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April, 2024 Issue 125 FREE EVERY MONTH IN WINTERBOURNE, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, COALPIT HEATH, IRON ACTON & WINTERBOURNE DOWN
We're going on a mammoth hunt! Children at St Michael's C of E Primary School in Winterbourne tried throwing spears at a pretend woolly mammoth as part of a Stone Age activity day. Story: Page 7
New thriller
WINTERBOURNE again takes centre stage in a new thriller written by an author from the village. PAGE 8
'Shocking' pollution THE River Frome does not have a single stretch in good 'ecological health', a new report has found. PAGE 5
Make space in your bin SOUTH Gloucestershire Council has revealed a raft of changes that will be brought in to recycling and bin collections. The council wants to eventually make black bin collections every three weeks instead of every fortnight. Before this happens it wants to cut the amount of recyclable materials and food waste going into black bins, which it says currently make up almost two
thirds of their contents. To start off, it is extending a trial scheme for kerbside collections of 'flexible' plastics like bags and packaging, which currently account for over a quarter of the space taken up in the average black bin. During May the soft plastics service will expand to include one in every five homes in the district, with a view to rolling it out everywhere by the end of next year. Turn to page 3
New bus zone
MAJOR changes to an ondemand bus service are being introduced to stop commuters from “abusing” the scheme. PAGE 4
Family plea
RESEARCHERS are trying to find the family of a soldier with relatives in Iron Acton who died during World War II. PAGE 19
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