the annual parade. As with the other two events I have mentioned, Pride brings local people together to celebrate our differences and allows us to share the important message that hate crimes will not be tolerated.

Being targeted because of your age, race, sexual orientation, religion or any other reason is unacceptable.

It's been over three months since Operation Remedy started.

The operation, which focuses on knife crime, burglary and drugs in our area, has got off to a flying

start and has made notable improvements in tackling these issues. Since April, there have been 450 related offences; 33 warrants executed, 23 of which resulted in a positive outcome; a total of 287 stop searches; and 414 reports of crime from both the public and police officers.

Various stolen items have been seized, recovered and returned to the owners. Drugs have been seized, including approximately 645 cannabis plants, 12 grams of Amphetamine and 1 kilo of cocaine.

I know people will be pleased with the police’s increased focus on these issues. There’s still plenty to be done but I am delighted with the positive results the team have achieved so far. We will continue to work hard and send a clear message to criminals that coming into our villages, towns and cities to commit their crimes is not an option.

Finally, I mentioned a new

With Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens initiative called the ‘Chat Bench’ that hopes to tackle isolation within the senior community. I’m delighted to read that this Avon and Somerset Police initiative has gained real traction and inspired communities as far away as the USA to start their own ‘Chat Bench’ to tackle loneliness.

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n WHAT’S ON IN OUR AREA July30-August 1 n Winterbourne Medieval Barn, 10am-noon daily. Kids' Fun Archaeology Club, run by Jenny Hopkins of Hands-On Archaeology.

Different creative activities each day and children are welcome at any or all sessions. Tickets cost £10 per day from Ticketsource.co.uk.

August 4 n Bristol Budgerigar Society show with around 600 birds, Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, Fiddler’s Wood Lane, Bradley Stoke, from 2.30pm-5pm. Admission for adults £2, senior citizens £1, children under 12 free. For more details call secretary Colin Parsons on 01454 775878 or email colinpauline@ hotmail.com.

August 6 n Bristol Budgerigar Society skittles night with Bath CBS and Bristol CBS at Royal British Legion, Keynsham, 7.45pm. No meeting at the hall. For more details call secretary Colin Parsons on 01454 775878 or email colinpauline@ hotmail.com.

August 20 n British Lung Foundation South Gloucestershire Support Group Yate meeting from 2.15pm to 3.15pm, at the Armadillo Cafe, behind the Sports Centre and opposite Morrison’s in Yate.

Speaker from Sirona. For further information please contact Christine on 0797 363 7273.

August 31 n Sodbury Vale Musical Comedy Club presents the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a one-act musical produced in just 24 hours by Alison Cobb.

Performances at Yate Academy

at 5pm and 8pm. Tickets now on sale at £10 each, from ticketsource. co.uk/svmcc or by calling 0333 666 3366.

September 2 n The Royal Osteoporosis Society Bristol Support Group will be meeting at 1.45pm in the Methodist Church Hall, Westburyon-Trym, with a talk by Terrie Stocker, Osteoporosis Nurse Specialist from the BRI. Everyone is welcome. For more information call 07710 743613.

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Monday n Third Monday every month Frome Valley Ladies Probus 2-4pm Charter Suite, Chipping Sodbury Town Hall T 01454 316301.

Interesting Speaker each meeting, raffle, refreshments and lunches. n 1st Yate Boys brigade various activities for boys 5+ meet at Moorland road Methodist church 6.30pm. Contact Simon Crocker 01454 329017 n Shire Way Senior Citizens Club meet every Monday afternoon at Shire Way Community Centre between 1.30pm and 4pm. Get together for tea, coffee, bingo, entertainment, raffle meet new friends , all welcome , Yate Community transport, available.

Further info 01454317866----07749712351 n Bristol Area Stroke Foundation Weekly Stroke Support Group The group has a varied programme of events and activities. Shireway Community Association, Yate BS37 8YS. Every Monday from 2pm

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till 4pm. If you are interested in coming along or want to volunteer contact our office on 0117 9647657 n Lunchtime folk music and song at The Beaufort Hunt pub function room, 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, start at 12.00 till 3.00, all welcome to come have a pint and a meal, sit and listen or play or sing, free entry. Contact Terry 01454 313045 n Macular-support group meets monthly - 3rd Monday 1:303:30pm at Watkins room, Old Grammar School, Highstreet Chipping Sodbury. Contact Tony: 01454314066 Stress Reduction, Mindfulness & Relaxation n Yate Men's Shed meet at Yate Parish Hall, from 1.30-4.30pm.

For further details please contact Steven Ringon 01454 323 857, or go to www.yatemensshed.com n Sodbury Short Mat Bowls Club. Old Sodbury Village Hall on Monday evenings between 6.15 and 9pm. New members experienced or otherwise welcome Contact Chairman S Leah on 01454 315161. Email sleahos@gmail.com n If you are interested in learning about the arts, in its widest sense, why not join The Arts Society Severn Valley. We meet in the Town Hall in Chipping Sodbury normally on the third Monday of each month. In addition to the lecture programme, we arrange Days of Special Interest which examine facets of the arts in greater detail, as well as visits to art galleries, museums and gardens plus trips abroad. Full details can be found on our website www. svdfas.co.uk. So come along, have a cup of coffee, enjoy the lecture and, perhaps, do some shopping in this lovely market town. Visitors are charged £6 so, if you would like to “try before you buy”, please e-mail memb@svdfas.co.uk The Arts Society Severn Valley We meet in the Town Hall in Chipping Sodbury on the third Monday of each month.

Tuesday n Yate Art Club meet for arts, crafts and pottery on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 7 pm at the Ridgewood Centre, Yate, BS37 4AF. For further information please see our website www. yateandsodburyartsociety.weebly. com or tel Roz on 0794 194 6412 n Pucklechurch Folk Dance Club.

