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August, 2018 — ISSUE 23
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Olive,7, steps up to charity effort Olive Homer, from Lyde Green, raised more than £500 from a charity cake sale in aid of Brain Tumour Research. PAGES 2 & 3
Cars of the future to be built here They don’t call them champions for nothing ... the sporting children of Blackhorse Primary have a reputation for excellence in cross country, track and field. But the students coming up behind them could do even better in athletics. Find out why on Pages 4 & 5
Community centre opens at last
AFTER nearly six months of delays, Lyde Green Community Centre has finally been handed over to South Gloucestershire Council from the building consortium. The centre, which is the result of a partnership between South Gloucestershire Council, building consortium Emerson Green Urban Village Ltd, Sovereign Housing Association and Lyde Green Community Association, was initially set to open back in January, but a series of snags held things up. Turn to Page 7
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Outcry over axed bus service 10 Bus users are furious that Wessex buses plan to stop running the subsidised No 4 service, which links our part of the city with Parkway, SGS College and Southmead Hospital. PAGE 11
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