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December, 2024 Issue 133 FREE EVERY MONTH IN WINTERBOURNE, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, COALPIT HEATH, IRON ACTON & WINTERBOURNE DOWN
Dream comes true for Ava
Lights fantastic A WINTERBOURNE couple have doubled the number of lights in their charity Christmas display – which will have more than 100,000 this year. PAGE 7
Son admits murder A HAMBROOK man has admitted murdering his father at the home they shared. PAGE 2
Black bin cuts Ava Mannings with coaches Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher after winning The Voice UK. Picture: ITV Plc SINGER Ava Mannings has left behind the dog grooming parlour where she worked to record an album after winning national TV talent contest The Voice UK. Ava, aged 21, won a record deal with Universal Music UK's Island EMI label, £50,000 and an allexpenses-paid holiday when the ITV1 show's studio audience picked her as the winner in the final. Since then, the former Winterbourne Academy
pupil says her life has been "crazy", with TV appearances, radio play and chart placings for her songs, and a wave of support on social media. She is now working with a team of musicians to share her passion for music and "talk to the world", telling the Frome Valley Voice: "I'm starting to realise my dream." Turn to Page 4
BLACK bins will only be collected once every three weeks under a new waste contract South Gloucestershire Council has signed. PAGE 3
Fire chief to step down CHIEF Fire Officer Simon Shilton has announced his retirement following a "turbulent few years" for Avon Fire & Rescue Service. PAGE 14
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