We meet every other Tuesday at Pucklechurch Community Centre

from 7.45 pm to 8.15 pm. Contact Veronica Holder – 0117 937 2818 n Frome Valley Tang Soo Do, open to adults and children 7yrs +, Wellesley Primary School, Edgeworth, Yate every Tuesday 6.45pm - 8.15pm. Contact Rachel Woodford for more details on 07712 729726 n Gentle Hatha Flow & Well Woman Yoga Find more freedom, flexibility and strength in body, mind and spirit. Restore balance and energy.Fishponds Vassal Centre Tuesdays 5.30-6.30 (Gentle Flow) & 6.45-8pm (Well Woman Yoga) Frenchay Quaker House.

Thursdays 10-11am & 11.15 -12.15pm (Gentle Hatha Flow) St Elizabeth Hall, Hambrook Tuesdays 9.45-10.45am, (Gentle Hatha Flow) Block price £6/ Drop in £7/6.50 concession.

Beginners welcome. How to book/contact details: www.letgoyoga.co.uk/ or call 07904073535 n Oasis Friendship Cafe - a relaxed meeting place to come along for a chat, a listening ear and to make new friends. (Well behaved) dogs on leads also welcome! Baptist Church Hall in Chipping Sodbury.

2nd, 4th (&5th) Tuesday of the month 10.30am - 12 noon. For more information contact church office on 01454 313023 Email: office@cs-bc.org.uk n Frome Valley Mens Probus Club.

We meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. 10 – 12 noon at the Townhall, Sodbury. Guest Speaker every meeting, occasional lunches, day trips. Contact George for further info. Tele: 01454 882908 n Oasis Memory Café - in partnership with the Rotary Club of Chipping Sodbury and supported

by Alzheimer’s Society. Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church Hall 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month 10.30am – 12 noon For more information contact Jean on 01454 313023. Email: office@cs-bc.org.uk n Craft and Chat - a fun and friendly craft group for people of all ages and skill levels. Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month 10.30am - 12 noon Email: office@ cs-bc.org.uk n South Cotswold Men's Probus Club based in Yate, and reputably the most active in this area, can

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n WHAT'S ON CONTINUED

n Spirals with Carol at Chipping Sodbury School Sports Centre, BS37 6ES. Pilates-Ballet moves to music, designed to improve flexibility, balance, core strength and more. Beginners welcome.

7.00-8.00pm, £7 pw. Contact: 07768 732111 or carol-ramsey@ sky.com.

Thursday n Chipping Sodbury Folk Night Meets on 1st Thursday of each month in function room at

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n Frenchay Men’s Probus Club Meetings are held in Frenchay Village Hall from 10.00 am to 12 noon on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Wednesday of the month. The

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Contact Nikki on 01761 472468 for more details or just turn up at the church and have a free sing on the first visit. Look forward to seeing you! n Short Mat Bowls. A Warm welcome awaits visitors for the short matt bowls on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at St

n Bellydance class with Sacha at Ridgewood Community Centre every Wednesday 7:30-8:30 (beginner/open level); 8:30-9:30 (intermediate level); £7 an hour or £12 for 2 hours. Contact Sacha for more information www. sachabellydance.co.uk sachabellydance@yahoo.co.uk

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n Art Club, Ridgewood Centre, Yate: 7pm - 9 pm http:// yateandsodburyartsociety.weebly. com. Tel Roz on 01454 316956 or 0794 194 6412 n Thornbury and South Gloucestershire Amateur Radio Club (TSGARC) we meet every Wednesday in the Buckingham Room at the Chantry in Thornbury.

Meetings usually start at 8pm We welcome new members and can train people to pass their Amateur radio Foundation and Intermediate Licences. Our website is at http:// tsgarc.uk. n Sew & Sew at Ridgewood Community Centre from 1.30pm 3.30pm at £2.00 per week. Phone Joan for details on 01 454 314355. n Walks for single people. Solo Rendezvous meet at Downend Cricket Club, every Wednesday, 8.30pm, entrance £3, and walk every Sunday. Please phone for walk details: 01454 775508 / 01454 774984 / 0117 9850210.

n Yate & District Townswomen’s Guild meet on the second Wednesday morning of every month in Chipping Sodbury Town Hall. We have a programme of varied and interesting speakers. We are a very sociable group and offer other smaller, activity groups too.

Give us a try. Ring Rhona 01454 881532 or Christine 07811665286

meeting is preceded by coffee. www.frenchayprobusclub.com n Craft group meeting in St. Mary's Church, Yate each Wednesday from 10am. Everyone welcome, we have knitters, sewers and chatters. Refreshments available for a donation. Please come in and say hello. n Blossoms play groups, 10.30amnoon, Cranleigh Court Community Hub at Tyndale School (by Tyndale Avenue entrance). Resident-run group for parents with babies and young children aged up to five years old. Call Paulina on 0759 212 8965 for more details. Old toy donations always very welcome. n Cranleigh Court Coffee Time.

9.30-11am, Cranleigh Court Community Hub at Tyndale School (by Tyndale Avenue entrance).

Resident-led group will be led by residents. Call Brian on 07780 188146 for enquiries or assistance with transport.

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n The Sodbury & District Flower Arrangement Society meets every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month at The Old Grammar School Rooms, Chipping Sodbury at 7.30pm. 12th February - Practice - Willow basket making. 26th February - Talk on Pearls by Pam Slater. Visitors and new members very welcome come along and see what we do. n Yate Poetry Group. All welcome to join our small, informal and friendly group to share and enjoy poems and verse. We meet for an hour 1-2 pm every other Tuesday afternoon in the library, refreshments provided.

For the dates of meetings, please contact Tony on 07704140682 or yatepoetrygroup@gmail.com n Tudor Bridge Club meets at the hall behind St Lawrence Presbytery on Broad Street, every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. Contact Christine on 07876334921 n Badminton Club, 8pm at Yate Leisure Centre. People of all skill levels and abilities are more than welcome to join us. Organised by Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church, office@cs-bc.org.uk, 01454 313023 n The Sodbury & District Flower Arrangement Society meets every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month at The Old Grammar School Rooms, Chipping Sodbury at 7.30pm. 12th March AGM - No Practice class 26th March - Demonstration by Yvonne Berry Sporting Favourites Visitors and new members very welcome - come along and see what we do.

