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November, 2024 Issue 132 FREE EVERY MONTH IN WINTERBOURNE, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, COALPIT HEATH, IRON ACTON & WINTERBOURNE DOWN Workers dig trenches in the M4 to divert utilities from the Badminton Road bridge
Ava reaches final
FORMER Winterbourne Academy pupil Ava Mannings sang her way into the final of TV talent show The Voice UK. PAGE 7
Ed wades in on sewage
Roads under pressure THE Frome Valley's road network has been placed under extreme strain by a motorway closure diverting thousands of cars onto smaller roads – and storms repeatedly flooding them. The planned closure of the M4 over the weekend of October 18 to 21 saw up to 4,000 cars diverted onto South Gloucestershire A roads, while work to divert utilities from the closed A432 Badminton Road bridge was carried out.
While the official diversion was away from the area, there were long queues on Westerleigh Road as motorway drivers mixed with traffic on the local diversion away from the bridge. Other roads around the area have been repeatedly flooded – and Henfield Road is shutting for five days of repairs. M4 closure: Page 3 Flood damage: Page 4
LIBERAL Democrat leader Ed Davey has described the number of sewage overflows into the River Frome as a "disgrace" - and called for changes at Wessex Water. PAGE 5
Restaurant raid IMMIGRATION enforcement officers arrested two people in a raid on a Winterbourne restaurant. PAGE 2
John's last carnival THE chair of Winterbourne Down Village Carnival has stepped down, after 34 years of service on the organising committee. PAGE 9
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