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filtonvoice October 2016 Issue 61
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Local primary is named as Outstanding Pages 6-7
SCHOOLS, P24-29 | WHAT’S ON, P36-37 | PROPERTY, P38
Bin plan for library rejected
Veteran Steve overcomes adversity to climb in Alps
Pages 4-5
Police to get tough on drugs
Pages 12-13
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Carol bus set for Filton return
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Vet to take over former Blockbusters
New rail platform ... but nine months of lorries in local street Pages 2-3
by Rebecca Day A veterinary surgery is finally giving a former Blockbuster store in Filton a new lease of life. A date has not yet been set for the opening of the Rowe Vet Group surgery in Gloucester Road North, but it will be the fifth practise to open in Greater Bristol. There are already surgeries in Yate, Thornbury, Bradley Stoke and Wotton-under-Edge. Rowe offers a number of n Turn to Page 11
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