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A driving force for change Why I took on the law A YATE man who has spent £30,000 trying to overturn a speeding ticket insists he has done the right thing.

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Bus fare cut for Yate A NEW lower flat-rate bus fare has been introduced for Yate.

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Up for the World Cup

David Champion, Viv Potter, Rick Souza of Wrapped Up and Jaimie Shore.

WHEN David Champion sets off on a 2,000-mile rally it will be more than just a fun drive with his mates.

The Yate dad-of-two is also driving to help raise awareness of a charity aiming to tackle the biggest killer of men aged under 45 – suicide.

David, 40, and friends Jaimie Shore and Viv

Potter are taking part in a five-day rally across Europe, raising money as they go.

They are taking part in memory of Jamie's dad, Pete, who took his own life when they were teenagers.

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A YATE boy is set to take part in a world championship in the sport known as football's little brother.

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Nursery's top marks A NURSERY has been given its third ‘outstanding’ rating in a row by the education watchdog Ofsted.

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POLICE are trying to identify a vandal who has been spraying a graffiti tag around Yate town centre.

They want to trace the person in the CCTV picture in connection with the tagging incident.

The Avon and Somerset force says around a dozen tags like the ones below, which mainly say ‘Jeos’ or ‘Jeos34’, have appealed on walls, bins, benches and the like in recent months.

A police spokesperson said: "We would like to identify and trace the man pictured as part of our enquiries.

"If you recognise him, or have any other information which could help the investigation, get in The person police want to trace touch."

Anyone who thinks they recognise the person in the picture or has other information they believe could help is being asked to call the police on 101 or contact the force online and quote the crime reference number 5219 153 034.

Information can also be given anonymously to Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555111 or online.

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Petrolhead challenge will help men in crisis From Page 1 David said: "Jaimie and I both turned 40 in the last six months and as long-time childhood friends we wanted to do something to mark the occasion."

But rather than just having an adventure the friends wanted to do something meaningful.

David had been moved by the story of Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas, whose brother had taken his own life, and said the similarities with Jaimie’s dad, who had lived in extreme pain with undiagnosed lung cancer for two years, were striking.

He said: "Both needed help they didn’t get."

David and Jaimie decided to raise money for the charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably), which runs a support helpline and webchat facility for

men in crisis and aims to prevent male suicide.

According to the Office of National Statistics, every day an average of 12 men take their own lives in the UK. CALM has done its own research which shows that men are less likely to access support because they don’t feel comfortable doing so, so it has created its services just for men.

It also creates supportive spaces in workplaces, clubs and prisons.

David and Jaimie decided that whatever they did had to involve a car, because Pete was a huge car enthusiast.

So they signed up for the Pompeii or Bust Banger Rally Challenge, which was set to see them travel 2,000 miles to Italy, arriving on October 3.

The event has raised almost £1 million for charity over the past seven years and the entry

The car David and his friends will drive on the 2,00 mile rally

David Champion criteria are driving car that cost less then £500 and thinking of a theme.

David and his friends will be recreating the racing comedy Talladega Nights. They’ll be dressing up as Ricky Bobby, Cal Naughton Jr and Jean Girard, and David has acquired replica suits for them to wear.

The car, a 1991 Volvo 1.6 S40, cost them £450 and has been decorated like a NASCAR racer, in the spirit of the movie, by business Wrapped Up Cars in Kingswood, which is also sponsoring them.

David said: “Jaimie’s Dad was a self-proclaimed petrolhead

who owned and tinkered with many cars over the years, so the fit with the event and the charity seemed perfect.

“We are covering all of the costs of the rally and all associated costs, such as the fancy dress. This means every penny raised as part of our campaign will go directly to the charity and not towards funding our trip.”

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Why driver spent £30,000 on speeding fine challenge

A YATE driver has explained why he spent £30,000 challenging a £100 speeding fine – and says he may take further action.

Richard Keedwell, 71, failed to overturn the fine despite bringing a radar expert to court to challenge the accuracy of the speed camera used.

He says he was trying to expose an error which police and the authorities won't admit to and felt he had to fight the case, despite the high personal cost and ‘Dickensian’ experience of the British justice system.

Richard was recorded by a speed camera as doing 35mph in a 30mph zone on a day out to Worcester three years ago whilst on a Christmas shopping trip with his wife. He was at the wheel, driving in three lanes of traffic and not far from the car park which was their destination.

He was on the far side of the camera and there was another car in the middle lane.

When Richard received a notice of intended prosecution he was surprised. He sent the

photos of the incident to Timothy Farrow, a radar expert who worked for both the RAF and BAE systems and advised that the enforcement was erroneous.

Mr Farrow went on to become Richard's expert witness in court.

Radar measures speed by recording the difference in frequency between an outgoing and a returning beam, which has been reflected off the car in all directions.

In Richard’s case there were two passing the camera cars.

He said: “One was between me and the camera, so the beam will have hit the other vehicle.

Some of the beam on that car would splatter off and hit my vehicle and then come back to the camera. It gives you an erroneous speed reading.

"I don’t dispute that the other vehicle wasn’t speeding.”

Richard’s case was adjourned four times before it was finally heard at Worcester magistrates court in August last year.

But what happened during that hearing was what drove

A photo from the speed camera shows Richard's car alongside another vehicle.

Richard Keedwell has spent £30,000 challenging a speeding fine Richard to keep going with his legal challenge.

He said: “The district judge came in, sat down, and loosely said 'why is my time being wasted on this case? He was speeding, he was guilty'. It was like he had made his mind up.

"It wasn’t a just hearing, it was Dickensian.”

Richard was found guilty.

He appealed and the case went to a Crown court in August of this year but lost again. He has requested a transcript of the judgement to see if it has any legal flaws and is considering further action.

Richard said: “I think it was the right thing to do to keep going with it. But I’m not a rich person, so I’ve lost an awful lot of money.”

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Richard said: “If you think of the uncertain future we face, you want to leave something for them to make their life a bit easier, or to make my wife and my own life easier before we die. Now that won’t happen.”

But he remains convinced that the did the right thing.

Richard said: “How many people a day are getting fined?

Even losing their jobs over this, erroneously? But the police and the authorities won’t admit it.

“If we all just sit back and accept what people in authority say, and accept that they can’t be wrong, they will just get away with it. I had to fight it.”

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Cheaper bus fares for Yate and Sodbury

BUS operator First West of England is introducing lower, flat-rate fares for all journeys within Yate and Chipping Sodbury.

The company says the fares, which were due to come into force on a "trial basis" from September 29, will save passengers up to £1 each way.

The new single fares will be available on the bus at £1.50 for adults, £1.10 for 16 to 21 year olds and 80p for children aged five to 15, and will apply to all journeys on the Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 within the towns, as shown on the map.

Current adult single fares paid for on the bus are typically £2.50.

First said that feedback from residents showed that "there are some towns where the distancebased single fares are not always cost effective for short local journeys".

Commercial Director Rob Pymm said: “We have listened

hard to local residents and councillors and are pleased to be able to trial these great value fares.

“We are very hopeful that local people will take to the new fares so that we can make them a permanent fixture and achieve a lasting increase in local bus travel in Yate."

South Gloucestershire Council cabinet member for transport Steve Reade said: "We’re delighted to see First take on board local feedback and trial these new lower fares in our area, having discussed the concept with us back in July. Buses provide a vital link for many residents in our rural towns and communities and we want to ensure our local high streets and centres are accessible to all.

“Being able to access reliable public transport at an affordable rate will also play a big part in encouraging people to leave the car at home and change to more

sustainable travel methods.”

Yate Town councillor Chris Willmore said: "We have fought for this in Yate for years – it's a key plank of our 'Let's Get Yate moving' plan.

"It was nonsense expecting

people to pay a fiver to get to the shopping centre and back. Well done to First Bus for listening.

"Now we need to tell everyone about it and show bus bosses that cheaper fares work."

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Outstanding rating is third in a row

A NURSERY has been given its third ‘outstanding’ rating in a row by the education watchdog Ofsted.

The education watchdog's report on Pumpkins Nursery in Badminton, based on a visit in July, praised staff for being "highly skilled at engaging children in their learning", and noted that ‘children’s individual needs are extremely well met.”

The nursery is based in the centre of the village and takes children aged from one to five.

Ofsted examines nurseries in four categories: effectiveness of leadership and management, quality of teaching learning and assessment, personal development behaviour and welfare, and outcomes for children. The setting had to achieve ‘outstanding’ in all four areas to achieve a top ranking overall. It was rated outstanding at previous inspections in 2010 and 2015.

The inspector Terri

Breakwell’s report said staff keep children engaged using positive interactions to encourage their curiosity and questioning techniques which she described as ‘excellent’. For example, during story time older children are asked why hotter countries have different fruit.

The report found that staff use a variety of forms of communication to encourage early language skills such as Makaton for all children, songs and repetition. Children’s physical development was noted as a ‘strong focus’ with all children taking part in the daily mile initiative. They are encouraged to take risks by using different tools and equipment during forest school sessions.

The inspector praised the management team for using "a wide range of innovative training and coaching opportunities to develop staff practice”.

Nursery owner Amanda

Children at Pumpkins Nursery in Badminton Wallis said: “I am extremely proud of my team at Badminton.

Achieving three outstanding Ofsted gradings in a row is no mean feat – there was incredible pressure on us to keep up the standard, but they just did what they do every ordinary day and that is to provide exceptional standards of care and education for the children. They are a

fantastic team who all worked together to achieve this result and I can’t thank them enough for the continued hard work that they put in day in, day out.”

Two other Pumpkins settings, a nursery at Tormarton and an after school club at Trinity Primary in Acton Turville, are also currently rated outstanding.

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Yate workers lose jobs in Thomas Cook collapse WORKERS at a Yate travel agency are among the thousands who have lost their jobs following the collapse of Thomas Cook.

The shop in East Walk has shut permanently, with a notice attached to the door on September 23, the day the group went into liquidation, advising customers it had "closed with immediate effect".

The world's oldest travel company, which had been trading for 178 years, went bust after failing to secure £200 million banks were demanding to meet its debts.

Some 21,000 workers – 9,000 of them in the UK – lost their jobs and customers who were on foreign holidays were subject to a major repatriation operation organised by the Civil Aviation Authority.

The company's airline flew from Bristol Airport, where more staff have lost their jobs.

The Insolvency Service,

which is now in charge of the company's affairs, said it was unable to confirm how many people worked at the Yate office.

