Yate and Sodbury Voice

  • Home
  • Yate and Sodbury Voice

Yate and Sodbury Voice All of your local news, views and events for Yate and Sodbury and the surrounding area in one place.

Ruth Davis, who has passed away, was described as an 'incredibly generous' person who made a 'huge contribution to our c...
06/12/2023

Ruth Davis, who has passed away, was described as an 'incredibly generous' person who made a 'huge contribution to our communities'

FORMER Yate councillor and South Gloucestershire Council leader Ruth Davis has died, following a short illness. Politicians from all parties on the council have paid tribute to the former Yate Central ward councillor, who stepped down at May’s local elections and was made an honorary Alderman in J...

Police confirm sad news that passenger died in A4174 crash yesterday
06/12/2023

Police confirm sad news that passenger died in A4174 crash yesterday

A PASSENGER died when a scaffolding lorry overturned on the Avon Ring Road Police say the lorry collided with the central reservation of the A4174 between the Dramway and Siston Hill roundabouts at around 5.25pm yesterday. An Avon and Somerset police spokesperson said: “Sadly, a passenger of the v...

Congratulations to all at Tyndale Primary School!
01/12/2023

Congratulations to all at Tyndale Primary School!

INSPECTORS have praised a Yate primary school’s inquisitive pupils, committed staff and “relevant and ambitious” curriculum. Education regulator Ofsted rated Tyndale Primary School in Tyndale Avenue ‘good’ in all areas – quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development...

If you haven't seen a copy of this month's Yate & Sodbury Voice yet, you can read it from cover to cover (and download i...
01/12/2023

If you haven't seen a copy of this month's Yate & Sodbury Voice yet, you can read it from cover to cover (and download it) here...

Local newspaper packed with news, views and advertising for residents of Yate, Chipping Sodbury and the surrounding area.

Council says the decision 'protects a vital green space'
29/11/2023

Council says the decision 'protects a vital green space'

A PLANNING inspector has dismissed an appeal by developers over plans to build 180 homes in a South Gloucestershire village. More than 600 people objected to Bloor Homes’ proposed housing estate on four agricultural fields west of Sodbury Road in Wickwar. South Gloucestershire Council opposed the ...

He was found near Hambrook - but where's he been for the last ten years?
27/11/2023

He was found near Hambrook - but where's he been for the last ten years?

A CAT that went missing for 10 years has been reunited with its owner after being found wandering near the M4, more than 40 miles from home. Archie was found by Emily Williams and a group of friends from Bromley Heath, Downend, as they went for a walk last week. He looked dishevelled and hungry […...

Police are checking CCTV but also want to hear from witnesses
26/11/2023

Police are checking CCTV but also want to hear from witnesses

POLICE are asking customers of a Yate pub if they can help trace a man who carried out an assault. Officers say the incident happened at The Brimsham Park, in Lark Rise, between 4pm and 6pm on October 20. An Avon & Somerset police spokesperson said: “We believe the suspect may have been with a [.....

Today marks the end of an era, after 40 years in business
25/11/2023

Today marks the end of an era, after 40 years in business

GREENGROCER Ian Veale is saying goodbye to Chipping Sodbury after 40 years in business. Ian’s Fruit, Veg & General Supplies in Broad Street is closing for the final time today (Saturday November 25), and will be stripped out after Christmas. He says despite four years trying, he can’t find anyon...

Ofsted said leaders had been 'relentless in their drive to make the necessary improvements' since its last visit
13/11/2023

Ofsted said leaders had been 'relentless in their drive to make the necessary improvements' since its last visit

A VILLAGE school has completed a turnaround in fortunes with a ‘good’ rating from Ofsted. The education watchdog visited “inclusive and welcoming” Hawkesbury C of E Primary School in Hawkesbury Upton in September. The inspection came four years on from the regulator’s previous visit, after...

Parents told the inspector their children ‘go to school every day with a smile on their face’
12/11/2023

Parents told the inspector their children ‘go to school every day with a smile on their face’

TWO schools in Yate have joined forces as a “campus for learning”.   Broadway Infants and The Ridge Junior School, which share extensive grounds on Broadway at the entrance to the Ridge estate, have formed the Bridgeway Federation. Both schools will retain their names, budgets, staffing and u...