For more details contact Rosemary Cummins Tel: 0117 9373836 n Badminton Club, 8pm at Yate Leisure Centre. People of all skill

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Saviours Church Hall, Coalpit Heath from 2-4pm.

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n SOSA with Carol at Chipping Sodbury School Sports Centre, BS37 6ES. Fun class featuring dance styles like Salsa, Kizomba, Bollywood, Cha-Cha, Bachata, Jazz, Zouk and Jive! 6.30-7.30pm, £6 pw.

Contact: 07768 732111 or carolramsey@sky.com.

levels and abilities are more than welcome to join us. Organised by Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church, office@cs-bc.org.uk, 01454 313023 n Well-being drop-in, Cranleigh Court Community Hub at Tyndale School (by Tyndale Avenue entrance), 1-2.30pm. Meet new people, learn new skills and improve your well-being through activities including arts and crafts, peer support, mindfulness workshops, healthy eating and games sessions.

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Meetings are the 2nd and 4th Tuesday mornings each month.

Information, without obligation, from Jack on 01454 313889. n Monthly social lunchtime meet up for disabled people at the Farmhouse Pub, Wellington Road, Yate, BS37 5UY. Open and friendly group, meets first Tuesday of month 12-2pm. Part of WECIL's peer support community - 0797 962 6569.

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n WHAT'S ON CONTINUED Beaufort Pub . 8 pm - 11pm, Huge range of music and performers covering various genres , all welcome, performers slots are available on a first come basis. £1 on the door . Visit our Facebook page for more info, Chipping Sodbury Folk Night. Or call Jo on 07974 381333. n South Gloucestershire Arts Appreciation Society meet at Bradley Stoke Community School, Fiddlers Lane, Bradley Stoke, 3rd Thursday evening of the month.

Starting October at 7.00 for 7.30 start. Refreshments provided.

Contact: Sallykitching@googlemail. com Tel. 01454 774401 n Directors Duet for Stokes Singers choir. The two MDs would love to welcome new members to Thursday rehearsals at 7.30pm at Coniston Community Centre, Patchway BS34 5LP. n Yate Community Choir.

Ridgewood Community Centre 7.30-9pm. Liz Martin 07891036145 n Chipping Sodbury Ladies Probus Last Thursday of every month 1012 Charter Suite Chipping Sodbury Town Hall. Speaker every month and regular trips out. T 01454 327491 n Avon Harmony are a Ladies A Cappella / barbershop chorus.

We welcome visitors for a no obligation taster session. We rehearse at the dance studio, Fairfield High School, Allfoxton Road, Bristol BS7 9NL. Every

Thursday evening 7.30pm 9.45pm. Tel: Mary 07954170532. n Yate Oral History Group meets 7.30pm,2nd Thursday of the month at Poole Court for interesting talks, refreshments & summer outings. We are a small friendly group looking for new members.

Contact Diana 01454 322811 n Barnardo’s Breastfeeding Peer Support Project provides emotional and practical support to new mothers. Weekly groups are held at venues in Thornbury, Yate and across South Gloucestershire.

The Yate group, called Yate BreastFriends, meets at Yate Childrens Centre on Cranleigh Court Road on Tuesdays between 11.30am - 1.00pm. n The Yate and Sodbury District U3A Photography group meet at the St John’s Church Centre, Wickwar Road, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6BQ on the first Thursday of every month (except July and August) at 2p.m. we invite photographers of all abilities to come along and learn more. For more info email Mary Avenin mabr42@outlook.com or call 01179 099471 or visit our website at www. u3aphoto.blog. n Tudor Bridge Club meets at the hall behind St Lawrence Presbytery on Broad Street, every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. Contact Christine on 07876334921 n Kidz Club THE EDGE at Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church, 6-7.15pm in term time. We have an exciting club for all boys and girls – just

come along and join in the fun! n #jobnetworkbristol & computerclub. Tablet and accessible computer club, employment support and signposting to opportunity.

Join us for a tea and coffee.

Cranleigh Court community hub, Tyndale Primary School, 1.30pm - 4pm. More information from jobnetworkbristol@outlook.com by email. n Emersons Green Quilters meet at Christ Church Centre, Quakers Road, Downend, 7.30pm9.30pm on second Thursday of every month. Contact Ann Price on 07505 267931 or email emersonsgreenquilters@gmail.com for more details.

We meet on the second Friday of the month at The Horseshoe in Chipping Sodbury from 10.00 - 12.00. Contact: Rebecca writetoreb@googlemail.com n Voices Together. The Old Grammar School. Chipping Sodbury 10-11.30. Liz Martin 07891036145 n Yate Men's Shed meet at Yate Parish Hall, from 1.30-4.30pm.

For further details please contact Steven Ringon 01454 323 857, or go to www.yatemensshed.com” n Cranleigh Court Cycling Club.

10.30am at Cranleigh Court Community Hub, Tyndale School.

If you want to get back into cycling this could be for you. More details from Brian on 0778 018 8146.

Friday n Crofts End Silver Band: We are a small friendly brass band who meet in Hanham Tabenacle every Friday evening 7.30-9.00pm We play for enjoyment and not contesting. Used to play? Want to learn? Contact: Denise 07944 887979 or Reg 0117 9652229 n Options, a social meet and craft club (now in its 19th year) meet at The Ridgewood Community Centre, 10am-3pm every Friday.

Tea/coffee and biscuits available with Cafe on site. £2.50 a session. Contact Joan for details 01454314355. n Ladies who Latte - free women's networking group for women in business because there's no point being fabulous on your own!

Saturday n The Tourist Information Centre Chipping Sodbury. Open 10am to 4pm Mondays to Saturdays..

Sunday n Indoor short mat bowls at Pucklechurch Community Centre.

Established players and beginners welcome. Bowls provided. Sessions Sunday afternoon and Monday and Wednesday evenings. Contact Roger Payne 0117 937 3653. n Teas on Sunday at Old Sodbury Church. From 2.30-4.30pm every Sunday until September 16. Come and enjoy a cup of tea in the tranquility of the church or outside with an amazing view over the Severn Valley.