People who had paid for holidays with Thomas Cook are being advised to register as creditors, while former employees are being advised to apply to the Insolvency Service for redundancy and other payments.

A spokesperson said: "If

you have paid the Thomas Cook companies in liquidation for goods or services that you haven’t received, you will need to register as a creditor in the liquidation. " There was also a warning that fraudsters were trying to cash in on customers' attempts to secure refunds.

The spokesperson said: "The Official Receiver is aware that Thomas Cook customers

are being offered refunds in exchange for an upfront payment and bank details. Do not engage with any such approaches and report them immediately to the Official Receiver and Action Fraud UK." Since the collapse the CAA has been working with the government to repatriate people currently on holiday around the world.

A spokesperson said: “This repatriation is hugely complex and we are working around the clock to support passengers.”

The CAA has been providing new flights to bring people home over a two week period, but these are only available to customers whose journey started in the UK. After the two week period, people will have to make their own arrangements.

There are still two travel agents – Tui and Virgin Travel – operating in Yate Shopping Centre.

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Club finds new home after remarkable response from Yate and Sodbury A CHILDREN’S art club which faced closure when it lost its home has praised the people of Yate and Chipping Sodbury for their "remarkable" response.

Organisers of the group, which is attended by up to 15 home-educated children and their parents, revealed in last month's Voice that it was facing an uncertain future with the loss of the rent free-room it used at the Yate Tesco Extra store.

But readers responded with offers of help and the group was eventually able to find a new venue to meet in.

The group had previously used Tesco's community room but, due to part of the store becoming a concession for the Arcadia group, a reorganisation is underway and it is no longer available. Tesco was hoping to offer use of a meeting room but

couldn't guarantee it would be available every week.

Two organisations made serious offers in response to the Voice article: Chipping Sodbury Youth Club and the Yate and District Bowling Club. These were being considered when a room at The Candle, part of Christ the Rock Christian fellowship in Station Road, became available. The room had an adjoining kitchen and two toilets, one for disabled use and one with a baby change facility.

The art group chose The Candle after much discussion because it met the majority of their needs, was rent free and on a bus route. A major factor was that it is all on one level, and with a disabled toilet meant that a child who uses a wheelchair can now attend.

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She said: “I would like to thank all those who offered us a room to use, it honestly meant so much. I can't praise the people in Yate and Chipping Sodbury enough for coming to our aid

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n NEWS PLANS to build 105,000 homes in the region must be 'radically' changed and opened to full public consultation.

An official examination of the West of England Joint Spatial Plan for Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath & North East Somerset was stopped after inspectors raised “significant concerns”.

In a letter explaining their decision, published in September, they say the entire process, which had been underway for more than a year, needs to start all over again.

Planning inspectors Malcolm Rivett and Steven Lee said a “virtual rewriting” of the plan was needed, adding: “The changes we envisage are necessary to the JSP are so fundamental that, in effect, the examination would have to be run again.

“It is likely that the necessary main modifications would result in a radically altered plan which would need to be, in its entirety, the subject of full public consultation."

The blueprint included plans to build thousands of new homes at Yate and Coalpit Heath, as well as Charfield, Thornbury and nearby Buckover.

In a statement on behalf of the four councils, Bristol cabinet councillor Nicola Beech: said: "We are disappointed by some of the conclusions drawn by the inspectors, but we are also pleased to see they have confirmed the benefits of our

' Radical' change needed to planning blueprint

Planning inspectors Malcolm Rivett and Steven Lee said a “virtual rewriting” of the region's Joint Spatial Plan was needed strategic approach to planning, and our co-operation across the region.

"We are still totally committed to working cooperatively to provide the homes, space for jobs, the living environment and the infrastructure we need to meet the challenges of the future – including addressing the housing crisis, the need for jobs and affordable housing, and responding to the climate emergency."

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Thornbury Against Poorly Planned Development said the JSP had been "an appalling waste of time and public money caused by the council’s failure to properly assess the alternatives in an objective manner, in case it gave them an answer they didn’t like".

Thornbury & Yate MP Luke Hall said: “For now, we have defeated these plans to build thousands of houses across our towns and villages, without putting any real infrastructure in place. It has been a fierce

and tough fight spanning over four years, so this news will be a huge relief to everyone who has backed me in this long fight.

However, the housing proposals could come back in the coming months and years but in that case every day that I serve as our Member of Parliament, I will continue fight to protect our beautiful community.”

South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrat group leader Claire Young said the decision of the four councils to push on with the JSP even after inspectors had first raised concerns last year had "wasted time and money that could have been spent on solving some of our problems" She said: “We have challenged at every point the logic of how the sites for the major new developments were allocated.

“We are angry that the Conservative administration ignored everything that we and other local people have been saying.

“The inspectors’ letter is damning. Trying to press on regardless would be an act of extreme folly. It’s time the planners worked with our communities to deliver genuinely affordable housing where we need it.”

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Daryus is selected to play in World Cup A YATE youngster is set to represent his country in a the sport sometimes known as football's little brother.

Daryus Andrews, who goes to Yate Academy, plays for the Great Britain Futsal team, which has qualified for the World Cup in Barcelona during October.

The 12 year old used to play regular football for Frampton, but gave it up to play futsal instead. He’s had plenty of encouragement from his Dad, Liam Andrews, who is the president of the Great Britain Futsal team.

Daryus said: “I am buzzing to be part of the team and I really think we could win the world cup. It's crazy how good some of our players are and I cannot wait to play with them."

Futsal is played indoors on a hard court which is smaller than a football pitch. It has two teams of five players, one of whom is goalkeeper. Currently Bristol

Futsal is the nearest club with training sessions in three city locations.

It was set up after Liam experimented with beach football and futsal at his development centre as part of an attempt to develop better football players, following the approach used in South America.

Daryus took part and fell in love with Futsal, and from the project emerged the Bristol Futsal club.

Liam says it is not easy to access local training at present.

He said: “It’s a new, up-andcoming sport, so opportunities are hard to come by, but if anyone is ever wanting to set up a session I can run training courses so that people can get qualified.

“It’s down to facilities – my aim, as someone who lives in Yate, would be to have a facility in Yate – I want young people to be able get off the streets and play sport for free.”

Liam is also looking into offering local sessions to a much younger age group, from 2 to 8 years old, in Yate, Lyde Green and Winterbourne.

To win his World Cup place Daryus took part in trials and then went to a tournament in Italy in January with his team, who qualified by coming third.

The team fly out at the end of October. They’ll be playing Columbia first, Switzerland second, and Paraguay third.

Daryus has a fundraising page to help pay for his trip, which can be found by searching for Daryus Andrews on gofundme. com.

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n NEWS WHEN a customer told two rogue traders she no longer wanted a new wall at her home they simply waited until she was out and started building it.

Michael Purcell and Harry Edwards, who traded as Buxton’s Landscapes, cold-called residents of Yate and Frampton Cotterell, then ignored customers' legal rights to cancel the work when they changed their minds.

Now the pair have been fined and banned from cold calling anywhere in the country for the next two years, after being taken to court by South Gloucestershire Council's trading standards team.

Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard that trading standards first become aware of Purcell and Edwards in October 2015, when they were discovered carrying out tree work at a house in Frampton Cotterell.

They had failed to give their customer written notice of their right to cancel the work in a 14-day 'cooling off' period. They were warned and given written advice on the law.

But in May last year, the pair were found operating in

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Michael Purcell and Harry Edwards admitted aggressive practices and misleading customers when they appeared at Bristol Magistrates Court a ‘no cold calling zone’ around Sunningdale in Yate.

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her mind and cancelled the agreement within a few days.

The council said that, although she phoned the business and made it clear she wanted to cancel, Purcell, 37, and 24-year-old Edwards, both of New Stables, Llancayo, Usk, ignored it and started building the wall when she was out.

When the resident protested they ignored her and carried on working, even telling her that trading standards officers had been had been to see them.

The council said the customer handed over the money after being "worn down" by the pair.

During the same month another customer, in Kelston Close, Yate, agreed to pay £800 for the pair to lay a small patio and decking in her garden but changed her mind over the way the men conducted their business.

She tried to cancel twice but

the men refused to stop, first saying they had already spent money on materials and then telling her it would cost £200 to cancel the agreement.

The council said the customer "felt that she had no option but to let Purcell and Edwards do the job" and paid them the £800.

In court, the pair both admitted to two offences of aggressive commercial practices and a single offence of misleading action under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations.

They were each ordered to pay a total of £1,235 in fines, costs and victim surcharges.

Purcell and Edwards were also given a two-year criminal behaviour order, banning them from cold calling anywhere in the UK and requiring them to comply with consumer protection legislation governing contracts made in customers’ homes. They face jail or further fines if they breach it.

Council cabinet member for communities Rachael Hunt said: “This was a classic case of rogue trading, where the pair used aggressive tactics to ensure they got paid for the work come what may, even though their customers were exercising their legal right to cancel with no cost.

“We strongly advise residents not to deal with doorstep traders and to only make agreements with reputable traders, never paying any money up front.”

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Day in memory of baby Libby raises £2,000 A FUNDRAISING day organised by a mum in memory of her baby daughter has raised more than £2,000 to fight the disease which claimed her life.

Claire Grove, of Yate, organised the event at the Yate Outdoor Sports Complex to support the work of the Meningitis Research Foundation – and says it went so well that she is already planning another one next year.

Claire's daughter Libby was just six weeks old when she fell ill at home in March last year.

She was taken by ambulance to Bristol Children’s Hospital where doctors confirmed that she had meningitis and septicaemia.

Her heart had stopped five times and the disease spread to her internal organs before she lost her fight for life.

Claire is passionate about supporting research into meningitis by raising funds for the Meningitis Research foundation, and she believes it’s vital to spread awareness of the symptoms because many people think they are looking for a rash, when in fact this is often not one of the first signs of the infection.

Sometimes it never appears at all.

After first undertaking a skydive to raise money for the charity, Claire decided to host a family fun day.

Libby's Day was originally due to take place in August but had to be postponed because of bad weather on the weekend it was booked.

Claire rearranged the event

Claire Grove (third from left) at the Libby's Day fundraiser for Meningitis. last month and this time it went ahead without a hitch.

Claire said: “The weather was amazing and it was great to see so much support from the local community.”

There were refreshments and

a bar, inflatables, animals and crafts, a treasure hunt, a visit from princesses, a raffle and live entertainment.

The grand total was £2,297 with money still coming in via her JustGiving page.

The day went so well that Clare has booked YOSC again next year for another fun day on Saturday September 12.

