Emersons Green Voice September 2020

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September, 2020 — ISSUE 45

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£5.5m boost for cyclists Hi-tech bridge will improve Emersons and Lyde links A NEW bridge between Emersons Green and Lyde Green is set to be built as part of £5.5m improvements to pedestrian and cycle links for the area.

The project has secured money from the government’s Getting Building Fund.

The bridge will be an upgrade of the existing Newlands Pedestrian Bridge over the Avon Ring Road and will be made of advanced composite material.

It is expected to be ready for use by the end of next year and will form part of an improved network of cycle and pedestrian routes in Emersons and Lyde.

Local MPs and councillors have welcomed the confirmation of the funding, which will come via the West of England Combined Authority.

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Blow as church revamp firm fails The builders carrying out a £700k revamp of St James church in Mangotsfield have gone into administration.

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Surgery phone problems persist A survey has shown than 88 per cent of patients found it difficult to get through to Leap Valley Surgery on the phone.

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VJ Day ceremony A ceremony in Mangotsfield was streamed online to mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day. PAGE 13

Mangos return In spite of a national furore over exam results, there was plenty to celebrate for many, including this student at Mangotsfield School, pictured with headteacher Hetty Blackmore. Report: Pages 8 & 9

Mangotsfield United are preparing for the 2020-21 Southern League season start.

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Food and drink festival cancelled ORGANISERS of the South Gloucestershire Food and Drink Festival have cancelled their second event of the year.

Last year the festival at the Bristol and Bath Science Park, which is free to enter, was staged in both spring and autumn for the first time.

But the coronavirus crisis means that this year both the May event and the one due to take place on September 19 and 20 have been called off.

Organisers said that the decision had been made in conjunction with Covid-19 public health restrictions and guidelines.

They are intending to stage both spring and autumn events next year.

The organisers said: “We understand some events are beginning to take place again this year, however after much thought and consideration we have discovered, because of the site layout and the structure of the event, it would be extremely difficult for us to implement and monitor social distancing measures that would successfully meet the government requirements.

“2020 has definitely been a tough year for everyone but we are looking forward to a bigger and better year in 2021.”

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A CHURCH is unable to welcome its congregation back after the contractor in charge of its £700,000 refurbishment project went into administration.

The Create 800 Project at St James Church in Mangotsfield started last year, when builders moved in to begin an overhaul.

The restoration and reordering project was intended to make the church fit for the 21st century, in time for its 800th anniversary in 2022.

Work started in June last year and since then services have been taking place at the church hall in Richmond Road.

The project was almost complete by the end of March and a date had been set for final commissioning, testing and instruction on using the new heating, lighting and electrical systems.

But lockdown put the work on hold and, soon afterwards, main contractor Hart Design and Construction went into administration, leaving outstanding debts to the mechanical and electrical sub-contractors who need to commission and test the building's systems before it can reopen.

Payments the church made for the work had not been passed on, so an extra £15,000 now needs to be raised on top of the more than £700,000 already donated to pay for the final stages of the work.

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St James Church has been renovated - but the congregation cannot go back in Vicar Rev Teresa Taylor said: "St James is so grateful to the local community, individuals and organisations, charitable funders and church members who have supported this project financially in so many ways.

"Sadly, due to these unforeseen and unprecedented circumstances, we just need this final push to secure the additional funding to complete the project.

"Once the building is commissioned and subject to current Government guidelines, St James members can realise their vision of a space not only open for Sunday worship again, but of a welcoming, accessible and adaptable space available for community activities such as a drop-in café and regular groups activities and one-off events, such as concerts and other musical events."

TAKEAWAYS and charities linked up to provide thousands of free meals for key workers.

The Food 4 NHS Project involved teams from takeaways including the Rajastan Royal in Downend and Curry Supreme in Staple Hill, working with campaign group UK Curry Connect.

The six-week initiative was led by Naseem Talukdar, a project manager for charity Plastic Pollution Awareness and Action Projects, founder of Feed the Homeless who also helps out at the

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Anyone who can help the church can donate through its Virgin Giving Page at www. virginmoney.com/giving, by searching for St James Mangotsfield in the ‘make a donation’ section.

People can also contact the church directly via the website at www.stjameschurch.co.uk.

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Naseem coordinated with UK Curry connect, which has been set up to raise awareness of skills shortages in the Asian catering industry, and food caterers across the region.

Volunteers have delivered 2,500 hot meals to staff at hospitals including the Emersons Green NHS Centre, Blackberry Hill, Frenchay Brain injury Rehabilitation Centre and the Bristol Royal Infirmary.

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Have your say on charging points PLANS to install electric vehicle charging points at the Bristol & Bath Science Park are taking their next step.

A public consultation on siting the new charging station in Feynman Way is open for comment until September 14.

The council is planning to ban parking of other vehicles at the site and on nearby stretches of Dirac Crescent and Westerleigh Lane, between the science park building and the National Composites Centre, a plan which is also open to consultation until the same date.

Plans for what the council described as a “flagship West of England charging hub” were announced earlier in the summer.

It will include five rapid chargers and one fast charger: the council says the rapid chargers will provide an 80% charge to an electric vehicle’s

Councillor Steve Reade at Bristol & Bath Science Park

battery in around 30 minutes while the fast charger will take three hours for an 80% charge.

The council’s consultation documents show 10 parking bays for the rapid chargers,

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with a two-hour time limit, and a further two bays for the fast charger, with a four-hour limit: two bays for each of the chargers currently planned.

The consultation documents say: “To ensure that the charging spaces are not blocked by inappropriate (eg petrol or diesel engined) vehicles or by vehicles not using the chargers, restrictions on the type of vehicle and length of stay are required.