What’s on at Yate Library Staffed opening: Monday: 10am-5.30pm Tuesday: 10am-5.30pm Friday: 10am-5.30pm Saturday: 9.30am-2.30pm Open access (unstaffed) Daily: 8am-7.30pm Wanted: Do you have any old or unwanted Duplo Lego? We would be grateful for any donations for a new Duplo club.

Events for children and families Space Chase summer reading challenge runs until Saturday September 14. It’s free to take part.

Lost in Space – Lego Challenge: August 13, 2.30-3.30pm. Limited places, booking required, suitable for age 7+.

Family Theatre @ Yate Library: Luna - a play about the moon for everyone aged 7+: August

24 at 11.30am and 2.30pm.

Featuring astronauts, lovelorn science teachers, werewolves, and a special guest appearance by the Moon itself, supported by a talented cast of household objects. Tickets: £3.75 (group rate)/£4 (individual rate). Visit southglos.gov.uk/familytheatre or pop into the library to book.

For more information about all our free drop-in activities visit southglos.gov.uk/childrenslibrary Lego Club: Lego + a story + your imagination = your Lego creation displayed in the library.

Saturday August 24, 10.3011.30am. Suitable for the primary age range: children must be accompanied by an adult.

Buggy Walkers: Every other Monday – this month, August 5 and 19. Join them at 10am for a walk, followed by refreshments after.

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Other events Teen Focus Group: Thursday August 15, 6.30-7.30pm The Craft Group: August 3, 17 and 31, 10am-noon. New members will always be made welcome by this friendly group.

Share tips and ideas for your knitting, sewing or crochet projects.

Poetry Group: August 6 and 20, 1-2pm.

Support and educational groups RNIB Technology for Life: Technology support for blind and partially sighted people takes place at Yate Library on Wednesday afternoons by appointment only. For more information contact the RNIB Technology for Life team by email: tfl@rnib.org.uk or phone 0303 123 9999.

Vision West of England: Information, advice and support drop-in, Friday August 16 from 10.30am-12.30pm. For more information contact Marc on 0117 322 4855 or email marc.gulwell@ visionwofe.org.uk Various free legal advice sessions: ask staff for details.

Various community learning courses: Contact 01454 864613 or community.learning@southglos. gov.uk Memory Café: last Thursday each month.

For more information on the library, call 01454 868006, email yate.library@southglos. gov.uk or visit www.southglos. gov.uk/libraries. Updates on Twitter @southgloslibs or South Gloucestershire Libraries page on Facebook.

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August, 2019 Shopmobility South Gloucestershire, Yate Library, Yate Shopping Centre The service hires out battery powered scooters and wheelchairs, to help people to retain their independence and to use the facilities of the centre. You can also hire scooters and wheelchairs for longer terms. South Gloucestershire Council Diamond Cards can be used on the service.

Office is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.30am-4pm, and Saturday from 9.30am-2pm.

For more information call 01454 868718 or 0799 957 4474, or email shopmobilitysouthglos@yahoo.com.

Chipping Sodbury Library is open and staffed by volunteers during the following hours : Tuesdays 09.30 - 12.30 & 13.30 16.30 Wednesdays 09.30 - 18.30 Fridays 09.30 - 12.30 Saturdays 09.30 - 12.30 The usual borrowing facilities are available during the above hours and events for children during the school holidays. Come in and see our monthly displays and borrow a book on the month's theme.

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Space is the place this summer YOUNG readers are being encouraged to sign up for this year's Summer Reading Challenge, which has a space theme.

Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, there are events at both Chipping Sodbury and Yate libraries over the school holidays aimed at four to 11-year-olds.

At Chipping Sodbury Library there are craft sessions in the recently enlarged and improved children’s area, which includes a magnetic chalkboard, table and chairs and a reading bench, colouring sheets and pencils.

Craft sessions will be held on August 14, 21 and 28.

In Yate library there is a Lego challenge on August 13, Luna – a play about the moon – on August 24, and craft sessions on August 6, 20 and 27. For more details see the library panel on page 32.

Children signing up for the challenge where they will be

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n NEWS

It’s show time!

MORE than 25,000 visitors are expected to experience the new attractions and returning favourites at this year’s South Gloucestershire Show.

The show, which this year takes place on August 3 and 4, promises to be a weekend of memorable experiences and fun for all the family.

For the very first time there will be livestock classes in the NFU Livestock Area, with hundreds of cattle, sheep and pigs competing for winners’ rosettes. Both afternoons will feature a grand parade of livestock in the Gregor Heating main arena.

On Saturday August 3 there will be a new dog village, with dog activities, scent work and agility runs open to visitors and their pets. A fun dog show will help to raise funds for the Friends of South Glos Strays. On the following day the area will become a tartan village, hosting the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association. After the London and South of England Branch of the RSPBA realised that here were no competitions for pipe bands in

Flyin Ryan is back the South West, they joined forces with the show’s organisers to stage one. Hundreds of pipers and drummers will take part.

Firm favourite Flyin Ryan returns to the main arena this year to perform his renowned motorcycle stunts; jumps over vehicles, wheelies, freestyle jumps and a pyrotechnic finale. There will be a sheepdog display

with Thomas Longton, exhibiting the skill and dedication of the working dog. Wings of Wales are also making a comeback with their beautiful birds. In the Sprint Print RMX Arena there will be a BMX team showing off their tricks.

For families with younger children, there is a kids’ zone with entertainment, including the Banana Brain Fun Show. For teenagers and adults there will be a music festival with local bands playing.

Event sponsors John Lewis will host professional talks on fashion and style, new to the show this year.

The show’s chosen charity is once again Jessie May, which supports children with life-limiting conditions and their families in South Gloucestershire and beyond. It will have its own stall dedicated to raising funds through activities and games. All profits from the VIP area are donated to Jessie May, and visitors can upgrade their tickets to gain access.

Some 250 exhibitors will be selling their wares, with a whole area dedicated to food and another to health and well-being.

The show opens at 10.30am on both days, with main arena events running until 5pm and music until 8pm, at the South Glos Showground, Westerleigh, BS37 8QZ. For more information visit southglosshow.co.uk online.

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n NEWS A WOODLAND project which supports women in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse has been awarded £100,000 by the national lottery.

