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August, 2024 Issue 129 FREE EVERY MONTH IN WINTERBOURNE, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, COALPIT HEATH, IRON ACTON & WINTERBOURNE DOWN
Award for courage
TWO teenagers have won a police award for their courage in helping a victim of violence in Winterbourne. PAGE 9
A432 changes planned
Meet your new MPs New MPs Claire Young and Claire Hazelgrove together at the count after their victories VOTERS across the Frome Valley have two new MPs, after both the Liberal Democrats and Labour won seats in the area. On a night when the Conservatives were swept out of power across the country, Lib Dem Claire Young overturned a Tory majority of 12,369 to take the Thornbury & Yate seat, which includes Frampton Cotterell, Coalpit Heath and Iron Acton, by 3,014 votes from Luke Hall. Labour's Claire Hazelgrove won Filton & Bradley Stoke, which includes Winterbourne,
by exactly 10,000 votes from Jack Lopresti, who had held the seat for the Conservatives since it was first contested in 2010. The Tory collapse means the party now has no MPs in South Gloucestershire, Bristol, B&NES or North Somerset. Claire Young's win means she has given up her position as leader of South Gloucestershire Council, with Thornbury ward councillor Maggie Tyrrell being elected to take her place. Full story: Pages 4, 5 & 6
THE A432 Badminton Road is set to have new cycle lanes, pedestrian crossings and reduced speed limits under new plans drawn up by South Gloucestershire Council. PAGE 3
Arson at school
POLICE are investigating an arson attack which badly damaged a former school building in Winterbourne. PAGE 2
Festival returns
CROWDS basked in the summer sun for the return of the Frampton Festival – the first for five years. PAGE 7
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