“This is to ensure the space is available for those people who are charging their electric vehicle.”

A canopy with solar panels will cover eight parking bays.

Comments can be made on the charging bays and parking

restrictions via the consultations section of South Gloucestershire Council’s website.

The council announced plans build 14 new charging points across the district in July.

Opposition councillors have say the area currently has the lowest number of charging points per head of population in the whole of the South West.

Liberal Democrat councillor Adrian Rush cited the figures at a recent meeting of the council, saying that the district’s 59 public charging points – 20 of them funded by the council – represented 21 points per 100,000 people, compared with 24 in Bristol, 29 in Bath & North East Somerset and 38 in North Somerset.

He said: “Even sleepy Cornwall’s got 36.

“Some of the other local authorities are well into the 200s.

“When are we going to catch up with better local authorities?”

Cabinet member for transport Steve Reade acknowledged that South Gloucestershire had a “long way to go” in terms of charging points, and said he always raised the matter with developers.

It has been just over three years since the council last installed any new charging points in South Gloucestershire. The first of its 14 new charging points should be ready in November.

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Bikers join protest ride for forces veterans MOTORBIKE, scooter and moped riders from across the area formed up in Lyde Green before joining hundreds of other bikers for a protest ride through Bristol and Bath.

The ride on August 8 was organised by West of England Rolling Thunder, a group of Forces veterans and civilian supporters who are campaigning for an end to prosecutions of exService personnel over incidents on active duty in Northern Ireland before the Good Friday Agreement.

The ride, with 800 participants, also helped collect hundreds of pounds for the Lee Rigby Foundation, which helps members of the Armed Forces and bereaved families, with support from the mother of the soldier who was murdered in London in 2013.

Among the organisers of the event was Andrew Davies, a veteran from Soundwell who served with the Royal Air Force Police during the 1980s.

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Veteran Andrew Davies was one of the rally organisers Riders form up in Lyde Green ahead of the rally in support of veterans arts coach, motorbike instructor and a member of the Blood Bike Emergency Services, was until recently the Royal British Legion Riders Branch.

He said: "A massive thankyou to all the local moped, scooter and motorcycle riders who turned out to join eight hundred others in a protest ride through Bristol and Bath, calling on the government to do more to help veterans and to stop the

witch-hunts and prosecutions of former service personnel.

"As a veteran and one of the main organisers of the event, we were overwhelmed by public support with people keen to know what it was about and wanting to film it to post on YouTube."

Veterans are also campaigning for the government to enshrine in law the Military Covenant, which would make

councils legally responsible for providing help such as housing and mental health support for veterans.

Andy said: "I am passionate about veterans affairs as I have several friends who suffer badly from PTSD as a result of their military service and am angry that successive governments have failed to enshrine the Military Covenant in Law. "A petition has just been started to seek to get the government to do this."

The petition can be found online at petition.parliament. uk/petitions/332503.

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Community’s speed patrol VOLUNTEERS are needed to help provide a crossing patrol outside Lyde Green Primary School when term re-starts.

Lyde Green Neighbourhood Watch is organising the patrol, which is due to take place on Wednesday, September 2 from 8am to 9.30am and 2.30pm to 4pm.

Appealing for volunteers via its Facebook page, the group said: “The aim is to slow down the traffic as much as possible, thus creating a safe environment for the children.

“There will also be handing out of flyers detailing what is going on and why.”

Last month the Voice reported on a petition organised by Emersons Green deputy mayor Sadik Al-Hassan calling for an “average speed check net” to stop drivers speeding on Lyde Green’s roads, which have a 20mph limit.

Willowherb Road, which runs in front of the school, is one of the worst affected by drivers breaking the limit, with speed monitoring surveys carried out over the last three years recording an average speed of 34mph, with some drivers reaching up to 56mph.

More than 300 have signed the petition, with an earlier petition

by Emersons Green ward councillor Rachael Hunt gaining almost 400 signatures.

The neighbourhood watch patrol needs volunteers for either the morning or afternoon session, or both, on September 2. People with their own high-viz jackets are particularly welcome.

Anyone who would like to volunteer should message the group via its Facebook page.

Lottery winners FOUR Emersons Green neighbours are in the money after winning a lottery jackpot.

The residents of Barn Close, off Emet Lane, won £1,000 each when their postcode, BS16 7EP, was announced as a daily prize winner in the People’s Postcode Lottery on August 1.

People’s Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery which raises money for charities.

Players sign up, enter their postcode and pay £10 per month to take part.

They are automatically entered into a draw every day of the month, ranging from £10 to a share in a £3 million monthly draw.

There are £1,000 daily jackpots, such as the one won by the Barn Close residents.

A minimum of 32% of ticket sales goes directly to charities and players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised over £500 million to date for thousands of good causes in Britain and beyond.

The draw won by the Barn Close residents was promoted by Depaul, a youth homelessness charity which has received more than £10.8 million in funding from the People’s Postcode Lottery.

Funding applications are now being accepted by the People’s Postcode Lottery: visit www.postcodelottery.co.uk or the lottery’s Facebook and Twitter pages for more information.

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Hi-tech plans for improved Suspect hid under bike bridge over ring road a bush A NEW bridge between Emersons Green and Lyde Green is set to be built as part of £5.5 million improvements to pedestrian and cycle links.

Plans to promote sustainable transport in the area have been awarded £3 million of government funding from the Getting Building Fund.

The money is being awarded to the West of England Combined Authority, which is committed to funding the cost of the bridge.

It will be an upgrade of the existing Newlands Pedestrian Bridge over the Avon Ring Road.