Run exclusively by women for women, the Hawthorn Project at Tortworth Forest Centre is the first of its kind in the country offering a safe space and support in the woods. Participants learn woodland skills like outdoor cooking, using tools, and plant, wildlife and birdsong identification – but there is also time for a cuppa and a chat around the fire.

The initiative originally ran as a pilot for 18 months and the benefits were found to be transformative. It was set up by Bec Cork, who manages 18 acres of woodlands at Tortworth, and her friend Jackie Roby from the company Go Wild Education.

Women reported improvements in their physical health, their self-esteem, and their relationships. Now women in recovery are referred by Bristol Drugs Project and Developing Health and Independence Bristol and South Glos.

Bec said: “The women who come to The Hawthorn Project are there to learn about bushcraft and lighting fires, about trees and nature. We are not there to dwell on addiction or trauma but to focus on the future, healthy life choices, rekindling interests and rediscovering who they are and what they enjoy.”

One woman recovering from alcohol addiction, who asked to be known as Roz, had not left her house for weeks when she first attended.

She said: “I woke up that morning looking forward to something. It was exciting to get ready to go somewhere.

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£100,000 lottery boost for woodland project Tortworth Forest Centre manager Bec Cork and Roz of the Hawthorn Project.

“I’m always worrying, but when I come to the woods, I switch off my phone. I feel free.”

Bec and Jackie find that women start to show an interest in their surroundings, asking about books on wildlife, or whether they can get a qualification in forest skills.

Bec said: “There’s one lady who wants to learn forestry – I’m trying to find her a placement – there’s another lady who, through coming to the project regularly, has completely stopped drinking and has been able to reconnect with her family.” The funding from the National Lottery Community Fund will ensure the project runs for another four years, paying for three members of staff, a minibus, and training.

The Hawthorn Project is only a small part of what goes on at Tortworth Arboretum. The

Arboretum was left unmanaged for many years, and restoring the woodlands is a huge project under Bec’s management.

A small team of volunteers has recently completed a one year project mapping all 610

trees, which was funded with £10,000 from the National Lottery Heritage fund. Now the public will be asked via the Tortworth Forest Centre website to help choose which new trees should be planted.

There are monthly volunteer days which are open to everyone, and various organisations use the woods regularly, including the Scouts, Adventures in Nature, who offer family camps, Go Wild Education who run forest school, and Honeywoods. Honeywoods is Bec’s own company offering women’s retreats where women pay what they can afford.

On October 12 there will be a community tree planting day.

For more information about Woodland women visit bit.ly/2XXQRyW online and for more information on the arboretum visit tortwortharboretum.org.

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n MOTORING

A guide to pre-owned cars with Richard Cooke

Second-hand Style Le Mans special: Part 2 RIGHT, things you should know about Le Mans if you are considering going in 2020: 1) Throw away all previous experiences you may have had at British racing circuits. Le Mans is incredibly well organised, laid out and presented. This is no old WW2 airfield hastily converted into a track and left to fester for 70 years. Yes Silverstone, I’m looking right at you.

There aren’t even any queues to get into the place, which is on the edge of the fair-sized town that lends its name to the race. The facilities are clean and on the whole excellent.

2) It is a well-priced weekend. My ticket for Friday to Monday was €75. Camping was the same again, staying as we did inside the track and about 15 minutes’ walk to the action. Food and drink aren’t even that expensive, although the quality isn’t what you might expect from the French. Make sure you like Kronenberg or, better still, bring your own.

3) You need earplugs. Yes, the cars are loud but

the other punters are louder, especially the Scandinavians and the Dutch. If you want any sleep, you’ll need to block them out somehow.

4) If, like me, you are a white British male aged between 35 and 70, you will blend right in. I reckon 50% of the crowd are Brits, followed by the French and Dutch/Belgian/German contingent. You know that rather homogenous crowd who guffaw behind the presenters on Top Gear and The Grand Tour? Same crowd at Le Mans – take ‘em or leave ‘em.

But what about the racing? Well, that’s the draw, and of course it’s ace. The track is so big (an 8 mile circuit) and your access to watch it so unfettered that you should never get bored.

Pre-race testing starts early on the Saturday, and I immediately became entranced with the GT class. Yes, the LMP (LeMans Prototype) cars are faster and far more exotic but they bear no relation whatsoever to road cars. The GT cars, on the other hand, are like steroidal examples of cars you and I, given the money, can go and

buy – BMW M8s, Chevy Corvettes, Ferrari 488s, 911s, Aston Martin Vantages and Ford GTs. Le Mans heroes with real pedigree, in other words.

Toyota brought home a second victory in a row for the LMP class, but British driver James Calado won the GT class in a 488. If you can stomach the early start, go and stand on the pit wall at 4am and watch the crews changing an exhausted gearbox or drive shaft mid-race. In the relative dark, the mechanicals glow bright orange from the heat – incredible.

The French have the luxury of attending as day trippers, which I envy. They also don’t have to race for a ferry or Eurotunnel train on the way home. And it was on the return journey that I came unstuck. I noticed that the Lexus, pictured, was using more fuel than it should be from Folkestone onto the M25 and then the M4 but my exhausted brain put it to one side. Just get home. And then at 10pm, just past Chieveley Services (typical) it did what it has never done before and broke down. I dumped it and got the AA to take a look the next day – after over 2 hours of effort patrolman Todd out of Swindon (who is my new best friend) diagnosed a faulty motor in the throttle body. He also fixed it, albeit temporarily. How long would it last, I asked? He guessed anywhere between a week and a year.

After standing by a motorway for two hours the previous night, this was disconcertingly vague.

And because the GS300 is now officially an obsolete car that is no longer made, Lexus have in their grasping wisdom monopolised throttle body part supply and wanted £1k for something that must have cost all of £20 to produce.

There was no way I was going spend that much on a part for a car worth about £1,500. But then again, and rather ironically, I had no idea what to replace the Lexus with...

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n RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Blissful – or should I say blooming?

– summer IT’s a well-known fact that the English are never happy about the weather. It’s too hot, it’s too cold, it’s too dry, it’s too wet none of which pleased everyone!

