southbristolvoice July 2017 No. 21
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How can we make this a better place for wildlife?
There’s less wildlife in Bedminster than almost any other part of Bristol. These pupils at Ashton Gate primary are among hundreds of children who are trying to change that as part of My Wild Bedminster STORY: Page 12
FURY AT CUTS TO LOLLIPOP PATROLS OUTRAGE was sparked among South Bristol parents at news that half of school crossing
patrols are to be axed – even those on the busiest main roads. Even a school thought to be among the most dangerously situated in the city – Holy Cross RC primary in Dean Lane – can’t have a lollipop person. Other schools affected include Parson Street primary, which loses two of its theoretical four patrols (in reality there are only two), and Compass Point school and children’s centre in South Street. St Mary Redcliffe primary also loses its patrol on Whitehouse Lane. The lollipop cuts will save
only £90,000 of the £33 million the council needs to save this year. The move – which is subject to consultation until September 5 – is part of a bigger cuts package which could also close most of Bristol’s libraries, close all the public toilets except those in parks, and slash services to the old and disabled. For Holy Cross, the cut is a bitter irony, because there never has been a crossing patrol. The council agreed a patrol last autumn after several accidents on the double blind bend outside. Continued on page 20
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• Watch out for the harbour gulls Page 3 • Bedminster Ben gets an honour Page 4 • New plans for cycleways Page 5
• Artist who took us to the moon Page 15
• Our world-class flight site Pages 22-24
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