South Gloucestershire Council, which will be responsible for the construction of the composite bridge, expects it to be ready to use by the end of next year.

It will be part of improved travel links between Lyde Green Community Centre and Emersons Green Village Hall.

The £900 million Getting Building Fund is backing “shovel-ready” projects, ie those which can move ahead quickly.

It has also agreed to finance the creation of a centre of excellence for open research and innovation into the “Industrial Internet of Things” – using interconnected sensors, instruments and other devices to improve manufacturing – which will involve the National Composites Centre at the Bristol & Bath Science Park, as well as

The Newlands Road bridge over the ring road is to be upgraded with an advanced composite structure UWE. West of England Metro Mayor Tim Bowles said: “These new links across Lyde Green and Emersons Green are creating a safe and attractive routes to walk and cycle for residents and that’s vital if we are to cut congestion, improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions.”

The money was welcomed by MPs Chris Skidmore and Luke Hall, whose constituency covers part of Lyde Green.

A South Gloucestershire Council spokesman said: “We will be responsible for the construction work which is centred around the refurbishment of Newlands Pedestrian Bridge, the access

paths and a number of transport improvements. The £5.5 million project is being funded by WECA and should be completed towards the end of 2021.”

Emersons Green ward councillors Judy Adams, Rachael Hunt and Colin Hunt said: “Improving connectivity between the Emersons Green and Lyde Green communities is a major local priority for us so we are delighted that this bid for funding has been successful.

“There have been differing proposals for a bridge over the ring road and we believe that, with this latest plan successfully securing this funding, we have taken a major step forward in the delivery of that vision.”

A SUSPECTED burglar was found hiding under a bush by the police helicopter after a break-in at a shop in Pucklechurch.

Police were called shortly after at 2.15am on August 11 after two men were seen breaking into a shop on Westerleigh Road.

A car was seen leaving the scene “at speed” and was later stopped by police, who arrested a man and woman.

An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: “The police helicopter later found the outstanding man hiding under a bush. He too was arrested on suspicion of burglary.”

All three suspects were taken into police custody.

The helicopter was also involved in a search for a man who had been reported missing but later returned home.

Police helicopters are equipped with infrared cameras which can detect the heat given off by people and animals.

It was the second night in a row that the police helicopter could be heard above the Staple Hill and Mangotsfield area.

In the early hours of the previous day it was over the Staple Hill area between 2am and 3am, helping officers on the ground searching for suspects after a burglary in St George.

Police were unable to find the suspects that time but enquiries are ongoing.

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GCSE successes after year of turmoil MANGOTSFIELD School is celebrating the achievements of its GCSE candidates after months of lockdown and weeks of uncertainty about how to calculate grades.

After schools were forced to close and this year's exams cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, first A-level results and then GCSEs were thrown into doubt when the system chosen to standardise grades across the country was criticised as unfair.

After A-level results were regraded following an outcry, the government decided to use teachers' assessments as the basis for GCSE results for Year 11 pupils, with some adjusted up by a government grading algorithm.

The school said in a statement: "This year group have faced challenges not only of lockdown but also the uncertainty around how their grades would be decided.

"We are thrilled that the government has decided to award the Centre Assessed Grades, which were carefully calculated by teachers who have taught the students over several years.

"There are so many individual successes to celebrate within our results and we’re delighted by the personal achievements of the entire cohort.

"Whilst it is hard to select students to praise individually a few have exceeded expectations at a national level."

The school's five highestattaining students were: • Josh Chatten – Seven grade 9s,

Results day at Mangotsfield School Two grade 8s, One grade 7 • Sam Courthold – Six grade 9s, Three grade 8s, One grade 7 • Ruby Beese – Two grade 9s, Four grade 8s, Three grade 7s, One grade 6 • Ayuub Iman – One grades 9, Seven grade 8s, Two grade 6s • Abby Arnott – Two grade 9, Three 8s, Three grade 7s, One grade 6.

The number of Year 11s achieving a pass in both English and Maths was in line with the national figures from 2019, with 40% getting grades 9-5 and 66% grades 9-4.

Head teacher Hetty Blackmore said: "This year group were one of the nicest and hardest working I’ve ever come across.

"They fully deserve the successes they have received.

"Year 11 we salute you and wish you all the best in your bright and exciting futures.”

YEAR 11 students at Winterbourne Academy are praised for their “hard work and resilience” as they received their results.

Head teacher Jason Beardmore said: “This year’s GCSE results show that hard work and resilience in this unique and unpredictable year have won the day for Winterbourne Academy students.

“These are amazing performances from highachieving students who have worked consistently hard.

“We all know that achievement can mean many things. It can be about starting points, the specific challenges we face and/or the determination we show to improve.”

Results at the school were higher than last year, with 77% of pupils achieving a level 4 and above in English and Maths, and

60% a level 5 and above.

The school singled out the achievement of Emily Rosenberg, who achieved 10 GCSEs at grade 9.

Other high achievers who were awarded nine or even ten grades 8 or higher were: James Bennion, Owen Cotgias, Kian Goodwin, Olivia Hussey, Sonny Reynolds, Eloise Salt, Hannah Sharp and Ben Simister.

Mr Beardmore also praised 11 pupils who had shown “grit, character and resilience”, making huge progress not only with their studies but also as young people.

They were: Michael Heavens, Chloe Olds, Fliss Ounsworth, Chloe Dean, Amy Hewitt, Sam Pulsford, Mia Smith, Tom Hemsley, Josie Everett and Jamie Fricker.

• The Voice invited Downend School to share news of its exam results but none was received.