Find out more about the age of steam at Yate Heritage Centre (exhibition runs until November 18)
09/11/2023

Find out more about the age of steam at Yate Heritage Centre (exhibition runs until November 18)

ON and Off the Rails is a brand new exhibition put together by individual members of the South Gloucestershire Museums Group. The display charts the history of local railways from the early history of rail in the 1830s to the issues of the 2020s.  Naturally, with a variety of local museums involved...

Roman pottery, coins and remains of three young children among the finds made by archaeologists
09/11/2023

Roman pottery, coins and remains of three young children among the finds made by archaeologists

AN archaeological dig at a building site in Chipping Sodbury has uncovered a fascinating glimpse of life in Roman times. The late Iron Age and early Roman settlement, with roundhouses, lay under a field earmarked for a development of 90 homes on land west of Trinity Lane, near Chipping Sodbury Golf....

Shows by Jools Holland, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Andy & The Oddsocks and Scouting for Girls are also planned
08/11/2023

Shows by Jools Holland, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Andy & The Oddsocks and Scouting for Girls are also planned

POP superstars McFly have been announced as the headliners of a music festival being held in Yate next year. The band (above), who have sold more than 10 million records since bursting on to the pop scene in 2004, including seven number 1 singles, will launch the Good Times on the Pitch festival sta...

Police say they seized 'he**in and crack co***ne, three knives, more than £1,600 in cash and a suspected stolen bicycle'
08/11/2023

Police say they seized 'he**in and crack co***ne, three knives, more than £1,600 in cash and a suspected stolen bicycle'

A TEENAGER from Yate has been charged with drug dealing and possessing a knife after being arrested in a shopping centre. Avon & Somerset police said the 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested in Broadmead in Bristol on Tuesday along with two men. A spokesperson said tw...

Congratulations to Sarah Hitchings and John Scully
06/11/2023

Congratulations to Sarah Hitchings and John Scully

A FUNDRAISER from Yate and a street marshal from Chipping Sodbury have been honoured at a charity award ceremony.  Sarah Hitchins raised £65,000 for the Grand Appeal for Bristol Children’s Hospital. She was highly commended in the BBC Make a Difference local radio awards.  John Scully was nomin...

Congratulations to Esmè, Natalia and all at King Edmund Acro Club
06/11/2023

Congratulations to Esmè, Natalia and all at King Edmund Acro Club

TWO gymnasts based at Yate’s King Edmund Acro Club triumphed at this year’s European Championships in Acrobatic Gymnastics. Esmè Mathias and Natalia Gilbert (above) represented Great Britain at the event in October, holding off challenges from Spain and France to win the Junior Women’s Pairs ...

He was recommended to one victim on Facebook after she asked for help finding a kitchen fitter.
02/11/2023

He was recommended to one victim on Facebook after she asked for help finding a kitchen fitter.

A ROGUE trader from Yate conned a pensioner after he was recommended to her on Facebook as a kitchen fitter. Daniel Dewfall, aged 38, stole £4,368 from the woman, as well as £1,700 from a young Yate family for a bathroom that was never fitted. He also defrauded an employer out of £4,400. South Gl...

Huge bonfire of waste at farm was topped by an old caravan
02/11/2023

Huge bonfire of waste at farm was topped by an old caravan

A YATE flooring business owner has been given a suspended prison sentence for illegally burning business waste. The Environment Agency and South Gloucestershire Council prosecuted David Hemmings, aged 51, of Hatherley, after complaints about burning on a site at Riverdale Farm, Chapel Lane, Old Sodb...

November's Yate & Sodbury Voice is popping through letterboxes now! If you haven't seen a copy yet, you can read it from...
01/11/2023

November's Yate & Sodbury Voice is popping through letterboxes now! If you haven't seen a copy yet, you can read it from cover to cover here...

Local newspaper packed with news, views and advertising for residents of Yate, Chipping Sodbury and the surrounding area. This month, South Gloucestershire Council faces 'incredibly difficult decisions' over its budget, which could see parking charges introduced, a man is jailed for life for murderi...