Anyone who wants to add to Claire's fundraising can do so at her JustGiving at bit.ly/2lHi8DL.

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n NEWS COUNCILLORS want to “shadow” social workers in South Gloucestershire to check children’s services are improving, following a damning report.

The local authority’s social care services for children were judged “inadequate” by Ofsted in 2016.

Since then, the watchdog has made seven checks on the statutory services, and found they were still in need of “significant improvement” four months ago.

Sonya Miller, the outgoing head of children’s services at the council, told a scrutiny commission last week those services should have reached a “good” standard by the end of next year.

Ms Miller told the councillors who sit on the commission her team had developed a “suite of meaningful [performance] measures” to track progress against the department’s improvement plan and some gains were already being made.

But commission chair Ian

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Call for councillors to 'shadow' social workers Boulton (Lab, Staple Hill & Mangotsfield) asked for more information than was available in a 28-page report about the improvement plan.

Mr Boulton said the report describing what children’s services were doing to meet Ofsted’s requirements seemed “quite high level”.

“For me, it’s about trying to get beyond what we’re being told and trying to find out what’s going on below that,” he said.

“We have to do our jobs as scrutineers, and do that studying and hold the department to task.”

Mr Boulton suggested that, as well as getting more detailed information, scrutiny commission members could “shadow” social workers to reassure themselves the

necessary improvements were being made.

Ms Miller said she could certainly provide more “granular detail” about specific subjects and any of her team would welcome any visits from councillors, provided they were given sufficient notice.

Mr Boulton said: “That’s not something we’ve done in the past, but actually shadowing some of the work that’s being done on the ground is something that we could be doing.

“We have to satisfy ourselves that we are scrutinising properly.”

The report from Ofsted’s final monitoring inspection, published in May, found the children’s services “requires improvement to be good”.

It listed 13 areas requiring

improvement, including the speed of decision-making when contact is first made with a child, how quickly preventative measures are put in place for children who are referred to the service, and how well care leavers are prepared for living independently.

Lead inspector Emmy Tomsett wrote: “Recently accelerated progress against the improvement plan has ensured that outcomes for most children are now improving in most areas of the service, but not all recommendations from the inspection in 2016 have been fully addressed.”

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Park and walk to ease pressure A NEW scheme in Chipping Sodbury aims to keep workers fit – and free up car parking spaces for shoppers.

Chipping Sodbury Chamber of Commerce launched the Park & Walk initiative, encouraging the business people of Chipping Sodbury to park at the Ridings Rugby and Football Club on Monday to Friday, earlier this year.

The idea is to take pressure off the limited parking spaces in the High Street or Town Car Park.

To encourage more people to use the scheme the chamber held a Park & Walk Event in September, where people using the Ridings were given free coffee.

All businesses are allowed to park at the Ridings on weekdays, all year round, under the scheme.

Chamber of commerce joint chair Andrew Webb said: “Now that people have seen how it

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New pitch is perfect for sport in Yate CELEBRATIONS have taken place at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex to mark the completion of two major projects, the recent replacement of the astroturf on the all-weather pitch, and the refurbished track.

An official opening event was organised for a Sunday morning when the YOSC was hosting an Avon Track and Field event, hockey matches, Yate Rugby Tots training and two football matches – the day was chosen deliberately to showcase how the facilities are an asset to the community.

Yate town councillors were joined by YOSC staff, local users of the YOSC, stakeholders and Charles Berkeley, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.

The work to install the new astroturf was finished during the school holidays so that as soon as term started it was ready for the busy schedule of hockey tournaments and school sports clubs.

Yate mayor and town council chair Karl Tomasin said: “It's a fantastic looking new surface.

I hope that our many users will be looking forward to the opportunity to play on, enjoy and experience it now and for many, many years to come.

“I'm very proud and delighted that at YOSC we now have a refurbished track and athletics facilities and newly-replaced astroturf all-weather pitch. We now have a top-class sports complex for our community to use, compete and excel on.”

The astroturf was paid

Yate mayor Karl Tomasin with hockey players at the opening of the new pitch. Photo: Rich McD for by grants from Ibstock & Enovert Community Trusts, Sport England, the Suez Landfill Community Trust, and Yate Town Council.

The upgrade to the track and athletics facilities was funded

by Yate Town Council, South Gloucestershire Council s106 monies and Sport England.

Enovert Community Trust and Ibstock Enovert Trust secretary Angela Haymonds said: “Yate Outdoor Sports Complex plays an important role in the local area, offering a flood-lit allweather pitch that can be used for sports all year round.

"The Trustees of both IET and ECT were delighted to provide these grants towards the

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n NEWS WARM tributes have been paid to a former teacher at Chipping Sodbury School, who has died aged 93.

Cyril Pennington was the first qualified boys' PE teacher to be appointed to Chipping Sodbury Grammar School in 1954.

He continued to teach after the change in the school's status from grammar to comprehensive in 1970, eventually teaching maths, becoming a housemaster and joint head of upper school during his final years before he retired in 1985.

Mel Jeffries, a former pupil and teaching colleague of Mr Pennington, said: "He was a very well-respected teacher, both by his colleagues and the pupils. He was the ‘master’ of balancing the teaching of sports techniques, utilising these newly acquired techniques in skill development but at the same time developing high levels of physical fitness.

"The physical education programme he established was recognised by many as the ‘dream model’ and throughout Gloucestershire and surrounding

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Tributes to former Chipping Sodbury School teacher Cyril counties, was highly-respected as a teacher with a special talent."

After his retirement Mr Pennington, who lived for many years in Downend before moving to Wiltshire in the 1980’s, pursued other talents including reading and writing poetry, studying literature, acting in outdoor Shakespearian productions as well as on the indoor stage, painting, sketching and taking visitors on guided tours around Malmesbury Abbey.

Mr Pennington died in August. He lost his wife in 2011, and is survived by his two daughters and a son.

Mel said: "In his younger days he was an outstanding athlete and he competed in the National Decathlon Championships in 1951. Prior

to this he was a member of the British team that took part in the 1949 Lingiad in Stockholm.

This was an international exhibition of sport and physical culture, with the central theme revolving around gymnastics.

He also represented British Universities and the Midland Counties athletics team. Locally he competed for a Bristol club until his late thirties. He was also a very good basketball player, playing his last game at the age of fifty. Skiing was another of his passions and he organised many school trips abroad, providing lifetime memories for the pupils who took part.

"Mr Pennington maintained his love of sport right to the end of his life. Like me, many of his former pupils will have great memories of him as teacher and

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"He was a lovely and remarkable man – one of the great characters of the ‘Old School’."

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Rotary gives Chernobyl children a day out YOUNGSTERS from an area affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster were given a day out by members of Yate Rotary Club.

A group of 16 children plus their two teachers, who also act as translators, from Belarus were taken for a day out to Slimbridge wetland centre.

The children, who were 10 and 11 years old, had been staying with families in East Bristol for a month.

Similar groups have been brought to the UK by the Chernobyl Children Lifeline Trust since 1998.

David Picton of Yate Rotary said: "These children have grown up in an area where the background radiation is still very high compared to the UK, as a result of the Chernobyl explosion, which released 400 times more radiation into the atmosphere than the atomic bomb over Hiroshima."

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David said a four-week break in UK had

this year for these children by taking them to Slimbridge WWT." While at Slimbridge the children paddled canoes, got wet in the Welly Boot Land area and had a cooked lunch, as well seeing all the birds and wildlife.

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He added: "Simply by bringing a child to the UK and exposing them to fresh air and uncontaminated food provides their immune systems with the chance to rest from the constant bombardment of radiation.

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Watches and jewellery sparkle at auction DESIRABLE watches and gorgeous jewellery vied for attention at Stroud Auction Rooms' outstanding September sale.

But there was no doubting the front-runner – a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Ovettone Bubbleback 18ct gold gentleman's automatic wristwatch on an 18ct gold bracelet was top seller, going under the hammer for a cool £15,300.

Other watches making the list of top-selling lots included an Enicar Sherpa gentleman's chronograph wristwatch on stainless steel bracelet, which sold for £3,200; a Patek Phillippe Twenty-4 ladies wristwatch (£3,000); a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust gentleman's automatic wristwatch (£2,300) and an Omega Seamaster 'Big Blue' gentleman's automatic chronograph diver's watch with blue 'tropical' dial (£2,000).

Once again there were some remarkable results in Alexandra Bowkett's specialist jewellery section. Among the top lots were a late 19th/early 20thC metamorphic pendant set with a yellow diamond and four oval cut rubies, which when it was consigned Alexandra immediately suspected to be a natural untreated fancy yellow diamond, hence with considerable value. Further research and testing at the AnchorCert lab proved Alex’s suspicions to be true, and the brooch sold for £5,200. Other notable results included an early 20thC heart pendant/locket set with round cut diamonds, in original Aird & Thomson, Buchanan Street,

Left: This Rolex watch sold for £15,300 Right: This pendant with a yellow diamond sold for £5,200 Glasgow box, which made £3,400; an Art Deco platinum ring with emerald cut aquamarine and two old mine cut diamonds (£2,900) and a platinum ring set with a mixed cushion cut natural untreated cornflower blue Sri Lankan sapphire (£2,600).

The next auction with specialist sections for jewellery and watches will be on December 4th6th. Now is the time to bring in your items if you would like them to be included.

Collectable coins also made a good showing.

An Era of Gold 'Age of Empire' collection of seven gold full sovereigns in a deluxe collector's drawer sold for £1,720, while a 1994 Elizabeth II gold five pound coin made £1,140.

While much furniture is still in the doldrums, the auctioneers’ mantra of 'quality always sells' proved correct yet again as a George II oak low dresser with three frieze drawers, each cross

banded with walnut, oak lined, and set with brass drop handles and lock plates over gun barrel turned front legs, made a very respectable £1,700.

The next auction at Stroud will be on October 9 and 10, when the specialist sections will include ceramics, glass, books, ephemera, stamps, pictures and musical instruments.

Keep an eye on the new 'hot' category of vinyl records, which specialist valuer Steve Parker promises will be a good one. Viewing is on Tuesday, October 8 (10am-7pm) and on sale days from 9am until the auction begins For more information about any aspect of buying or selling with Stroud Auction Rooms, call 01453 873800, email info@stroudauctions. com or visit the website www.stroudauctions. co.uk

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Getting muddy to fight cancer STAFF at a Chipping Sodbury medical centre got wet muddy and exhausted – for a very good reason.