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Downend A-level students Digitech helps students to exciting destinations secure uni places

DOWNEND School has praised the performance of students at its sixth-form centre who received their A-level results in August.

Students across the country faced upheaval as results assessed using a government algorithm downgraded predicted grades for around four in every ten A-levels assessed by tutors, before a government u-turn allowed mock exam results to be used where they were higher.

Nevertheless, students at Downend's sixth form centre, including many former Mangotsfield School pupils, were all able to secure first or second-choice university places, or planned apprenticeships, on results day.

The school said in a statement: "We are immensely proud of our A-level students this year and the results they

have received are testament to their hard work over the last two years.

"They have shown commitment, dedication and more recently great strength of character and resilience during these unprecedented times.

"We are pleased that the results they have received will allow them to progress onto the apprenticeship and degree courses of their choice; all of our Year 13 students have been able to take up their first or second place university choices or planned apprenticeships.

"We wish them all the very best for their future studies and careers."

DIGITECH Studio School is celebrating record university entrants and some "truly unique and exciting" apprenticeships and courses.

The specialised creative digital and high-tech school in Kingswood, working in partnership with creative industry training provider Boomsatsuma, had 120 students following specialist diploma pathways. The average grade for all diploma course students was a distinction, or higher.

A spokesman said: "At this unusual time, where students’ school experience has been so severely disrupted by the pandemic, the most important consideration is ensuring that each student has the very best and most appropriate destination secured, and this is where Digitech’s Studio School approach, with its specialist pathways and close links to industry, has come into its own.

University and higher education destinations for Digitech students include London's Trinity Laban music and dance conservatoire, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Italia Conti Drama School, computer science and cyber security courses at UWE, Swansea and Bath Spa universities, illustration and arts courses at Plymouth and Falmouth universities and sports journalism at the University Campus of Football Business at Wembley Stadium.

Students were successful in securing apprenticeships with Netflix, the National Youth Film Academy and Natural History Production. Others moved on to degrees and employment in other fields . Students also did well at GCSE level, gaining the qualifications they needed to take them on to the next steps in education or apprenticeships. Digitech offers diplomas and diploma combinations in multidisciplinary art, IT, acting, media and games development.

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Appointments wait: patients rate surgery ‘poor' ALMOST two thirds of patients at one surgery are waiting more than a week for an appointment, a survey has found.

The annual NHS GP Patient Survey, published this summer, found big variations in the time it took for people to be seen at their local practice.

At Leap Valley Medical Centre, just 7% of patients were able to book a same-day appointment, 19% waited more than a day but less than a week and 62% waited for more than a week. The numbers receiving same-day appointments or waiting longer than a week were unchanged on last year's survey.

At Emersons Green Medical Centre, 34% of patients surveyed were able to book same-day appointments – up from 25% in 2019 – 18% waited more than a day but less than a week and 46% waited more than a week, a fall from 53% last year.

Some patients responding to the survey couldn't remember the length of their wait.

Among patients of the Downend Health Group, which runs the Willow Surgery in Hill House Road and Christchurch Surgery in North Street, 40% were able to book a same-day appointment, 26% waited more than a day but less than a week

and 30% waited for a week or more: a 1% fall in same-day appointments and a 4% rise in waits of more than a week compared with 2019.

Leap Valley and Emersons Green, which have merged to become Green Valleys Health, have been beset with telephone problems and 48% of Leap Valley patients described their experience of booking appointments as "poor", rising to 52% of Emersons Green patients. Some 56% of Downend Health Group patients said their experience of booking appointments was good, with 16% describing it as poor.

Just 12% of patients said it was easy to get through to Leap Valley on the phone, with 88% saying it was not easy. For Emersons Green, the split was 30% to 70% and for Downend Health Group it was 52% to 48%.

Overall satisfaction levels were 73% good and 9% poor for Downend Health Group, 58% good and 20% poor for Leap Valley, and 48% good and 32% poor for Emersons Green.

Almost 26,000 patients responded to the survey, carried out by polling group Ipsos MORI earlier this year and also included questions on out of hours and online services, as well

as overall experience.

All three local surgeries had more patients describing their websites as easy to use than not easy: for Downend Health Group the split was 82% to 18%, for Leap Valley it was 53-47 and for Emersons Green it was 62-38.

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group, which is in overall charge of funding surgeries, said 96% of patients had confidence and trust in the healthcare professionals they saw, while 90% found receptionists helpful.

CCG clinical lead Dr Geeta Iyer said: “Improving and strengthening primary care services is a high priority for us and it is more important than ever that this continues in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“During the past year our primary care networks have made great progress, bringing groups of practices together with other community services to provide co-ordinated and joined up care for people in their local areas The results of the survey are a testament to all the hard work of everyone who works in primary care, in both clinical and non-clinical roles, who continue to deliver high quality GP services for our population.”

Update from Downend, Emersons Green and Staple Hill libraries SINCE July we have been able to provide two services - Click & Collect and Computer/WiFi/ Scanning facilities - but in September we aim to expand these services. For more details see www.southglos.gov.uk/libraries or facebook.com/sgloslibraries.) as plans may change by the time this is published.

Click and Collect Library users can order up to 6 items per person to collect at a pre-booked time and library of your choice To book a slot and tell us what type of books/authors you would like visit www.sglibraries. eventbrite.com OR call 01454 865022 (Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm, Saturday 9:30am – 12pm) to speak to a member of library staff.

Items can be returned at any time. If we are open staff will take books back at the door. If we are not open they can be returned

via our letterbox. In either case returned stock will be quarantined for 72 hours before being processed, so don’t worry if they still show on your account for a few days after return.

