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February, 2023 Issue 114 FREE EVERY MONTH IN WINTERBOURNE, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, COALPIT HEATH, IRON ACTON & WINTERBOURNE DOWN
£6m to hold back floods Head resigns THE head teacher of Winterbourne Academy, Vic Boynton, has resigned after less than a term in her post. PAGE 2
Bus shake-up
A £6 MILLION series of projects, including creating storage ponds and dams, could make January's flooding on the River Frome at Rectory Road, Frampton Cotterell, a less common sight in future. Full story: Page 9
Jail for bus arsonist A MAN who started fires which destroyed half of a Frampton Cotterell charity's minibus fleet has been jailed for three years. Daniel Cron, aged 26, set fire to 20 vehicles, causing damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of pounds, in the early hours of April 3 last year. Twelve of the vehicles were minibuses belonging
to Four Towns and Vale Link Community Transport, which was left "shell-shocked" by the loss. But staff and volunteers at the charity, which provides dial-a-ride transport for people with mobility problems and school bus services, were "uplifted" by offers of support from the community. Full story: Page 3
A NEW 'on-demand' transport service enabling people in the Frome Valley area to 'hail' a minibus will be launched - as one village faces losing its subsidised service. PAGES 4 & 5
Critical report
A FRAMPTON Cotterell preschool says staff are working hard to make changes after being told to improve by regulator Ofsted. PAGE 6
Champions!
A WINTERBOURNE primary school's football team is celebrating winning their county championship. PAGE 15
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