The group of 14 colleagues from the Toll House Clinic Physiotherapy & Chiropractic Centre in Horse Street completed on a 5km course climbing over obstacles in the Bath Pretty Muddy event at the Bath racecourse, Lansdown.

And the event lived up to its name, with heavy rain ensuring they were wet and mudspattered by the end.

In the process they have raised more than £4,500 for Cancer Research UK. They chose the charity because some of them have family members affected by cancer, and there are also clients attending the clinic with the disease.

The staff have previously taken part in the Yate Relay for Life at the YOSC. Receptionist Rochelle McNess said: “We had an

The Toll House Clinic team after their muddy challenge absolutely brilliant day. There was heavy rain to start with but the motivational warm up and inspirational stories really helped us to get into the running. It was lovely to see loads of people of all different ages and abilities coming together.

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“We all have different fitness levels, however every muddy obstacle was seen through together as a team of 14 – we helped each other over heights and through thick mud and icecold water! A great team building exercise while raising money for

a fantastic cause!”

For more information or to donate to the team's fundraising campaign visit their page on the cancer Research fundraising site at bit.ly/2mAfuzL.

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Have your say on ageing in Yate THE views of older people are being sought on how to improve the quality of life in Yate. The town council has launched a public consultation called ‘Yate Ageing Better’.

It aims to establish whether older people know what Yate already has, and what they think is missing, to see if it can help make the town a better place to live.

The researchers involved are older people themselves, who are going out and about in Yate and are hoping to talk to anyone who is willing to contribute their views and ideas.

They’ll also be asking what, if anything, prevents older people from leading full and active lives in the town.

A council spokesperson said: “We want to find out how we can make Yate a great place for people to get older, so that their lives can be happy, fulfilled, active, energetic, positive and rewarding.”

Anyone who would like to take part can contact the town council to ask for a copy of the questionnaire. There is a freepost address to return it to.

There is a link to a short version on the town council website, yatetowncouncil.gov.uk.

People can also call the council on 01454 866506 or email info@yatetowncouncil.gov.uk.

Sale will help home VOLUNTEERS who help people living in a residential home for people with physical and mental disabilities are holding a fundraising sale to support their next trip.

Rex and Beverley Howliston, of Christ the Rock Christian Fellowship in Yate, have been volunteering for ten years at the home in Korce, Albania, run by charity the Kenedi Foundation.

Rex said volunteers provide activities and outings for the residents, to relieve boredom and provide some fun for them.

He said: "We show them that although they live at the very top of the town, they are not forgotten, abandoned or rejected by society.

"We have good close connections and are very much a family."

Last year supporters in Yate helped Rex and Beverley raise £1,500 which helped fund the activities and buy waterproof mattress protectors.

Rex said: "Thank you to the people of Yate for your support."

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Changes at junction 'cut journey times' for Yate drivers A BAN on some turns at the Hambrook traffic lights has almost halved journey times for drivers on the Avon Ring Road, according to South Gloucestershire Council.

But the restrictions are making school buses late and increasing congestion and pollution on surrounding roads, say parish councillors.

Bans on traffic from Frenchay and Bromley Heath accessing the B4058 Bristol Road towards Winterbourne at the junction with the A4174 were introduced in August, in a bid to cut the amount of toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from stationary traffic.

South Gloucestershire Council was ordered to take action by the government as pollution levels were above legal

limits at the junction, used by traffic from Yate heading along the ring road towards Bristol on the M32, as well as Filton and the westbound M4.

The council says it has been monitoring journey times around the lights as an indication of the likelihood of reductions in NO2.

A spokesperson said: "Initial results indicate we are almost halving morning peak journey times between Wick Wick and the M32 compared to this time last year, however it is too early to draw firm conclusions, and we must consider that not all students are back following the summer break (in particular university students).

"We hope that the shorter journey times will achieve the desired reduction in NO2, but

it will be a number of months before we have that evidence.”

However, Winterbourne Parish council’s Frenchay ward councillors – Adrian Collins, Paul Kembery, Charlie Watkins and Hugh Whatley – said pollution and congestion had been made worse.

The return of school traffic had been compounded by road works at Abbey Wood, which were leading to blockages at the M32 roundabout that traffic from Frenchay now has to use to access the northbound B4058.

They called for a new box junction at the roundabout to stop "inconsiderate motorists", driving from the southbound M32 towards Filton, from blocking the lanes used for the detour for Frenchay traffic

heading towards Winterbourne.

They said: "The school bus to the Winterbourne Academy has been turning up late due to the hold ups and this has been especially distressing for the new intake who were worried about arriving at school 10-20 minutes late.

"The whole point of the temporary traffic measure is to reduce CO2/NOx emissions and this is making matters worse.

"These pressure points really need joined-up thinking to try and help the situation long term – the junction from Frenchay needs a redesign and yellow hatched areas implemented to help keep traffic flowing."

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October, 2019

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Housing plan defeated – but we must stand ready to fight again Luke Hall MP writes for Yate & Sodbury Voice

FOR the last four years we have been fighting the proposals to build over the Green Belt in Coalpit Heath, a Buckover ‘Garden Village’ near Thornbury, double the size of Charfield and build more houses in Iron Acton and North West Yate. Together, we have waged a fierce campaign to protect our community. We know that building even more houses, without the transport infrastructure, community services and medical facilities to support them, is completely unsustainable.

As the local MP I have fought these proposals every step of the way. I have taken the fight to Government ministers and held debates in the House of Commons, raised the community’s concerns at the highest levels in Government, helping to ensure ministers did

not back the Buckover ‘Garden Village’ element of the proposals, which would have put even more pressure on our roads. I have supported residents and campaigners and presented robust technical submissions at every consultation opportunity and conducted a local development surveys demonstrating our wholesale opposition to the proposals. Together, we have also demanded that other elected officials, like our Metro Mayor, stand by their commitments to us.

I have now received the Government inspector’s official response to the proposals. It echoes the 2017 speech I made in the House of Commons against the plan – that it is fundamentally flawed – and they have recommended that the plans

are completely withdrawn. This is a huge success!

Together we have defeated these plans, for now, and the council will have to go back to the drawing board and start again.

But these plans to build thousands more homes could still, and may very well, be brought back in the months and years ahead.

Every day that I serve as your Member of Parliament, I will work to ensure Yate and Chipping Sodbury have real influence, and I will always fight to protect our towns. As ever, if you would like me to keep you updated on the campaign, or if there is anything else I can help with as your local MP, please do not hesitate to get in touch at luke.hall.mp@parliament. uk.

Yate Amateur Boxing Club Relocation Project

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ATE Town Council (YTC) has been working with Yate Amateur Boxing Club (YABC) for the last 18 months to re-home them in purpose-built premises onsite at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex, home to an athletics and track facility, astroturf pitch, football and rugby pitches.

YABC is currently homed in a portacabin with no heating, deteriorating equipment and with premises that are too small to accommodate both male and female boxers and not suitable for para-boxers. South Gloucestershire Council deemed the current building unfit-for-purpose and advised of its intention to demolish it in the very near future.

The Town Council now has planning permission and is seeking a loan from the Public Works Loan Board for the project, as well as continuing to work with YABC to source funds for the rebuild. The new community building will provide more space and storage. Male, female and disabled changing facilities and toilets will be available onsite at YOSC, encouraging female and para boxers

to start attending the club.

The new facility will also be available for hire to other community groups for activities such as kick boxing, boxercise, dance and exercise classes.

The vision of YABC is to develop an inclusive boxing club, run by volunteers on a social enterprise model, particularly supporting young people to access the personal and physical development opportunities provided by boxing.

Reverend Hywel Snook from Yate Parish has been supporting YABC in their quest to find a new home and has offered to host an exhibition boxing match in the local church to raise awareness of the project and seek funds towards it. Look out for further information regarding the exhibition match in due course.

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Please contact Yate Town Council, by email info@yatetowncouncil.gov.uk, telephone 01454 866506 or alternatively call in and see us at Poole Court, Yate, BS37 5PP and we will forward information to YABC.

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n NEWS

Clive retires from fundraising with £282,000 total

CHARITY runner Clive Daniels has finally retired from fundraising after smashing his target.

The 73-year-old had announced in advance that last month's Bristol Half-marathon would be his last race as a sponsored runner – and wanted to push the total he had raised for Macmillan Cancer Support over £250,000.

But a massive £14,000 in pledges means that his total over the years for the charity has reached a staggering £260,000. And fundraising for other organisations before committing to Macmillan means that the total he has raised for all charities is £282,000.

Clive, from Yate, started running for charity in 1985 and has run 100 marathons and 24 half-marathons since then.

He first announced his retirement two years ago, but then changed his mind. He missed a year of races because of

a shoulder operation and decided that 2019 would definitely be his final year.

Clive said: “My last charity run went very well, considering my low training mileage this summer – no long runs due to a calf injury and only two short runs in the couple of weeks leading up to the race.

"This, together with a massive nosebleed the day before, wasn't the best preparation!

"My time was 2 hours 42 mins – my slowest ever – but I really enjoyed the day and was able to complete the race without walking, despite the heat.”

Clive has found his motivation to be the work that Macmillan does. He has had experience of relatives being looked after and realised how valuable the charity’s work is.

More recently he has met many people affected by cancer.

Clive said: “I wouldn't have been able to do this without the loyal support of my large number

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n VIEW FROM YATE HERITAGE CENTRE

Yate during the Second World War OUR display on World War II aircraft and industry around Yate, which runs until November 2, marks 80 years since the beginning of the Second World War. Although this is hardly an event to celebrate, it was nevertheless a momentous time on the industrial and social development of the area.

For my latest research project at Yate Heritage Centre, I looked at World War II and how it affected the Yate area. Leading up to and during the war, military aircraft and components, such as gun turrets, were all being manufactured at Parnall Aircraft in Yate.

Parnall Aircraft was badly damaged in bombing raids in February and March of 1941.

Production lines were dispersed to at least 22 sites in the area, while the main factory in Yate was rebuilt. Once the factory had been rebuilt it employed 3,500 people and there were at least 10,000 people working in satellite production facilities at its peak.

They were employed in building

Making wings. Photo: Creda archive airframes for the Supermarine Spitfire, gun turrets for Lancaster Bombers and Short Sunderland flying boats, as well as components for the Avro Lincoln bomber.

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Raising dementia awareness AN event to help tackle the stigma and lack of understanding around dementia is being staged in Chipping Sodbury.