To book a FREE 1 hour computer or WiFi slot or to use our printing/scanning facilities email: CorporateContactCentre@ southglos.gov.uk with your library card number, which library you wish to attend and the date and time, please also state if you wish to use the scanner during your session OR call 01454 865022 for more information and to book your session.

Emersons Green and Staple Hill libraries also have photocopying facilities available.

Please note that as of 8th August 2020 all public library users must wear a face covering (unless they have exceptions).

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Matthew sets off on gruelling charity ride

A MANGOTSFIELD man has embarked on a gruelling 1,200mile journey to help a charity which has supported his best friend, an NHS worker living with a brain tumour.

Matthew Budd is climbing the equivalent of three ascents of Mount Everest on his bike as he tackles the GB Divide route from Land's End to John O'Groats, which meanders across the country to take on moors, hills and mountains in England, Wales and Scotland.

He is raising money for Brain Tumour Support, the South Gloucestershire charity which has helped his friend Ben Watterson.

The pair grew up together in Cornwall and Ben, a radiographer who works for the NHS in Wales, was diagnosed with a brain tumour seven years ago.

He has had two operations but with the tumour not entirely curable by surgery, Ben had

Matthew Budd (right) and his friend Ben Watterson, who has lived with a brain tumour for seven years been on chemotherapy for nine months before deciding to come off so that he could go back to work as the NHS tackled the coronavirus crisis.

Matthew says the idea of raising money for the charity is a "massive motivator" in the intense physical and mental challenge he is taking on.

He said: "I've always been quite a keen cyclist and I've done up to 130 miles in a day before but I've never done a multi-day trip before."

Matthew has no support vehicle and is cycling alone, carrying everything he needs to camp and cook along the way in three bags strapped to his off-

road touring bike.

He says the idea is to be "completely self-sufficient" on the trip, although he was planning to pop home as he passed Bristol to take a break from sleeping under canvas for a night.

Matthew's journey was due to take him over Exmoor, the Quantock and Mendip hills, the Brecon Beacons, Cambrian mountains, Snowdonia, the Yorkshire Dales, North Pennines, Kielder Forest Park, the Scottish Borders, the Trossachs and the Scottish Highlands, including the Grampians and Cairngorms.

As the Voice went to press, Matthew had raised more than ÂŁ1,300 towards his ÂŁ2,500 target. His fundraising page can be found at gf.me/u/ykqn6d Brain Tumour Support spokesperson Nadya Anscomb said: "What Matthew is attempting to do is astounding and will take a huge amount of strength and courage."

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A FOODBANK is looking for drivers to help out with deliveries.

Resound foodbank, based at the centre of the same name in Blackhorse Road, has been running a home delivery service as the people it helps have been unable to come in and collect food parcels during the coronavirus crisis.

A Holiday Hunger programme during the school holidays has meant deliveries have more than doubled.

The foodbank is looking for two drivers to help out during September and October, who have their own transport and would be able to volunteer twice a month for an hour on Fridays.

Volunteers will need to be able to lift heavy shopping bags and can call 0117 305 0969 between 10am and noon on Fridays for more information.

Changes to furlough rules and an increase in the number of redundancies are also driving an increase in demand for Resound's services. Since the end of March, the number of people Resound has fed has increased by more than 70% and the service has provided more than 6,300 meals.

Resound is accepting donations of tinned products: minced meat and onions; chicken in white sauce; steak; casseroles; corned beef; ham; potatoes (or packet potatoes); rice pudding; custard.

Jam, long life fruit juice, washing-up liquid, toiletries and feminine hygiene products are also needed. Donations can be brought to the Resound Centre on Fridays between 9am and 1pm or left at collection boxes in the Sainsbury's stores at Emersons and Lyde Green.

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Virtual ceremony honours VJ Day anniversary THE Royal British Legion teamed up with community leaders to help people in Staple Hill and Mangotsfield mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day. Coronavirus restrictions made it impossible to hold large-scale events to mark the defeat of Japan, which brought the Second World War to an end on August 15, 1945.

So the RBL's Staple Hill and District branch filmed ceremonies in advance, which were streamed on the day in a virtual commemoration.

They took place around the war memorials in Page Park, Staple Hill, and the Alec Large Memorial Gardens in Mangotsfield.

Branch chairman Ian Campbell, who filmed the Mangotsfield event, said: "My committee and I felt it extremely important to commemorate the 75th anniversary of victory over Japan, as we did with the victory in Europe day back in May. "Sadly, because of the current restrictions with crowds, we knew that we would not be able to invite everyone, so we made sure that we recorded the services in Staple Hill and Mangotsfield to that the communities could join us from the safety of their own homes."

More than 850 people watched the Staple

Councillor and RAF veteran Michael Bell, Mangotsfield Residents association chairman Clive Heath, MRA secretary Chris Amos and vicar of St James Teresa Taylor stand as trumpeter Euton Peters plays the Last Post Hill event on the RBL's Facebook page, while more than 1,500 watched the Mangotsfield event.

Mangotsfield Residents Association chairman and community pastor Clive Heath and vicar of St James, Rev Teresa Taylor, spoke at the Mangotsfield event. Clive described the level of interest from the public

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The Staple Hill event was attended by RBL county chair Jackie Roberts and South Gloucestershire Council leader Toby Savage, among others.

Both services can still be viewed on the RBL branch website, www.staplehillrbl. org.uk, and will be available later on DVD for anyone without internet or social media access.