The thing is that when it IS hot, no one wants to spend ages in a hot kitchen. On one such hot day, I met a lovely lady called Phyllis in a local supermarket. She looked fed up and simply said to me “Why do we have to cook?”

So, especially for Phyllis and all the other lovely like-minded people out there, here is a fresh, vibrant recipe which will not only delight your taste buds, but is ready to eat in 20 minutes from the moment you enter the kitchen.

Perfect!

Ann Murray is from the Cooking4 Cookery School based in Chipping Sodbury.

She’s teamed up with Frome Valley Voice to pass on her wealth of experience in the kitchen. *Basmati rice – 150g or 1 cup *Greek yoghurt – 150g *Fresh mint – a good handful, leaves finely chopped, plus extra for serving *Mango chutney – 2-3 tbsps, according to your taste *Red eating apple – 1, cored and chunkily chopped To serve – pomegranate seeds and toasted flaked almonds

Indian Summer Chicken Pilaf Serves 2

Here’s what you do:

Ingredients:

1. Pre-heat a medium-size frying pan. Add the oil and once hot add the onion. Cook for about mins until softened.

*Onion – 1, roughly chopped *Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp *Skinless and boneless chicken thighs – 4, cut into quarters *Korma curry paste – 4 tbsps

2. Add the chicken thighs. Cook

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for about 10 mins until golden and almost cooked through.

3. Meanwhile, cook the rice and leave to cool. (Remember never leave cooked rice for more than 90mins at room temperature for food safety reasons.)

texture. Add the apples at this point to allow them to soften slightly.

4. Once the chicken is nearly cooked add the Korma paste and stir to coat the pieces of chicken.

Add the rice. Then add 3 tbsps of water and stir again to coat everything with the curry paste.

7. Serve in 2 attractive dishes.

Sprinkle the pomegranate seeds and the almonds over the tops.

Add a sprig of mint.

8. Serve immediately with green beans or sugar snap peas.

5. Turn up the heat. Add the yoghurt, mint, mango chutney, and salt and pepper to taste.

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6. Stir then leave to cook for 2-3 mins so the bottom has a crispy

*Try using fresh apricot or mangoes instead of apples.

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n COMMUNITY NEWS Rotary Club of Chipping Sodbury OUR major fund raising event, the Chipping Sodbury Classic Car Run (in its 24th year), was held on June 30. Nearly 200 classic cars and motorcycles lined Chipping Sodbury High Street before departing on a scenic run and returning to the Ridings Sports Ground. Gratifying to see was the large crowd of admirers to witness these iconic vehicles dating back to the 1930s.

The club has had a busy time on the youth front recently. First there was the 'Kids Out' event where over 700 children with learning difficulties had a memorable day out at the Berkeley Cattle Country Adventure Park. With the club's support 33 pupils from the local Culverhill School enjoyed the day out. Second, the Chipping Sodbury Young Chef Challenge took place,

where students studying food preparation at Chipping Sodbury School and Brimsham Green School, took part in separate competitions. Third, the club organised the Rotary Young Innovator competition where 35 students, again from our local secondary schools, presented some excellent pieces of work in the categories of product design, textiles and graphics. Finally the Chipping Sodbury racing car team, with financial assistance from the club, continue to design, develop, build and race electric powered cars. Club members were entertained recently to an informative presentation by representatives from the Bujagali Trust, the aim of which is to develop educational opportunities for young people in Uganda.

Garden party raises £200 CHIPPING Sodbury's bridge club has raised more than £200 for charity at its first garden party.

Tudor Bridge Club held the event at St Lawrence Presbytery on July 3 to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, with almost 30 players attending from as far afield as Worcestershire and Wiltshire.

As well as playing bridge, guests socialised over a lunch which included dishes made by former MasterChef winner James Nathan.

Tudor Bridge Club member Christine May said it was hoped the party would become an annual event.

Tudor Bridge Club has been running for more than 30 years and has over 60 members. It meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm in St Lawrence Church parish hall, Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury.

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The club was pleased to make a financial contribution to their fundraising efforts.

The annual handover of the club Presidency took place on July 1, when John Wells succeeded Richard Little. At the same meeting Richard was confirmed as an Assistant District Governor, believed to be a first in the club's history.

Unfortunately our skittles team lost narrowly to Nailsea Rotary

Club in the semi final of the District annual skittles competition.

Attention now focuses on the annual Rotary District boules competition.

We are keen to welcome potential new members. Are you interested in finding out more about the club? Give me a call on 01454 327856 or email me at sfraser952@gmail.com.

Stuart Fraser, Senior Vice President,

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n AROUND THE WI'S Yate WI YATE WI welcomed 22 members and two visitors on a beautiful summer evening to their July meeting in Poole Court, Yate.

As we are having a break in August, we had an end of term party and a hen party (nonalcoholic!) for a member who is getting married soon. Members were given a coloured card on entry and sat at the relevant table, which meant we were all sitting with someone we didn’t know.

After business, we settled down to the games. We had two charts of names and we had to match which pair were married to each other. This threw up some surprising answers. One person got every answer correct but she admitted she reads a popular celebrity magazine! Each table had a committee member as hostess/games master. We then had a quiz all about marriage.

The games masters then took members through the other games by moving around the tables. We played 10 Clues, card bingo and something that involved a clucking plastic chicken (mmm!). A small prize was given to the winner of each game.

We then had a break for tea and cakes, courtesy of the bride-to-be.

We had our first raffle, with prizes of toiletries, a scarf and a scented candle.

Our next meeting is on Monday September 9, at 7.30pm, with a talk

by John Ford, recently mayor of Yate, on his time as mayor. We will also have a book sale.

Visitors are welcome at every meeting and you will be given a warm welcome.

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gmail.com or find us on Facebook by searching for Yate WI. Sylvia Maunder

Chipping Sodbury WI DID you see us at the Chipping Sodbury Festival?