Company says it is 'committed to addressing the issues highlighted' in nursery's second critical inspection in four mont...
06/10/2023

Company says it is 'committed to addressing the issues highlighted' in nursery's second critical inspection in four months

A CHILDCARE chain has been criticised again by Ofsted for failings at one of its nurseries in South Gloucestershire. Just Childcare runs Tippytoes Day Nursery, in Yate, which the regulator says “requires improvement” after its second visit in four months. The company runs 60 nurseries across the...

High levels of pollutants were found in samples taken in various sites in Chipping Sodbury, Yate and Iron Acton.
05/10/2023

High levels of pollutants were found in samples taken in various sites in Chipping Sodbury, Yate and Iron Acton.

HIGH levels of pollutants have been found in the River Frome, which passes through Chipping Sodbury and Yate on its way to Bristol. Measurements of phosphate and nitrate nutrients were carried out by a team of 193 volunteer ‘citizen scientists’ for the Bristol Avon Rivers Trust as part of its Ri...

Managers are proud of their 'amazing' team and 'incredible' families
04/10/2023

Managers are proud of their 'amazing' team and 'incredible' families

PASSIONATE leadership is at the heart of a nursery and pre-school in Yate, says the education watchdog. An Ofsted inspector found that Little Oaks, in Cranleigh Court Road, was a a “warm and welcoming” nursery whose children developed independence and confidence as they learned. The regulator sa...

Two boys and a man have been arrested to date
02/10/2023

Two boys and a man have been arrested to date

POLICE have now arrested three people on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm after a teenager was attacked in the street in Yate. The assault took place in Cranleigh Court (above) at about 10.30pm on September 10. Officers say the victim, a boy in his late teens, suffered neck and back injurie...

Clive Summerill was responsible for local policing teams as South Gloucestershire Neighbourhood Inspector
02/10/2023

Clive Summerill was responsible for local policing teams as South Gloucestershire Neighbourhood Inspector

A POLICE inspector r***d a woman in a hotel room while he was off-duty, a misconduct panel has found. Clive Summerill, who was in charge of South Gloucestershire’s neighbourhood policing teams for many years, has been sacked without notice for his “shocking and reprehensible” action. The panel...

Family of Marcus Dunkerton say they can never forgive Grant Bradley for his 'senseless act of violence'
02/10/2023

Family of Marcus Dunkerton say they can never forgive Grant Bradley for his 'senseless act of violence'

A MAN who stabbed his friend to death after a drunken row in a Charfield pub has been jailed for life. Grant Bradley, aged 46, had denied murdering Marcus Dunkerton on a Friday night in June last year. But a jury found him guilty on Friday and Judge Peter Blair jailed him for life, with […]

One of his victims spoke out in court to reveal the 'profound and lasting impact this childhood trauma has had on my lif...
22/09/2023

One of his victims spoke out in court to reveal the 'profound and lasting impact this childhood trauma has had on my life'.

Anthony John Hemmings, aged 69, sexually abused two girls over a five-year period, when they were aged under 16.

Police are appealing for information and video footage
11/09/2023

Police are appealing for information and video footage

17-year-old arrested for GBH after another teenage boy is injured in Yate

National Highways is paying for the bus, after its bridge closure left some people 'isolated'
08/09/2023

National Highways is paying for the bus, after its bridge closure left some people 'isolated'

A NEW free shuttle bus is being laid on to help people stranded by the closure of the A432 bridge over the M4. The half-hourly weekday service starts from 7am on Thursday, September 14, to ferry passengers along Badminton Road from the Yate Park & Ride via Coalpit Heath to Cuckoo Lane, just north of...

Chipping Sodbury, Yate and Iron Acton are on the route
06/09/2023

Chipping Sodbury, Yate and Iron Acton are on the route

PEOPLE living in South Gloucestershire are being encouraged to come to the roadside and see a sporting spectacle when the Tour of Britain streaks through the area this weekend. Stage Seven of the elite cycle race, on Saturday September 9, will pass through Chipping Sodbury, Yate, Iron Acton and Rang...

Address


Telephone

+441454800120

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Yate and Sodbury Voice posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Videos

NHS Nightingale Hospital Bristol chief officer
NHS Nightingale Hospital Bristol chief officer

Shortcuts

  • Address
  • Telephone
  • Alerts
  • Contact The Business
  • Videos
  • Claim ownership or report listing

  • Want your business to be the top-listed Media Company?

Share