Emma Doney, from independent living support company Adorno Companions, is running a free one-hour Dementia Friends information session on October 22 at Brook’s Bar in the High Street at midday and is encouraging people to come along.

The Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme is the biggest ever initiative to change people’s perceptions of dementia. It aims to transform the way the nation thinks, talks and acts about the condition.

Dementia Friends is about learning more about dementia and the small ways you can help. From telling friends about the Dementia Friends programme to visiting someone you know living with dementia, every action counts.

There are currently 850,000 people living with the condition in England.

Emma said: "I signed up to be a Dementia Friends Champion because my grandmother had Alzheimer’s Disease. It’s easy to get involved. I attended a training course, receive ongoing support and I’m now proud to be part of a growing network of people creating dementia friendly communities together."

Anyone wanting to attend the Dementia Friends Session should contact Emma at info@adornocompanions.co.uk.

There is an online video with more information at dementiafriends.org.uk.

Hospital trust rated 'good' THE NHS trust which runs Southmead Hospital has been given a good rating by the care watchdog – for the first time since it moved into its new buildings five years ago.

North Bristol NHS Trust was previously rated as requiring improvement by the Care Quality Commission.

A team of inspectors from the CQC visited the trust during June and July to check the quality of five core services: urgent and emergency services, medical care (including older people’s care), surgery, maternity and end of life care. CQC also looked specifically at management and leadership.

The CQC said the trust was now rated as 'outstanding' for care and leadership, and 'good' for safety and effectiveness. It still requires improvement for responsiveness.

CQC deputy chief inspector of hospitals for the South, Dr Nigel Acheson, said: “North Bristol NHS Trust has worked steadily to embed the improvements we requested at our last inspection. I want to congratulate them for this work."

Trust chief executive Andrea Young said: “Our amazing staff touch people’s lives on a daily basis and we are extremely proud of the high quality, safe care we provide our community.

“We have made enormous improvements since 2014 when this Trust and its staff undertook the biggest hospital change programme ever merging services from two hospital sites and moving into a brand new building. The professionalism and hard work of our staff through this period now shines through. We have the confidence and energy to go further and want to ensure every patient experiences exceptional healthcare, personally delivered."

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Builders move in on farm after planning fight WORK is underway to build a housing development on a farm after a long planning battle.

Barratt Homes has started building 204 new homes in Coalpit Heath on land which was previously part of Woodlands Farm, once owned by the author Dick King-Smith.

The development has been named Blackberry Park by the company.

South Gloucestershire Council originally refused proposals for a larger development of 380 houses, following a major campaign against it. A smaller outline plan for up to 215 homes was rejected by planners in the summer of 2017.

The company took the case to appeal and it was heard last year, with Mr King-Smith’s children adding their voices to the argument for keeping the land in its original state. A government

planning inspector ruled in the developer’s favour.

Barratt was given detailed permission for a 204-home development in June and is now building two, three and fourbedroomed homes to appeal to what a spokesperson described as a ‘whole host of lifestyles’.

The company said it has had a ‘high level’ of interest from people wishing to move to the Coalpit Heath area, and expects demand to rise further.

Sales Director Andrea Pilgrim said: “This is great news for people wishing to settle in this sought-after area. We know demand for homes here is high, and we’re also pleased to be bringing jobs and new homes to people in the area.”

Barratt says the development will create 600 jobs over its course.

Andrea added: “The designs are very much in keeping with

this picturesque area.”

The developers have promised to introduce allotments and community orchards, with hedgerows and ‘green street scenes’.

Mr King-Smith, who died in 2011, lived at Woodlands Farm from 1948 to 1962 and was inspired by the landscape around him, which featured in many of his novels. One of the most famous was The Sheep-

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The June council planning meeting heard objections to the plans on the grounds of road safety concerns, a lack of local infrastructure, loss of green land and the impact on wildlife.

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n MESSAGE FROM AVON & SOMERSET PCC

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AST month, along with Avon Fire & Rescue, we opened our doors to your emergency services for our annual open day. Thankfully, the weather was kind to us and local people enjoyed displays from Avon and Somerset’s Police Dog, Mounted, Firearms section as well as car cutting and search and rescue demonstrations from Avon Fire and Rescue. It was wonderful to see families getting an insight into all aspects of our emergency services and the people who work so hard to keep our communities safe.

This month, I will be working alongside Avon and Somerset Police and partners to increase local people’s understanding of hate crime to mark National Hate Crime Awareness Week (October 12-19). Hate crime can be defined as ‘any criminal offence that is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards

someone based on personal characteristics’. Although hate crime is being spoken about more and more in the media and on social media, there is still confusion about the offence and when to report it and, as a result, underreporting continues to be an issue for victims of hate crime, particularly those related to religion, disability and sexual orientation.

Our homes and our streets should be a place free from discrimination, intolerance and prejudice and that’s why it’s important we are firm in our message that hate has no home in our communities. If you’ve been a victim of hate crime you are not alone and please remember that there are people who can help. Only by working together can we show that hate crime will not be tolerated and offenders will be brought to justice.

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Although one life lost in a collision is one too many, thanks to the dedication of the Roads Policing Unit, our roads are becoming increasingly safer for all road users. The Constabulary help organise and deliver voluntary speeding education courses to approximately 140,000 drivers each year and the unit is also supported by local people through the brilliant 131 Community Speedwatch schemes across the area.

Since 2014, I have also ensured that the unit has been

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n WHAT’S ON IN OUR AREA n Spanish classes Spanish classes at The Horseshoe in Chipping Sodbury. Learn to speak Spanish in a small, friendly group, 6-week course £60.00.

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October 1 n Jazz at the George Inn, Chipping Sodbury, Mike Slade Trio plus guests, 8pm until 11pm. Free entry, but a collection is taken to pay the musicians. Also on October 15 and 29.

October 4 n Yate and Sodbury District U3A open day from 2pm-4pm at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall. Find an interest group that suits you or share ideas for new groups.

Have a chat with members of the committee and interest groups during the afternoon and find out more. University of the Third Age is a UK-wide movement which brings together people in their ‘third age’ to develop interests and continue learning in a friendly and informal environment.

Saturday 5 October n Kennedy Way Pond Workday.

General management tasks at nature reserve area. Meet at the pond, Link Road, Yate Shopping Centre at 10am. Parking available at the Yate overflow car park on the eastern side of Link Road. n October 5 Craft, Craft Supplies and Gift Fayre Saturday 5th October Chipping Sodbury Town Hall 10 am to 4 pm Local Crafts, Craft Supplies, Gifts and Collectables, Cakes and Refreshments.

Voluntary entrance fee to be donated to The Friends of Horton School Call 07895 187292 for more info!

October 12 n Yate & Westerleigh Guides table top sale at St Mary’s Youth Centre, Church Road, Yate, 10.30am1.30pm. Free Entry. Sellers arrive at 10am - £10 advance bookings for indoor tables/£5 outside on the

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October 17 n South Glos Arts and Appreciation Society starts season of talks at Bradley Stoke Community School with sculptress Deborah Aguirre-Jones. Tea/coffee at 7pm, talk starts at 7.30pm. All welcome.

October 19 n Paul's Place Grand Ball, Mercure The Grange, Old Gloucester Road, Winterbourne, 7pm. Tickets £40 by calling 01454 777236 or emailing carmstrong@paulsplace.org.uk.

October 19 n The Phoenix Art Club will be holding an exhibition and sale of affordable art at the St Lawrence Catholic Church Hall, High Street, Chipping Sodbury on Saturday 19th October 10am to 4pm. We will also be selling tea, coffee and cakes (mostly home made) at a reasonable price. Why not take time out to join us to browse and enjoy a cuppa with a very friendly group.

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50's Forum transport forum with council leader Toby Savage, metro mayor Tim Bowles, First Bus MD James Freeman and community transport managers. Lyde Green Community Centre, BS16 7GW, from 1.30pm to 4pm. For more information call 07967 102141 or email southglosover50s@gmail. com.

October 26 n Kingsgate Park Nature Area workday to maintain this important amphibian site. Please wear gloves and Wellington boots. Meet at the Scott Way entrance to Kingsgate Park at 10am. Parking available at the entrance of Shackleton Avenue.

October 31 n Hallowe'en Night Family Owl Prowl. Free nocturnal event led by local owl expert Ian McGuire, including mobile PowerPoint presentation. Meet at the Shire Way gate to Wapley Bushes, south Yate, at 7pm.

November 2-3 n Turkish Music and Dance Weekend with Ozgen and Hazir, hosted by Sacha Bellydance.

Saturday workshops 9am-5pm, Sunday workshops 10am-5pm, at Ridgewood Community Centre, Yate. Saturday evening dance party at Old Sodbury Village Hall, 7-11pm. Tickets available via www. sachabellydance.co.uk.

November 27-30 n Actonians Drama present The Wind in the Willows at Iron Acton Parish Hall. Tickets are available online at www.actonians.co.uk/ boxoffice.

November 30 n Wapley Bushes Nature Reserve Workday. Morning of woodland planting to enhance biodiversity, plus general maintenance and tidying up of the reserve before winter. Please wear walking or Wellington boots and bring some gloves. Meet at the Shire Way entrance to the woodland at 10am.

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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 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 n Monday Lunch Club meets at St Nicholas Church, Abbotswood,

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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.

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n Spirals with Carol at Chipping Sodbury School Sports Centre. Dynamic flow class to music blending Pilates & Ballet to improve flexibility, balance, core and more. A mix of standing/matwork with adaptions/progressions. All levels. 7.00–8.00pm, £7. 07768 732111.

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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 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 Chipping Sodbury Men's Probus.

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

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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/Chipping Sodbury Afternoon Choir meets on Wednesdays 2pm till 4pm at St

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n SOSA with Carol at Chipping Sodbury School Sports Centre. Fun, friendly dance fitness class featuring Cha-Cha, Kizomba, Salsa, Jive, Charleston, Bollywood, Zouk and more. Easy-learn routines to songs you’ll love. Dance happy! 6.30–7.30pm, £6. 07768 732111.

Cummins Tel: 0117 9373836 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 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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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 now take a few new members.

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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midday-1.30pm. Delicious home cooked soup and a roll, a dessert and drink for £2.50. Come and make new friends, especially if you live on your own. Tel 01454 324712 or email st.nicholas.abbotswood@ hotmail.co.uk.

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n WHAT'S ON CONTINUED Marys Church Yate. No auditions!

