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January, 2023 Issue 113 FREE EVERY MONTH IN WINTERBOURNE, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, COALPIT HEATH, IRON ACTON & WINTERBOURNE DOWN
'Henry is our hero'
Guilty of murder
TWO men who worked at an abattoir near Westerleigh have been convicted of the "sadistic, senseless and cruel" murder of two other men. PAGE 2
Phone mast rejected PLANS for a new 15 metre high phone mast in the middle of Winterbourne have been rejected by planners after strong objections. PAGE 5
Riverbank row
Henry Shafto (centre) with school friends Spencer Starr and Isabelle Gallagher at his cake sale.
A FARMER who cleared vegetation from his land on the banks of the Frome has defended the work after complaints. PAGE 7
A FRAMPTON Cotterell schoolboy has celebrated beating leukaemia – by getting his whole school to raise money for Bristol Children's Hospital. Six-year-old Henry Shafto was given the all-clear in November after three years of chemotherapy. Now he and fellow pupils at Frampton Cotterell C of E Primary School have helped him raise more than £1,400 for the Grand Appeal charity by baking
cakes and asking friends and family to make online donations. Year 2 pupil Henry hopes the money can go towards buying items for the appeal’s wish list of toys which are kept in 'treasure chests' on the wards for children in the hospital's care to enjoy. Henry's mum Gemma said: "Henry is our hero." Turn to Page 3
Bus protest
CAMPAIGNERS who want to see a complete change to the way the area's buses are run made a high-vis protest as they took their case to South Gloucestershire Council. PAGE 9
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