Yate & Sodbury Voice March 2020

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March, 2020 Issue 61

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What happened to Anthony? Attacker jailed

A THUG who fled the country after attacking four people in front of their children in Yate has been caught and sent to prison. PAGE 4

Tax tops £2,000

The family of a man who was found badly injured in the street say someone must know what happened to him. Full story: Page 2

Park plan is a ‘mess’ A DEVELOPER can build a new play area a stone’s throw from an existing park – despite complaints that the idea is a “nonsense”. The new play area at the Ladden Garden Village in Yate

will be just 30 metres from an existing one in Brimsham Park. Campaigners say the money for the new play area could be used on the existing play area to provide “something the community most desperately

wants”. Instead they say money will be wasted – and the new community separated from existing residents. Full story, Page 3

THE average council tax bill for a household in Yate will be more than £2,000 for the first time this year. PAGE 5

Help for Phill

A FOOTBALL match to raise money for a former soldier who urgently needs a heart transplant raised more than £1,000 PAGE 11

Metrobus for Yate

A METROBUS service, new bike lanes and bypasses in the Yate area are included in a transport blueprint for the region. PAGE 12

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