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 Saviours Church Hall, Coalpit Heath from 2-4pm. 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 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 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 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. n The Phoenix Art Club meets at Guinea Lane, Fishponds in the Methodist church hall every Wednesday mornings 9.30am to 12noon. We have a number of artists with a wide range of skills and interests and we break for coffee at 11am to enjoy a chat with our friends and look around at what everyone is creating, be it watercolour, pencil, oils etc.

Anyone interested in joining is

welcome to drop in for coffee and see what goes on. We welcome all abilities!

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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

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

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 Events for children and families: Wriggle & Rhyme: Rhymes and songs for parents and babies/ toddlers to enjoy together.

Thursday mornings 10.30-11am, term time only.

Storytime: A free family-friendly storytime. Stories and a simple craft for pre-school children.

Monday mornings 10.30am11am, term time only.

Lego Club: Listen to stories and poems, then create a model to display at the library. Suitable for primary school age children, who must be accompanied by an adult. Saturday October 19, 10.3011.30am.

Teen Focus book group: Do you love books? Have a favourite author? Come and talk about books. Year 7+, £1 per session, refreshments provided. Thursday October 17, 6.30-7.30pm.

The Family Theatre@Yate Library presents Young Herbert’s Horrors, a Justin Coe production for ages 4-9.

Wednesday October 30 at 11am & 2pm. Featuring swashbuckling verse, jaunty music, gallows humour and the obligatory parrot. Tickets cost £3.75 (group rate) or £4 (individual rate) via www.southglosevents.eventbrite. co.uk.

Free Half Term Activities: Slightly Scary Family Storytime: For all ages, everyone welcome.

Monday October 28, 10.30-11am.

Lego Challenge: Haunted House, Tuesday October 29, 2.30-3.30pm.

Booking required – limited places.

Suitable for ages 7+.

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Halloween Hullabaloo: Thursday October 31, 10.30am-midday.

Drop-in session making simple crafts, suitable for ages 4-10.

Other events and groups The Craft Group: October 12 and 26, 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: October 1, 15 and 29, 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 October 18 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, 2.30-4.30pm.

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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October, 2019 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.

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

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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!

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.

Saturday n The Tourist Information Centre Chipping Sodbury. Open 10am to 4pm Mondays to Saturdays.. n Yate Racketeers Junior Badminton Club meets from 10am-11am and 11am-12.25pm, from September to April, term time only. Ages 6 to 18 All coaches DBS checked and Badminton England qualified. All abilities welcome. First session free. Contact Penny Shears on 0794 101 3514 or pennyshears@ googlemail.com. n Yoga with Bryony and pilates at Dodington Parish Hall from 10 - 11.30am Holistic yoga flow with pilates and a 25 min deep relaxation. All levels welcome. Mats, straps etc provided. Followed by complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits for 30 mins. 1st class free. £12 drop-in/ £50 for five classes with 5-class card (valid for 2 months) YouTube : Yoga with Bryony Facebook: Yoga with Bryony and pilates 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

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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

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n AROUND THE WI'S Yate WI

ACTING president Becca welcomed 20 members and two visitors to our September meeting in Poole Court.

The meeting started with a talk

by John Ford, who was Mayor of Yate for the past two years. John began his talk with a brief history of Poole Court, where Yate Town Council and our group hold their meetings. The house was built in in the 19th century as a grand family home and had several owners. During WW1 It was used as an officer’s mess by the Royal Flying Corps. It was bought by George Parnall & Co for offices for the aeroplane industry’s design staff, then it reverted to a home again in 1932. Yate Town Council purchased it in 1988 to save it from demolition. Interestingly, the staircase is Jacobean and was rescued from another building.

We were amazed at the range of activities supported by the Yate council. The role of the mayor is mainly ceremonial, presenting bouquets for golden and diamond anniversaries and representing the council at various events. The annual mayor’s Christmas celebration includes grant presentations to various

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organisations and the Mayor’s Community Award in recognition of valuable contributions of those in the community.

John touched on the various parks, play areas and green spaces owned by the council and the work of the estates team. HRH The Princess Royal visited Yate to see the work by volunteers in transforming Yate Outdoor Sports Complex. The council owns several buildings around the town and have recently acquired the YMCA hall, which will undergo renovations before becoming available for use. The highlight of John’s term of office was the commemorations for the 100th Anniversary of the ending of WWI. A service was held at St Mary’s church, followed by the lighting of the Brazier Beacon on Tyler’s Field, part of a chain of over 1,000 beacons throughout the United Kingdom. John was assisted by Karen from Yate Town Council who prepared the slides.

After a short break for refreshments, the business part of the meeting began. Donna, our area representative, asked for nominations for our new president and Becca was elected.

Future events include a wine tasting at Waitrose. Barbara gave notice of future fundraising events including a gin tasting run by members. A book stall was run throughout the evening.

Thanks were given to Yate Town Council for supporting this meeting.

Contact us at yatewiavon@ gmail.com or find us on Facebook by searching for Yate WI. Becca Birtles

Chipping Sodbury WI A FEW things that you would not expect to hear at the start of a talk to the WI is that the talk contains references to nudity, things of a sexual nature and the reference to the fact that the speaker knows how to judge a good pair of testicles.

This is exactly what we were entertained with at the last meeting. The title was Marie Antoinette’s guide to farming by Sarah Harris. I wrote in the last article that I had heard that this was quite a comical talk and that sentence seriously underestimated the talk. It was so funny that some of the ladies had tears running down their faces. There were no

props, screens or any technical items, just Sarah standing in front of the group entertaining us. The talk was just about her life and family and would stand up against any professional act performed by any famous comedian. I would not be surprised if her name appeared on the list of artist at the Edinburgh Fringe for new talent. If you do get the change to listen to this talk, you will not be disappointed.

Coming up is the birthday supper, with a meal out at a local restaurant, a trip to the Royal Mint and a carol service where you are welcome to join us. More details later.

Our next meeting is on October 3 in Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, at 7.30pm. Guests are always welcome, so why not come and join us for a 50p charge to enter the raffle, tea and biscuits. Then, after three visits as a guest, why not join us as a member?

Come as a stranger and leave as a friend.

Be part of an organisation that can and has proved to make and will continue to make a difference.

If you wish to come on your own we will ensure that you will not stay on your own. Jeanette Oakley

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n AROUND THE WI'S Old Sodbury WI THIS has been an exciting summer for our members and guests. We have played croquet, been on a steam train and taken a lift 90 metres down underground in a coal mine! Our visit to the Big Pit National Coal Museum of Wales was very interesting and gave us an insight into the conditions for the miners and families over a hundred years ago. We were served a delicious afternoon tea at the nearby Govilon WI, where they had a fascinating display of bunting representing each WI in Gwent, as well as their own stunning handicrafts and scrapbooks. Their members have since enjoyed the Old Sodbury cake, which we gave them as a thank you gift.

Our Craft display of Rapunzel narrowly missed being awarded first prize by just a few points at Hawkesbury Show. Members had worked hard with embroidery around the tower, where the handstitched prince was suspended on a lock of Rapunzel's hair, flower arranging to depict the witch's garden, hand painting a decorated

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Members were enthralled by a talk from Andy Workman entitled Cavemen and Polar Bears. He is a clinical hypnotherapist and gave many tips on dealing with life experiences.

Put on your dancing shoes and come and join us at our Centenary Ceilidh on Saturday October 12 at Old Sodbury Village Hall. We will be dancing to the Brewery Band and serve a two-course supper.

BYO drinks and glasses. Tickets £12.50 from 01454 315161. All are welcome.

Our next meeting takes place on Wednesday October 16, when our very own member Manisha will be showing us some Sri Lankan cookery and we will look forward to tasting some of her dishes.

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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Lions Club of Chipping Sodbury BY the time you read this, we will have held our annual youth award presentations. We have 15 youth groups looking to receive awards. Last year 18 groups shared £4,000.

Lions collect used spectacles which are recycled and the best sent for use in Africa. This club has recycled over 3,000 pairs in the last three years. Collection points are at the Pop Inn Café, Yate, Blue Cross, Chipping Sodbury, and the Health Shop, Chipping Sodbury.

Another Lions initiative is Message in a Bottle. This enables emergency medical staff called to a house to quickly identify what drugs a patient may be taking and treat accordingly. We currently have these available at the Pop Inn Café and in Bob’s hairdresser in Hounds Road, Chipping Sodbury.

If you would like get involved in these and other Lions activities, please call 0345 8337424.

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St John the Baptist Church, Chipping Sodbury I AM sure you, like me, do not want to be thinking of Christmas, as the summer holidays are only just over. However, we at St John the Baptist Church are planning now for our Nativity Crib Festival.

We have previously displayed over 150 crib scenes, some made by local schools, toddler groups and uniformed brigades, plus others from around the world, which are loaned to us for the week of the festival.

If you have a crib / nativity scene, or know someone who has, please may we borrow it? We promise to take great care of it. We always welcome new cribs, but also welcome ones that we have seen before. Apart from the crib displays we have craft workshops for children and storytelling sessions for those who just prefer to sit.

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n NEWS

Mobile post office to visit

Ratty and Mole spotted in Iron Acton CHARACTERS from the famous story The Wind in the Willows have been spotted down by the River Frome and in Chill Woods, enjoying a jaunt in the fresh air.

Behind the face paint and costumes are actors from the Actonians Drama Group who have been out and about taking pictures of their costumes for their stage production of Kenneth Grahame's classic story.

Featuring stories of Mole, Ratty, Badger and the amazing Mr Toad, the Actonians will perform an adaptation by playwright, actor and author Alan Bennett, who brings extra warmth and humour to his version of the story.

The play is at Iron Acton Parish Hall from November 27 to 30. Tickets are available online

via the group's website, actonians.co.uk.

The play is suitable for all the family but recommended for children over the age of 7 years.

A MOBILE post office is going to visit the car park of the Codrington Arms pub in Yate as a temporary solution following the closure of the service previously provided by publicans Jenna Hale and Paul Jefferies.

The Post Office will continue to look for a long term solution.

The previous service stopped in June this year.

The mobile post office is visiting every Friday for an hour from 1.45pm to 2.45pm.

It is run by the postmaster for Cam, Gloucestershire.

Post Office change manager Neil Jenkins, said: “The establishment of a mobile service presents the best temporary solution to restore Post Office services to the community in the North Road area of Yate whilst we continue to look for a permanent solution.�

There are full time branches of the post office in South Parade, Abbotswood and Chipping Sodbury.