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Coronavirus cases hit zero

NO new coronavirus cases had been reported in South Gloucestershire for more than a week as the Voice went to print.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics - broken down into small geographic areas, each with a population of around 7,500 people showed that between August 11 and 18 there were no new reported cases in the whole of the district. The number of reported cases in South Glos since the start of the pandemic, as of August 22, was 797 – an infection rate of 279.6 per 100,000. The most recent figures for deaths showed that during June, no one in Downend, Staple Hill, Mangotsfield, Emersons Green or Fishponds had died with Covid-19. One death was recorded in Frenchay and Great Stoke area.

Get involved with Lyde Green Neighbourhood Watch RESIDENTS of Lyde Green have the chance to find out more about their local Neighbourhood Watch scheme and its progress over the last year at the upcoming annual meeting.

The Lyde Green Neighbourhood Watch (LGNHW), which is run by volunteers, was formed in 2017 with the hope of tackling crime in the Lyde Green area by encouraging residents to communicate with each other as well as the police.

Every resident is automatically a member of the Neighbourhood Watch, which involves individuals simply looking out for their neighbours and the community, and reporting any issues or suspicious activity.

In Lyde Green, the watch is split into 14 zones, which will be adjusted over time as the area develops. Each zone is managed by a dedicated zone coordinator, who acts as a focal point for issues and concerns arising within their zone.

On Monday September 14 at 7pm, LGNHW are holding an online drop-in session for residents to have a chat with their neighbours and meet the watch team.

All residents are invited to pop in for a chat, and to find out more about the aims of the scheme.

Following this, the watch’s annual general meeting will then take place at 7.30pm, also online, and

residents are strongly encouraged to attend.

As part of the meeting, an update on crime and policing within the area will be given from the local beat team, and we’ve also invited the Lyde Green Road Safety Team to give an update too.

An election will also take place to establish key roles for the LGNHW committee. These include the role of chair, vice-chair, secretary, treasurer, meetings secretary, webmaster, communications officer, social media administrator, events coordinator, and zone coordinators for each zone.

Interim vice-chair Philip Keith said: “We’re delighted to have the core roles of the committee filled so that the watch can continue its work, but we still have a number of vacancies we’d like to have volunteers for.

“It’s going to be an exciting year ahead with continued work in the community to deter crime, speeding and generally make Lyde Green an even better place to live!”

Any resident of Lyde Green is able to stand for a role within LGNHW’s committee. To express your interest or to find out more about the scheme, email info@lydegreennhw.com or visit the watch’s Facebook page @LydeGreenNHW. Lyde Green Neighbourhood Watch

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School pick-up traffic ban goes ahead A SCHEME to ban traffic outside a primary school at drop-off and pick-up times is going ahead, despite opposition from residents.

South Gloucestershire Council is introducing an experimental traffic order to stop traffic entering Barley Close from 8.309.20am and 2.30-3.30pm every Monday to Friday during term time.

The closure will be enforced with retractable bollards at the junction with Royal Road, which can be lowered to allow access to emergency vehicles.

Signs will be installed designating the area a pedestrian and cycle zone during the closure period.

In a statement explaining the scheme, the council said: "Residents within this section of road will need to avoid entering and leaving during the am and pm closure each day."

The closure is part of the council's 'School Street' scheme, introduced to enable easier social distancing under coronavirus guidelines, make it easier for children and parents to walk to school and encourage families to stop driving children to school.

The experimental order takes effect on September 1 and the council has the option of keeping it in force until March next year while it assesses whether the scheme works.

An initial consultation, held between

Barley Close at the entrance to the primary school July 23 and August 6, after August's Voice had gone to press, had a strongly negative response, with 64% of the 22 people who responded saying they disagreed with the scheme and only 18% in favour.

Some 63% said they thought the scheme would make parking in the area worse and 92% said the closures would affect them negatively, with the same percentage opposed to making the scheme permanent.

All but two of those who responded

Motorcyclist injured

A MOTORCYCLIST was seriously injured in a crash on the main road linking Downend and Fishponds.

Police say the 56-year-old man suffered "what are thought to be life-changing injuries" in the collision with a car at the junction of Downend Road and Stanbury Road on August 20.

The collision happened at around 6.20am and ambulance crews called firefighters and police for assistance.

The injured man was taken to hospital and Downend Road was closed between the Cross Hands junction and Overndale Road for seven hours, as police carried out an accident investigation.

Buses on the 48 and Y2 routes service Downend were diverted via Staple Hill while the closure was in place.

An Avon and Somerset police spokesperson called on anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage they believe could be relevant to the investigation to call 101 and quote the reference 5220 188 300.

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identified themselves as residents, either of Barley Close itself or nearby. No respondents said they were parents or staff at the school.

One wrote that they were a shift worker who parked in Barley close and said: "If the closures were put in place this would result in me being late for some of my shifts, which is not acceptable."

Another said: "We have endured many years of problem parking and abuse from parents, but this scheme is still punishing us as residents. We would support this scheme if residents had access at all times."

The council has started a second consultation, which runs until March 1 next year, and is inviting people to have their say via the consultations section of its website.

The Barley Close consultation can be found at bit.ly/328QJvu. A council spokesperson said: “The proposals at Barley Close School are designed to enable children and families to adhere to social distancing guidelines while providing a healthier and safer environment for all.

“We are currently reviewing the results of the (first) consultation and will be working with the school and local residents to ensure our children are protected, and any issues raised are addressed.”

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n NEWS FROM OUR MP

Work resumes to protect heritage and the future

Chris Skidmore writes for

Emersons Green Voice

AS lockdown eases, it is fantastic to see progress re-start on so many local schemes and projects across Kingswood that are so important for the futures of our children, celebrating our heritage and protecting our local climate.

It is exciting to see the council begin consultation this summer on the design for the new ‘allthrough’ Lyde Green School, which will have a 420-pupil primary phase and a 900-pupil secondary phase, aiming to take its first pupils in 2022.