A number of the ladies ran the stall to show the ladies of Chipping Sodbury, Yate and surrounding areas that we are not just Jam and Jerusalem. Around the stall one of our members provided a display of the history of the WI, the campaigns that the organisation has been involved in as well as the activities and outings that we have had and those that are coming up soon. We also talked to a Canadian couple who thought that the WI was a very British thing: they were surprised when told the actually that the WI started in Canada! They were going home to find if there was a local group to them.

It did surprise one lady, who said 'it's all a lot cakes isn't it?' when asked did she know about the WI. I do believe that she was surprised to hear that as the current president of the WI, I can't even remember the last time I baked a cake. I don't think my oven does cakes.

I joined the WI to be involved in activities outside of my full-time, highly-pressurised job. One day when I do retire I will be able to take part in all the outings provided locally, as well as those run by the Avon federation, but that will be some time in the distant future.

During the last meeting we had a talk on birthstones and their supposed healing properties. My opinion is that I am very much a sceptic on this issue. For Mother's

Townswomen’s Anniversary YATE and District Townswomen’s Guild are celebrating their 34th anniversary.

They group meets in Chipping Sodbury Town Hall on the second Wednesday of the month at 9.45am.

Oldest member Grace Morley, 93, cutting the cake at the branch's celebrations in July. The national organisation marks its 90th anniversary this year.

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Day, my daughter gave me a necklace with two birth stones.

Without knowing anything about the stones relating to the months, I would have guessed that my daughter was a diamond. Mine was a pearl but as she thought that these did not go together, my birthday changed by a few days so the necklace came out as a diamond and ruby. Or is that I am like the queen and I now I have two birthdays to celebrate? If so, I will look forward to two lots of presents.

I have to congratulate our darts team on winning the Avon federation darts competition. The ladies of the Dunkerton WI put up a good fight but the trophy came back to Chipping Sodbury once again.

The next trips and events are to the Royal Mint, an evening meal out to celebrate the birthday of Chipping Sodbury WI, afternoon tea and the carol service in December.

The September talk is on farming in Marie Antoinette's era.

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Come and try us out – the next meeting is on September 5 at 7.30pm, in Chipping Sodbury Town Hall. Try us out for 50p to enter the raffle on three occasions before joining.

Come as a stranger and leave with a number of new friends.

Jeanette Oakley

Old Sodbury WI IT was full steam ahead for members and guests at the beginning of July, when we caught a train from Cheltenham Racecourse to Broadway. We had

first class seats and snacks on board as we enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the Cotswolds. Steam enthusiasts could admire the steam locomotive and for others, the allure of the shops and boutiques in Broadway was another attraction. This was a memorable outing.

Our next outing is in August, when 40 members and guests are going by coach to the Big Pit National Coal Museum in Wales, with afternoon tea provided by Govilon WI, who also celebrate their centenary this year.

At our July meeting, our members were treated to a handson demonstration of lace making, with Margaret Flux guiding us through the threads and bobbins.

Busy hands are working in our craft group, preparing our exhibit for the Hawkesbury Show. Coffee and cake help the work along, with discussion of new projects for the autumn. A murder mystery this time for book club readers, The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware: a woman is missing, but was she ever on board at all?

Our next meeting takes place on Wednesday September 18, when Robert Cutts will talk about Brideships. Members can bring along a wedding photograph to display for the competition. There is no meeting in August.

We have over 40 WI members, who enjoy a varied programme of speakers at our monthly meetings.

We meet in the Village Hall at Old Sodbury on the third Wednesday in each month at 7.30pm. There is always a warm welcome to visitors and prospective new members at this busy, friendly WI. If you would like to know more about us, please visit or ring 01454 315161.

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Mosaic workshop Yate and Sodbury Arts and Crafts Club has hosted a mosaic workshop.

The club, which meets Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the Ridgewood Community Centre, aims to run 2 or 3 workshops each year.

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Best ever Music in the Meadows raises £10,000 IRON Acton’s annual musical extravaganza Music in the Meadows has raised more than £10,000 for good causes.

The two-day event on July 5-6, organised by village community group Acton Aid, was the most successful of the seven staged so far.

A bucket collection for the South West ambulance service raised in excess of £2,500 to add to the money raised by ticket sales.

Friday evening’s Mash in the Meadows event opened with local performer Lewis Creaven and his band performing a selection of creative covers in front of the audience of around 1,500 people.

Then two of the UK’s top tribute bands took to the stage: ARRIVAL, with songs from Abba looked and sounded liked the real thing, and FLASH, playing songs by Queen, strutted the Iron Acton stage for the second time having returned due to

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Saturday’s Proms in the Meadows saw the Bristol Millennium Orchestra play popular classical music, with other acts including the Iron Acton Community Choir, Junior Fascinating Rhythm, Kathryn Hurley Dancers, and singers from Opera in the Box. The

The crowd at Mash in the Meadows

evening ended with fireworks and the orchestra performing favourites from the Last Night of the Proms.

Event spokesman Richard Hunter, said: “The seventh MASH sold out two weeks in advance, and I am not surprised in view of the fantastic line-up.

“The team from Acton Aid

worked incredibly hard to deliver the event, with several days of preparing, officiating at the events and then clearing up.

“All helpers even pay for their own tickets to maximise the funds raised for good causes.”

Next year’s event takes place on July 3 and 4 and tickets will again be on sale in advance.

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School's car racers chase podium place THE Rotary Racer Greenpower electric car racing team from Chipping Sodbury School has been busy.

A local race day at Castle Combe was followed by a trip to Goodwood on consecutive weekends in June.

At Castle Combe both the team's newly-built RRX car and the older but still competitive RR9 car were entered for the two F24 races with RR9 also entered in the F24+ race for the older drivers.

It was a tricky day with both cars suffering from a number of technical and unfortunate issues but they ended the day winning the Renishaw Cup trophy for the best performing South Gloucestershire team and were pleased with the potential performance the new RRX model was showing on track.

Onto the beautiful Goodwood circuit for the second race weekend: a much improved day saw the RRX car holding its own

against some of the best cars in the country, coming 4th in the first race and 5th in the second race with a best distance in 90 minutes of 43 miles. We are extremely pleased with these results, on only its 3rd outing – we are chasing down podium finishes. The work on the new car has not stopped, as we are yet to complete the aerodynamic and electronics improvements.