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n MOTORING

A guide to pre-owned cars with Richard Cooke

Second-hand Style Mazda MX-5 MK1 – Modern? Retro? Just fun

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AYBE it was because the sun was shining, maybe it was because it was a Friday afternoon. Actually it might have been the attractive deep blue colour and the fact the roof was down. It certainly wasn’t the aftermarket gear stick. I haven’t had as much fun driving for many years as I did in my short blast in this 1993 MK1 MX-5. It wasn’t quick, sophisticated or even that comfortable. It was noisy and basic to a degree. And that’s what did it for me – the simple joy of pared-back driving fun. There are many reasons why the MX-5 has been a best-selling sports car for thirty years. Price, build quality and reliability spring to mind. This car also harks back to much less competent but equally exciting British and Italian sportsters of the post-war era.

And then, with clinical Japanese efficiency, Mazda managed to combine their ruthless engineering skills (that sometimes feel sterile in other cars) with the joie de vivre that we lost when Triumph, MG, Austin Healey et al went to the wall. I’ll risk repeating myself: I absolutely loved driving this car. In the moment, as I pootled around sun-dappled Frenchay back roads, I could almost see

myself owning one. And I don’t really like convertibles.

Delving into the classified ads, the story gets even better. Because the MX-5 is so ace, and because the British public realised this immediately, there are loads to choose from on the used market. I might review a MK2 over the winter (will it still be fun in ice and snow?) but in the meantime the very pretty MK1 is a good place to start. For one, it has pop-up headlights! Some of the most exciting cars ever made have had pop-up headlights: the Porsche 928, Chevrolet Corvette, endless Ferraris, Lotuses and, as it happens, a small handful of Mazdas. The look they immediately give, allowing the designer to make the car sharper and appear faster even when standing still, is that of unquestionable cool. What a shame then that they are no more, deemed too dangerous to pedestrians in an accident.

My 1993 test car is a Japanese import 1.8 in special order blue paint, putting out about 130hp. The smaller 1.6 was offered first of all back in 1989, although I suspect that with around 115hp, it feels a little flat. Behind the wheel, it is easy to see why Mazda have stuck

resolutely to the same formula since 1989.

This is a simple, light-weight rear drive car with a fabulous manual gearbox. Somehow, despite crash regulations making cars heavier over time, Mazda have managed to keep the weight down with each new model, going a long way to explain the continued appeal. Today’s MX-5 is like a late middleaged lady who has kept her figure, a silver fox gent who still gets to the gym. Straight-line performance and top speed is to miss the point – this is all about the drive. With no ABS or traction control (or even power steering on earlier models), you need to remember that you are entirely responsible for what happens behind the wheel.

So if you want an MX-5 jump right in, because they also happen to be supremely reliable. The engine is a gem, and is that most sensible concoction of naturally aspirated (no turbocharger) simplicity combined with a ‘non-interference’ design. That means that if the cam belt snaps, the valves won’t crash into the pistons, saving you a fortune in repair bills. They do rust, though, so budget for sills, door panels and wings. Parts are cheap and available, so that shouldn’t stop you. I’d insist on a hard top for the winter, and you need two to lift it on and off.

If my young daughters were just a bit older I’d be tempted to buy them an MX-5 as their first car rather than the usual Corsa/ Fiesta hatchback stuff. In an MX5 they’d actually learn to drive and become a proper driver. They’d also have a blast.

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n RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Spice up your life I’M writing this article on a rather dreary day at the end of September.

I’m feeling sad that the beautiful weather of the summer seems to have left us. Still, it was good while it lasted!

So, I’ve picked a recipe for this month which is full of sunshine and flavour: sweet potato and mango jalfrezi. It’s vegetarian and vegan to satisfy a wider audience, but of course you could add raw prawns (cooked prawns will go rubbery) or cooked chicken towards the end of the cooking time.

If you do this, cook the prawns for 4 minutes or until they turn pink; 5 mins for the chicken, or until it is hot all the way through.

Don’t be put off by the list of ingredients – they all add something to the flavour. If you don’t have all the ingredients, why not pop into the Health Shop in Chipping Sodbury, where you can buy small amounts more economically. The trick, as with all curries, is to gather all the ingredients together before you start. Then the actual cooking is easy – and quicker than waiting for a take away to be delivered.

Bring a little sunshine into your life!

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

She’s teamed up with Yate & Sodbury Voice to pass on her wealth of experience in the kitchen. long, finely chopped Curry powder – 1 tbsp Spanish onion (mild) – ½ a large one, chopped Fresh red chilli 1, sliced Peppers – ¼ of each, orange, yellow and red, coarsely chopped Cauliflower – 250g (½ lb), broken into small florets Sweet potato – 250g (½ lb) chopped into 1cm (½ inch) dice Mango – ½ Fresh coriander leaves – chopped Fresh tomato– 1 chopped Garam masala – 1 tsp Good quality vegetable stock – 500ml (a generous ¾ pint) Lemon juice.

To serve: strips of pepper and coriander leaves

Sweet Potato and Mango Jalfrezi Serves 2 You will need: Vegetable oil – 2 tbsps Turmeric- ¼ tsp Cumin seeds – ½ tsp Mustard seeds – ½ tsp Garlic cloves – 2, finely chopped Fresh ginger – a piece about 1 inch

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Here’s what you do: 1. Heat the oil in a wok and fry the turmeric and seeds for about 30 secs.

2. Add the garlic and ginger and stir– fry for about 30 secs more.

3. Mix the curry powder with just enough water to make a paste and add to the pan. Stir-fry for a further minute.

4. Add the onion, chillies and peppers. Fry for about 5 mins more.

5. Stir in the stock, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower.

6. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until the vegetables are tender (about 10 mins) 7. Add the coriander, tomato, and

garam masala. Continue cooking for another 5 mins on a medium heat. (Add a little water if the dish is looking a little dry.)

8. While this is cooking, peel and roughly chop the mango.

9. Add salt to the dish if necessary.

10. Stir in the mango and serve immediately with a squeeze of lemon juice over the top.

11. Serve with plain rice or naan bread. A mix of green beans and okra go well with this dish.

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More success on the track for Alfie YOUNG Yate racer Alfie Gendall is continuing make an impression in his first season behind the wheel.

Alfie, aged 13, managed podium positions in the finals at both Junior ACCR UK (American Cup Car Racing) championship events in September.

First up was a trip to Lydden Hill Oval, near Dover, where the cars could really stretch their legs on the longest, fastest track on their calendar.

Alfie managed a 2nd place in heat 1, managed to bring it home in 3rd place in heat 2 even with a puncture and flat tyre and, in a very close final, managed to finish in 2nd place to secure another trophy.

A week later he travelled north to Buxton Raceway in the Derbyshire hills for the penultimate race weekend of the series. Changeable weather made tyre choice tricky for the two

Alfie Gendall crosses the finish line at Lydden Hill to secure 2nd spot in the final. Picture: Jeff Gendall heats and a broken exhaust in heat 2 did not help matters.

With the exhaust welded back on and a change onto wet tyres just in time for the final, Alfie was pleased to finish on the podium in 3rd place, to finish

an eventful but good couple of race weekends, with some great racing.

There is now a short break until the last race weekend of the championship at Swaffham in Norfolk.

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n PETER'S VISION

Healthy eyes

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their development, learning and social interactions with friends & family. A solution - book your child, and encourage all those you know to do the same, for a free NHS sight test. We offer these six days per week, particularly Monday to Friday in our after school children’s eyes clinics.

So, how can we avoid eye health troubles? Well the saying you are what you eat is a good reminder about healthy eating.

Dark leafy greens, bright fruits, oily fish, eggs and broccoli are all on the healthy eating list. Of course, don’t forget grapes, blueberries, avocado and papaya too! I’m afraid there aren’t any sweet treats I can recommend although I know many of us are partial to the odd cookie or donut. These just don’t make it onto anyone's healthy eating list!

WAS reading recently about eye health. This is clearly a topic close to me heart, and hopefully as our sight is such an important sense it matters to you too! During National Eye Health Week we were reminded that around two million people in the UK live with some form of sight loss. That must count as a significant number in anyone's estimation. Perhaps more importantly, it's estimated that half of this sight loss could be avoided.

How, well I’ll come to that later.

As a parent of young children I have a keen interest in the eye health of young eyes. Around 1 million children in the UK are thought to have an undetected sight problem. My concern is that if a child has a sight problem it can become an avoidable barrier to

Although not as strong as our summer sun, it's still important to protect our eyes from the rays of the often glorious autumn sun.

In the autumn the sun is lower in the sky, so we have less natural protection from our eye brows and need to remember our sunglasses.

It’s an easy excuse really to keep looking cool in our sunnies for another season!

One of the key health issues affecting our sight continues to be smoking. Many of the eye conditions we see are worsened by two things, age and smoking.

Although often difficult, one we can reduce, the other we definitely can’t. No matter what we try and tell our children, they always seem to know exactly just how old we are! One benefit that comes with age is that once over 60 you are

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Summer of achievement for athletes THE athletics season is over and athletes from Yate & District AC can look back on a summer of many achievements.

They have maintained their position alongside Bristol & West AC at the top of the Midland League; they have kept their place in the top flight of the junior Youth Development League; they sent one of the highest numbers of athletes to English Schools and they were pipped for top spot in the Avon Track and Field League.

The season finished on a high note with terrific performances in Bedford at the National Final of the Youth Development League, where they competed as part of Team Avon.

Leading the Yate charge were the Brooks brothers. Both pulled off remarkable doubles. The older boy, Adam, finished second in the high jump, where his

Adam Brooks

opponent had to clear 2.05m to beat him, and second also in the triple jump. Jack Moore took the B event gold medal with 1.85m.

Younger brother Daniel finished a storming first in the under-17 100m, with a very good time of 10.88 secs, and followed that up with a second place in the 200m behind the English Schools champion.

Toby Conibear has had the season of his life with the hammer and crowned it with an emphatic win here by over five metres from the nearest rival, with 55.05m.

In the under-17 men’s 400m, Nathaniel Mitchell was fourth in 52.17 secs and Isaac Cory, running in the B race, came home a clear winner in 54.50 secs.

In the 800m Abdi Hasan led from the bell and despite being shadowed, with 300m to go he stepped on the accelerator and came home a in 1:57.82 secs – 5 seconds ahead of the second runner.

There was disappointment for Hannah Hobbs, who led the under-20 women’s 3000m from the gun but was caught in the last 30m.

The meeting came to a climax with the 4x400 relays.