The school facilities, including its sports pitches, will be available for community use outside of school hours. This is the latest new school that I continue to campaign for in the area and I have raised with ministers the importance of this project receiving the necessary

government funding.

More than ever, it’s vitally important to champion and celebrate our local history.

As a historian, I was delighted to support the approval of the listed building application to stabilise the historic Whitfield Tabernacle in Kingswood town centre.

The Tabernacle is most famous for its role in the emergence of non-conformist religion and the birth of Methodism – its full restoration remains a top local priority for me.

As a former Government minister who was responsible for signing into law the UK’s commitment to end its contribution to global warming by 2050, I am delighted to learn of the locations for new electric vehicle charging points.

More than half of the 14 new charging points across South Gloucestershire, including rapid (50kW) and fast (7-22kW), will be located in the Kingswood constituency, with one fast point in Laburnam Road car park in Hanham and two fast points in Cecil Road car park in Kingswood.

A further six points, six rapid and one fast, will compromise a flagship West of England charging hub at the Bristol and Bath Science Park in Emersons Green.

The council has said that all are set to be operational by March 2021.

As the local MP, I will continue to support initiatives to help our local area recover and renew from the pandemic and these are just the start of what’s needed.

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n AROUND THE WIs MANGOTSFIELD WI AS you will recall from the August issue, our correspondent Kate Tarr has hung up her pen.

On behalf of Mangotsfield WI, I would like to thank Kate for all the work she has put in over a number of years, keeping Voice readers up to date with all our happenings.

We are now becoming quite experienced (we like to think) with Zoom meetings, having held quite a few. Our July meeting was held through Zoom and our events team ladies arranged a brilliant presentation entitled Dressing for Your Body Shape. Gail Painter, from Not Givin In, gave a lively and entertaining talk attended by 27 of our members. I learnt that I am apple-shaped, from a selection of ‘strawberry’, ‘pear’, ‘apple’ and ‘hourglass’. I think I would have preferred ‘hourglass’, but there you go!

Gail’s talk expanded on what colours, styles and accessories can be used to enhance one’s appearance, from which I

personally learnt quite a lot. If you want to take the focal point away from your shape, it was suggested that you could wear a ‘statement’ necklace and earrings, or perhaps contrasting shoes, to go with your outfit.

Our August meeting was due to be a quiz, hosted by one of our committee members, Sue Lines.

We would normally have held a quiz at the Lamb, so the timing is quite appropriate. Hopefully we can get back to organising our pub lunches there soon.

On September 28, Peter Coombs, who is a National Guild and BJCP certified beer judge, will present the History and Practise of Brewing. This may seem a little off-piste for the Women’s Institute, but Peter tells me that in the middle ages, all beer was brewed by women, so perhaps it is more relevant than you might think.

Pop over to our Facebook page to keep abreast of news and information. If you are not a member but would like to join us, please let me know by emailing mangotsfieldwi@hotmail.com.

It is still uncertain when we can

get back to physically meeting at St James church hall. I think a lot of us, as it has been so long now, are pining. On the plus side it has been quite handy to be able to log in to a meeting with the laptop, even when you are away from home.

Carol Coombs

SHORTWOOD VILLAGE WI FIRSTLY, can we say a big “hello” again to you all and to our fellow WI groups.

This month, we had our first socially-distanced meeting since March and it was lovely to see that we have all survived lockdown and managed to stay safe!

We all sat in the open air, socially distanced in Diane’s front garden, and at one point the umbrellas went up as, after all the lovely weather, it began to rain. Stoically, we carried on with “bring your own” drinks and lovely shortbread, flapjacks and fruit cake

supplied by Diane, Jo and Caroline.

For a change from sunflowers, our competition for this year, set at our March meeting, was to see who could grow the most potatoes from one seeded potato, Rooster being the variety. After a tense weigh-in, the winner was Sheila with 6lbs 12oz, and the runner-up was Jo, with 5lb 5oz. It has been unanimously decided that Sheila has the best green fingers of the group, as she has also managed to grow the tallest sunflowers in previous years.

Our future meetings are a case of wait and see, but provisional plans for September are a fish and chip supper, if we can fit everyone in, socially distanced, in the chapel.

All the speakers we had planned for this year have kindly agreed to transfer their visit until the same time next year, all being well.

Under normal circumstances we meet at the chapel in Shortwood Village on the second Thursday of the month, at 7.30pm.

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Carsons and Mangotsfield in epic run chase CARSONS and Mangotsfield cricket club is celebrating after scoring 300 runs in a winning chase – the first time in recent memory that the club had chased down such a tall score.

The match against Bristol Aces, in the North Somerset Cricket League at their Pomphrey Hill home ground, was played on August 9.

Losing the toss meant facing 40 overs of toil, fielding in the hot sun.

A needless run-out meant a reasonable beginning but our shoulders started to droop as an Aces batsman passed his 50, then his hundred, raining sixes and fours.

The weather was very hot, the bowling was getting pulverized and the opposition was constantly in your face with their chatter. They scored 296.

Our chase started with a

master stroke. Stand-in skipper Jack O'Hara asked Nathan Taylor, our only southpaw, to open with James Cathro.

While James started in a flurry, his presence was shortlived, getting stumped for 19.

On the other end Nathan was unconventional. Their bowlers did not expect an opening batsman to keep swishing and missing at good balls but anything straight and on a length kept disappearing. The opposition also had to deal with the leftright combination. The sun was scorching and fielders were having to change positions for every single, which really rattled them.