Both of these should increase our speed and endurance further and all being well have us challenging for the top 3 positions.

Rotary Racer was formed in 2005 at Chipping Sodbury School. Our team members, with help from their parents, design, build and race an electric car from scratch, funded entirely from donations. The team race on a variety of tracks across the country including Castle Combe, Silverstone and Goodwood and we have been Greenpower International Champions 5 times. The Greenpower

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Awards only tell half the story YOU may have already seen or heard that we have been celebrating a few more big awards this month.

Ade, our lead pharmacist, won the GP Pharmacist of the Year 2019 award as part of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association Awards, and at the NHS Parliamentary Awards was joint winner of the Excellence in Primary Care award. The regional judges had earlier crowned him the South West Champion.

Ade was nominated for his work tackling health inequalities by supporting community efforts and running health education campaigns, including helping to improve access to community-based healthcare.

The citation read: "Ade is known for his commitment to providing excellent, person-centred primary care. Ade volunteers extensively outside his portfolio roles in community pharmacy and GP practice. Ade supports academic research and writes in publications for health professionals and the public. He works not just to broaden and share knowledge locally but increasingly internationally. His work now forms part of case studies used by national and local organisation, including the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. He champions the difference that community pharmacy can make if supported."

We also had Public Health England designate our work delivered through the Bristol Travel Clinic as the first pharmacy example of its Vaccine Heroes accolade, because of the inclusive and proactive way we are broadening access to vaccines by educating our community.

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Joy as athletes flock back to track AFTER very nearly a year without a functioning track, it was with something approaching joy that over 100 Yate & District AC athletes turned up for training at the refurbished Yate Outdoor Sports Complex. Groups that had been forced to train as far away as Gloucester and Cardiff could only marvel at the transformation that had been created at their home stadium.

Not only has the entire track been dug up and relaid but a second 100m straight has been added, along with a second throwing cage, a second high jump bed, a second shot putt circle and mains electricity supply to the in-field. It means Yate could now play host to regional and even national events.

Club captain Matt Muggeridge said: “The track feels just like I remember from when the old one was new. It’s going to be very fast.”

The first competitive fixture

was on July 20, when the lower age group of the Youth Development League arrived for the third match of the season.

Main credit for the development must go to Yate Town Council who summoned up the finance for such a big project but also to club chairman, Jeremy Dale, who harassed the council and the contractors to achieve the best result for the club and for athletics in the region. *A team of 15 Yate & District AC athletes travelled to Birmingham on July 12-13 for the biggest event in the school athletics calendar – the English Schools Championships.

Luke Ball was ranked number one in the country in the under-15 high jump, so his gold medal was not truly a surprise. His 1.87m was inside his personal best of 1.93m but the opposition all failed at less than 1.80m.

In the 100m Dan Brooks

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recorded the fastest qualifying time and in the final, a personal best of 10.73 seconds brought him silver after a photo was needed to separate the front three.

There was silver also for Toby Conibear in the Inter Boys hammer, whose achievement qualified him for the home international match and a bag full of England kit.

In the same event, Owen Merrett and James Viner, both throwing for Wiltshire but coached by Matt Spicer, finished in third and seventh place respectively.

The club was delighted with a total haul of four medals plus three top eight finishes; four personal best performances, and four National Standards.

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Ruth prepares for Transplant Games A YATE athlete who had a kidney transplant 13 years ago is aiming to win world gold for a third time.

Ruth Medcroft had a kidney transplant in 2006. She has already won gold for race walking in the 2015 and 2017 World Transplant Games, as well as gold with the GB and NI teams, plus two silvers and a bronze for other disciplines.

After first competing in the British Transplant Games from 25-28 July in Newport, Ruth will go to the World Transplant Games from August 17-24, which this year are being staged in the UK, in Gateshead. Ruth has entered some new sports this year: archery, high jump, and the 400m and 800m in addition to the race walking.

Yate Rotary Club is sponsoring the athlete and a spokesperson for the club said: “Yate Rotary are very pleased to sponsor this ambitious transplant athlete and wish her every success in the forthcoming Transplant Games this summer.”

Ruth also hopes to qualify for the GB and NI team to compete in Houston in 2021. She will need more sponsors to self-finance her entry, at a cost of £2,000.

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Gipsies welcomed to Chipping Sodbury CHIPPING Sodbury are preparing to welcome the historic Gloucestershire Gipsies to the Ridings this month.

The county’s most famous guest side were established almost 100 years ago, in January 1922. Their visit on Friday, August 9 (1pm) is the thought to be their first to Sodbury, who are proud to roll out the welcome mat for what, it is hoped, will be a match to remember.

Jamie Rendell has the honour of captaining the Gipsies in their renowned old gold and maroon colours, against his home club of Sodbury.

The spinner said: “I’ve been lucky enough to have been asked to play for the Gipsies for many seasons and it’s great to now be planning for a game at the Ridings.”

Mike Smith, the former Gloucestershire left-armer who also made one Test appearance for England in 1997, is set to

take his place in the Gipsies’ line-up alongside ex-county wicketkeeper Steve Pope.

And the visitors’ bowling attack is also set to feature the experienced Danny Chard, formerly of Knowle and Stapleton but now at Midsomer Norton, and leg-spinner Pete Geddes.

Membership qualification for the Gipsies, incidentally, was originally based on being born in or having permanent residence in the county of Gloucestershire, while “cricketers should also be, at the same time, acceptable guests in the average country house”!

The club has moved with the times and enjoys close links with many senior clubs in the county, leading schools and Gloucestershire CCC itself.

The Gipsies play more than 50 fixtures each year, including a cricket week at Stowell Park, the private ground of the Club

President, Lord Vestey.

It’s a busy couple of days for Sodbury, as the club are staging a reunion for ex-players on August 10 (1pm).

An open invitation has been extended for former players to pop along to the Ridings to catch up with old team-mates and friends, and enjoy watching the two home matches planned for that day.

The 2nds are due to host Frampton-on-Severn in a Division Three Gloucestershire County League clash while on an adjacent pitch, Sodbury 4ths will

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