The Avon team contained three Yate athletes – Nathaniel, Isaac and Abdi – and they destroyed the rest of the field, finishing in 3:29.93 secs, more than ten metres clear of the opposition to help the team to an overall fourth place finish.

In the Avon League, Yate

The Yate & District AC team went in to the final match at the top of the overall table but were pipped by North Somerset, who won the overall league with 29 League Points and 4392 Match Points, leaving Yate in second with 28 League Points and 4324.5 Match Points.

In the Girls Quadkids, Arissa Burgess set a new Club Record in the Vortex Throw with 28.03m, as well as improving her own Quadkids Total Score Club Record, from 234 points, to 238

points.

Karen Jones has had a wonderful season and this was crowned by representing Great Britain in the Masters World Championships held in Malaga, Spain. She threw 36.84m – close to her personal best and good enough for 12th place.

Congratulations to Karen – and all the Yate athletes who have competed all summer in heat and – believe it or not – pouring rain.

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Bluebells hoping for upturn in home fortunes Yate Town 0-2 Walton Casuals YATE Town will be hoping that they can lose their habit of conceding early at home, with three matches in quick succession at Lodge Road at the start of October.

A goal has been conceded early in all four home games so far this season, and the match against Walton Casuals saw the visitors score both their goals inside the first six minutes.

From then on the Casuals always looked comfortably in charge, especially during the second half once the home side had been reduced to ten men.

Stephen Ward looked to be in an offside position when he was played through in the third minute but the flag stayed down, defenders stopped and he went on to finish clinically.

There was nothing suspect about the second goal soon

afterwards. Dave Fitzpatrick carved his way through several tackles during a run in from the right and when he pulled the ball back, Ward calmly side-footed home his second.

The Casuals kept up the tempo, Adam Forster did well to block a Rowdell Gordon effort near the post and Rene Howe should have hit the target from close range after Jay Gasson had knocked down a corner into his path.

Yate's best spell came towards the end of the first period with Albie Hopkins testing Alex Tokarczyk in the Walton goal with a shot from the left and Mike Bryant glancing a header just wide following a cross into the box from Sam Boulton.

At the beginning of the second half an out-paced Elliott Keightley blatantly pulled Manolis Gogonas back as he burst through on the edge of the box and the inevitable red card

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ATE is simply growing in numbers and with the new residential developments taking place in North Yate and Chipping Sodbury, there has never been a better time to launch a new recruitment company to support the local workforce.

Office Owls is opening a new office in October 2019 in Yate and the telephone lines are open now to discuss the office-based vacancies it has for the local employers in the area.

Its sister company, Project Start, is now in its 4th year and has a strong team of Recruitment Consultants offering technical project-based recruitment to engineering, industrial and technology companies. Office Owls will now bridge the gap in the market to support the clerical roles that are critical to any business.

Action from Yate Town's defeat to Walton Casuals. Picture: B.East Photography followed.

Yate failed to put Tokarczyk under any pressure during the second half and the only attempts on goal of note were a shot from Nick Peare that went well wide and a rising drive from Sam Kamara that cleared the crossbar.

Forster at the other end had a much busier time and he kept

Clare Golding, Managing Director of this new venture, says “It was very apparent that Yate and Chipping Sodbury does not have a local company that people can use to find work in Admin, Bookkeeping, Data Entry, HR and Customer Service environments.

The residents seeking work in these fields, will now have the opportunity to meet with a local recruitment professional, who can support their job seeking plans. Yate needs this more than ever, so our doors will be open for business this month.

Clare and her team of Recruitment Consultants bring over 20 years recruitment experience and are very excited about the launch of Office Owls.

“We have had a very good response to our Facebook Page and the messages and CV’s we have received, just goes to

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the scoreline respectable with a number of brave saves.

After a League Cup match at Slimbridge on October 2, the Bluebells face three vital home league games: Truro on the 5th, Hartley Wintney on the 8th (7.45pm kick-off) and Metropolitan Police on the 12th.

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show how many people are currently looking to move jobs and want to ideally stay within the BS37 postcode. this is where we can add masses of value to the local workforce and offer a good service,” says Clare Office Owls can be found on Facebook https://www.facebook. com/officeowls or send your CV to clare@office-owls. co.uk to arrange an appointment.

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Long winless run for Chipping Sodbury CHIPPING Sodbury Town will be hoping to end a poor start to the season which saw them endure a nine game winless run, including being dumped out of both the FA Cup and the FA Vase.

Some thumping defeats, including an 8-1 home reverse to promotion-chasing Bridgwater Town and 6-2 loss to local rivals Bitton, has left the team in the relegation zone of the Toolstation Western League Premier Division with a goal difference of -20.

Town secured a point - their

first since their opening day win over Cribbs - in a 2-2 draw against Westbury United, Sam Makepeace equalising with three minutes left. But they lost the next two fixtures 2-0, against Cribbs and Hallen.

After hosting Bridport at the end of September, Sodbury face four consecutive away matches in October, before home games against Keynsham Town and Shepton Mallet.

Pictured right: Chipping Sodbury Town in action in the home defeat to Bridgwater Town

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Medicine shortages and Brexit?

What to believe (Part 2) IF you are reading this and thinking, I am sure that Abbotswood Pharmacy has written about this before ...you are right! I wrote about Brexit and medicines earlier in the Spring.

Mrs May was the Prime minister with a working majority, ‘’yellowhammer’’ was a crossword high scorer name of a bird and ‘‘prorogation’’ I thought was something related to industrial cleaning.

Well today, all that has changed. The release of the government’s no-deal Brexit worst-case scenario report, Yellowhammer, has raised very worrying concerns. Shortages of food, medicines, stories of plans to cope with the effects of all this.

Medicines go out of supply from time to time. In the last few months, blood pressure tablets, adrenaline injections for emergency allergy treatment, anti-inflammatory medications and more recently, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have all made the news. Abbotswood pharmacy has been busy trying to source from multiple suppliers, working in many cases with other pharmacies and local doctors to resolve.

None of this so far has been linked to Brexit. Medicines, like every part of our lives, now are interconnected. Most people do not realise that 3 out of 4 medicines are transported into the UK via Europe because most cannot be made in this country. A flood or fire in China or India can put manufacturing on hold with the ‘domino effect‘ affecting us in Yate within a week. The world is global, nothing and no one can live or survive in isolation.

No-deal Brexit fears now see us daily reassuring our patients about how they will get hold of medicines in the coming months. The government is telling us that plans are all in place to cope after we leave the EU. The questions for the government are: Is the system ready? Will all the bits that need to work together to protect lives work well?

Our advice to our patients about managing their medicines remains •O rder regular medication on time; don’t leave it to the last minute.Come and get your FREE NHS flu jab early at Abbotswood pharmacy today.

• Don’t try and stockpile medicines. This only creates shortages.

• If there is a shortage, speak to your pharmacist or GP, who are working together to provide alternatives.

While no one really knows exactly what will happen, Abbotswood Pharmacy is not leaving anything to chance. Do not doubt our resolve to make sure none of our patients suffer. Our work as part of the Bristol Travel Clinic, a South West vaccination and travel health provider offering a price-match and the lowest cost guarantee, means we have to be ready, whatever happens, to keep our promises.We are now looking to the government to do the same for our patients, deal or no-deal.

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Sodbury women's winning start includes shutout of Gordano

Sodbury back on track CHIPPING Sodbury powered their way to a 46-25 victory over Gloucester Spartans at The Ridings.

It was a second win in a row for the team after a 26-17 victory away at Old Bristolians the week before.

However, the season got off to a disappointing start when they lost the opener 48-5 at home to Midsomer Norton.

Picture: Paul Rubery

CHIPPING Sodbury Ladies welcomed Gordano to the Ridings, looking for their third straight win of the season.

After running in more than 30 points a game in their opening two victories, 36-10 over Dursley and 31-19 over Avonmouth, Sodbury were this time determined to keep a clean sheet.

Sodbury were first to score after being awarded a scrum; some clever play by the backs leading to Katie Lane going over for a try.

Strong running by the Sodbury forwards set up the next score, with centre Katie Lane and wing Kelly-Anne Parsons combining to allow Parsons going over for Sodbury’s try.

Sodbury started the second half with the same momentum as the first half and on 65 minutes fly half Louise Romanowski ripped the ball and quickly shipped it out to returning winger Rebecca Parkhill, who went over for her first try of the game.

With 5 minutes left on the clock, both sides were still looking for any given opportunity to go over the line. Gordano were battling hard but the Sodbury defence would not budge. Taking advantage of a loose ball at the back of a Gordano ruck, winger Rebecca Parkhill scooped the ball and ran in her second of the game, and Sodbury’s final try ,which was converted by Meme Deverill to make the final score 22-0.

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Yate start home fixtures with a win AFTER having their first league game cancelled, after opponents Old Bristolians RFC cried off, Yate RFC got down to action against a Whitehall RFC 2nds team coming off a big win against Avonmouth RFC the week before.

On a hot day at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex, Whitehall pounded the Yate line from the start. After several penalty awards, which were all tapped and ran, Whitehall ran in their first try. Against the run of play, Whitehall again broke the Yate line when their fly half went in for a second unconverted try to lead 12-0.

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A successful conversion from James Cannon meant Yate were back into the game.

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a hole in the defence to score Yate’s second try. A successful conversion saw the home side ahead 14-12.

From the restart, the ball ended up in the hands of Craig Archer on his 22 metre line. He went off on one of his trade mark runs, beating players with pace and power to score under the posts.

With a lead of 21- 12 at half time Yate knew they could not take their foot off the gas.

With scrum half Miles Hackett having one of his best games for Yate and pinning back Whitehall with accurate penalty kicks and well timed box kicks Yate seemed to be the most likely to score again. From a ruck on the half way line, Hackett took it blind and drew the winger and passed to winger Jack Dutton.

Dutton having drawn in the full back passed it back inside to the supporting Miles Hackett to go back under the post for a

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With Yate awarded a penalty, and Whitehall expecting a kick to touch, quick thinking James Cannon gave a shout to Miles Hackett to tap and go. Hackett after beating several players passed to the supporting Cannon who went in for his second try and his fifth conversion giving him a game total of 20 points.

Whitehall had one last push to try and gain something from the game. They again went route one and despite the best efforts of a tiring Yate team they managed to score a third consolation try. At the final whistle Yate had prevailed 35 to 17 and earned their first bonus point win of the season. *Orchard Computer Services, who have been Yate Town Football Club main sponsors for several seasons, have become a Yate RFC shirt sponsor for the 2020/21 season.

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