By the time Nathan was caught in the deep we were around 110 in 11 overs. Nathan had 41 with 9 fours in a partnership of 70+.

We started at such a breakneck speed that it took the opposition by surprise and gave us belief.

When 15-year-old Tom King slowly walked towards the pitch, I could see an energy revival within the opposition, who thought they must be back in the game.

Tom started cautiously, defending his first two balls, with the keeper asking everyone to come in from the boundary to stop the singles, before Tom dispatched the third, short ball it with disdain to the midwicket boundary.

This was followed by a back-foot punch to the cover boundary and I could feel the uneasiness in the opposition returning. After an association of 140+ runs scored at around 7 an over, I was caught in the deep.

Tom went in the next over for 63

but there were now only 57 runs to get in 9 overs, with 6 wickets left.

However disaster was about to strike and 4 wickets for 2 runs saw the Aces suddenly regain their voice.

Some of us in the pavilion started getting jittery and thought that we'd botched it.

Fortunately, these were not the thoughts going through young Cameron Lippiatt's mind as he joined Sam Brayley at the crease.

They scored 50 runs off 4 overs.

As Sam hit the winning boundary off the second ball of the 37th over, the score moved to 300.

We were pinching ourselves in the pavilion. Did we really chase down 296, and that too with almost 4 overs to spare?

Yes, we did. And the architects were the youngsters.

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Mangos are back in action at last FOLLOWING a five-month gap, Mangotsfield United returned to action on August 14 with their first pre-season friendly fixture.

As with all non-league football clubs, the Mangos’ young squad – who formed the basis of the First XI back in February, following the resignation of then-manager Ollie Price and the departure of all the team – resumed training back in July, but without any confirmed knowledge at the time as to when the new 2020-21 season would get under way.

That has since become clearer, with the announcement that the Southern League in its entirety will kick off the new campaign on Saturday September 12, with the fixtures for the new season announced by the end of August.

The first pre-season match, a 5-1 defeat away to Toolstation League side Cribbs FC, was watched by no fans at all, due to restrictions at the time

Action from Mangotsfield United's friendly win at Tytherington Rocks forbidding any spectators to be admitted entrance into the ground. This scenario occurred at non-league grounds all across the country but was changed immediately in the days that followed, after many pleas by clubs and even politicians, that supporters had to be re-admitted to non-league grounds (possibly in a restricted way), so that clubs could finally get some muchneeded revenue into the coffers.

The Mangos' second friendly,

on August 21, resulted in a 4-3 away win at Hellenic League side Tytherington Rocks, which saw the team trail 1-0 at half time, despite forcing five or six early corners and creating a number of decent chances, only to fall to a typical long through ball, which caught the Mangos' defence out.

The Cossham Street side soon levelled, just after the break, but then went behind again, only for another equaliser to make it 2-2. The Rocks then re-took the

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That proved to be enough to win a lively encounter.

Meanwhile, in the FA Cup, the Mangos have been drawn away to either Tavistock or Bradford Town, whilst in the FA Trophy, Cinderford Town will be the visitors to Cossham Street.

The Mangos youngsters indeed face a testing campaign in the Southern League, especially as they are largely inexperienced at that level, but they will certainly give it everything they’ve got. No one really knows at this stage what is happening at all the other clubs in their division, following five months of inactivity, so there could be other teams too who may have to look towards youth in providing a good chunk of their line-ups at the start of the new campaign.

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IKE every other high street business, Cleve Chiropractic has had to make major changes to the way we operate – to keep our staff and customers safe. But now I think we’re getting close to “business as usual” again.

Immediately after lockdown, we experienced the “pandemic of back pain” brought on by months of inactivity as Covid-19 took a global hold. However, as restrictions were relaxed in the UK, people began to exercise and do some strenuous jobs around the house.

As we reopened our doors, back pain was a big issue for many of our clients. Now, with gyms back in action and more people taking part in organised team events, there seems to be a “pandemic of sports injuries”.

With local cricket, rugby and football teams returning to the fray, there’s plenty of shoulder issues and, indeed, a full range of injuries for us to deal with. With golf and tennis among the first to be up and running after lockdown, there’s more than enough to keep us busy, helping local athletes stay on top of their physical and mental well-being.

One of the more bizarre injuries I’ve had to deal with during these extraordinary times was presented by a client who came to see me with a problem caused by throwing his boomerang! He was suffering after a three-hour session of serious throwing on Frenchay Common caused a repetitive strain

injury to his wrist and elbow.

Meanwhile, in the world of more conventional sport, I’m very pleased to be back working with Bristol Rovers as they prepare for the new season in League One. I can tell all you “Gasheads” out there that your team’s players are training for long, hard days and there’s a great vibe around the club.

I’m finding that manager Ben Garner is a fantastic character to work with – he’s brought in a few new players during the extended summer break and there seems to be a fresh sense of purpose and great optimism at The Mem. However, with the increased stress on the players after such a long time off, some of them have been suffering with a few more niggles than usual – from groin, hamstring and calf issues to back and neck pain. It feels great to be helping Rovers again and I’m delighted to be working as part of a wider team, alongside new physio Miles and sports therapist Sarah.

Catherine Quinn, the newest face on the Cleve Chiropractic team, has also been busy in the world of professional football, assisting Queens Park Rangers with their preparations for the new Championship season.

And I’m delighted to say that Catherine has made a huge impact during her first few weeks in Bristol, proving to be an instant hit with our client base. I was confident that she would be a popular “signing”

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Finally for now, I’m pleased to say that we are remaining vigilant in the clinic and the infection control procedures are working successfully. All the staff and patients are getting on well with the different routines and the new normal has become just that. I’m

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