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May, 2025 Issue 138 FREE EVERY MONTH IN WINTERBOURNE, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, COALPIT HEATH, IRON ACTON & WINTERBOURNE DOWN
VE Day memories
Carnival's royal guests revealed Winterbourne Down Village Carnival's Queen and King are Alice Edwards and Cameron Yuille, pictured with attendants Zara Van Jeperen, Flora Powell, Sonny Parker and Devon Maslen ahead of their big day on May 5. Full story: Page 3
Sewage spills for 5,000 hours
Alfie Richley with his dad Nick
THE number of hours that sewage was flushed into the River Frome between Iron Acton and Winterbourne rose by more than a third last year. Figures from the Environment Agency show that combined sewer overflows where rainwater and foul waste
water from homes is washed into waterways during heavy rain discharged into the river for a total of 5,580 hours at eight sites in the area during 2024. The increase was recorded as Wessex Water, the company responsible for the area's waste water disposal and treatment,
worked on a £5 million project to alleviate the problem. Environment Agency chair Alan Lovell said the figures show "we are still a long way off where we need to be to stop unnecessary sewage pollution". Turn to page 3
ONE of the last surviving Second World War veterans who fought in Germany in May 1945 has shared his memories ahead of VE Day. PAGES 12&13
Demolition dropped PLANS to demolish a historic school building in Frampton Cotterell have been dropped but the building's future is still very much in doubt. PAGE 4
New bridge deal
NATIONAL Highways has announced the contractor that has won the bid to replace the Badminton Road bridge over the M4. PAGE 6
Accident risk
A NEW housing development planned off a busy road through a village is an “accident waiting to happen”, it has been claimed. PAGE 19
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