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April, 2025 Issue 137 FREE EVERY MONTH IN WINTERBOURNE, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, COALPIT HEATH, IRON ACTON & WINTERBOURNE DOWN
Bridge bites the dust Cup winners again! FRAMPTON Cotterell Rugby Club are celebrating after winning the Bristol Combination Vase for the second year in a row. PAGE 30
Outrage over school demolition plan PLANS to demolish a historic Victorian school building in Frampton Cotterell have sparked a wave of opposition. PAGE 4
Workers use heavy mechanical claws and pneumatic drills to demolish the bridge. THE bridge that carried the main road between the Frome Valley and Bristol over the M4 has been reduced to rubble after a round-the-clock demolition operation. The motorway was closed between the Bristol and Bath junctions for nearly 60 hours
Alfie Richley with his dad Nick while a team of 45 contractors worked in 12-hour shifts to bring down the concrete and steel Badminton Road bridge, which was closed to motor traffic after being declared unsafe by inspectors in 2023. Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians now face another
year of waiting until the replacement bridge is expected to be ready to use. During that time a 50mph limit will be imposed on the M4 past the site, and there will be at least one and possibly two more weekend closures to install the new bridge. Turn to page 3
'Inspiring' school is praised by Ofsted
A WINTERBOURNE school has been praised for leaving "no stone unturned" in its drive to improve standards. PAGE 5
Robber jailed
A MAN who robbed a Winterbourne pharmacy of prescription drugs at knifepoint has been given a long prison sentence. PAGE 2
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