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"Trendy" new W.I. for Keynsham

By wingskeynsham

Hi Thanks for the mention. We're having our next meeting on 5th August at the Fear Institute. ...

By welland at 11:28 on 01/07/10

A NEW branch of the Women's Institute has started in Keynsham. Called Wings – which stands for Women's Institute the Next Generation – it attracted 30 women on its launch night, which included a visit from an image consultant and a laughter yoga session. Mandy Price, one of the committee members who organised the event, said: "The raffle prizes went down well. There was lots of laughter. It was a great night."...
Protest over the "Uk's biggest cul-de-sac" in Keynsham

By Kresident

Please help residents fight this ridiculous plan. write to the councillors on the planning committe...

By welland at 20:33 on 01/07/10

More than 200 people packed a meeting in Keynsham over plans for homes in what was described as “the UK’s biggest cul-de-sac.” The meeting last night at Castle School enabled residents to voice their concerns about the proposed development by Taylor Wimpey for 285 homes on Green Belt land to the south west of the town.. Councillor Alan Hale, of Lays Drive, Keynsham, said he shared their view that the access...
K2 PROTEST MEETING

By AlbertMills

To reiterate the main details: TUESDAY 29th JUNE 2010 at CASTLE PRIMARY SCHOOL. Add your voice to...

By gizmo2 at 16:52 on 24/06/10

I would encourage all with a concern for the future trfaffic palns etc for this site to attend the public meeting at Castle School on Tuesday evening.There has been sadly it would seem, various decisons relating to reducing access to the site by one route only-via Park rd,the sheer volume of builders wagons,tradesmens vehiclesetc parked in side roads for a long time will be nightmare.The decsion supported by council highways...
Will Tesco be good for Keynsham?

By welland

i agree with gizmo2 about the competition and the jobs but i am not convinced that bringing traffic...

By welland at 10:45 on 17/06/10

The new Tesco store is gradually growing on the Keynsham skyline … but will it be good for the town? The supermarket chiefs hope to have the new superstore on St John’s Court finished in time for Christmas this year. Work also started this week on the controversial alteration to the road configuration outside the Old Manor House where the Tesco traffic will exit onto Bristol Road. Deadline for work to finish is...
Police chief "fed up" with young drinkers

By Vic_Meldrew

If your fed up with it Mr Davies, then what do you think the residents of BANES are feeling like....

By welland at 11:02 on 15/06/10

A police chief is calling for urgent action to combat the problem of young people drinking too much. Chief Supt Gary Davies who is responsible for Bath and North East Somerset says he is” fed up with people drinking themselves into oblivion, urinating in doorways and vomiting in the streets. “We can’t continue to tolerate this level of anti-social behaviour. This is going beyond binge drinking. It is drinking to a...

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Taxi driver’s lucky escape after object hurled at car

By Keynsham-People at 07:00 on 31/07/10

A TAXI driver had a narrow escape when a rock was thrown off a bridge on to his windscreen as he drove on the Keynsham bypass. Nigel Paginton was travelling along the A4 after dropping off a fare when the incident happened at around 10.40am on Thursday. The 47-year-old was close to the roundabout by the Co-op supermarket when a piece of masonry was thrown from a bridge on to his car. He said: “I was just cruising along at...
Couple campaign for cheaper bus fares

By welland at 16:40 on 30/07/10

A young couple are urging Keynsham’s MP to back their campaign for cheaper bus fares. Laura Friend of Willsbridge and her boyfriend Adam Heard already have more then 120 signatures on their petition for cheaper bus fares in the area. They feel that if First Bus reduced the prices then more people would get on the buses. Laura said: “We have been to several places including Keynsham, Longwell Green, Bitton and Saltford...
Get on your bike

By Keynsham-People at 16:24 on 30/07/10

Nigel Vile takes a trip along the Midland Railway The Midland Railway running between Bristol and Bath was one of the unfortunate victims of the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. Freight was carried along the line for a few years following the withdrawal of passenger services, but the iron road finally closed in the early 1970s. Between 1979 and 1986 it was converted into the first purpose-built cycleway in the country, and now...
Police chief says it will ‘fast-track’ interviews

By Keynsham-People at 07:00 on 30/07/10

KEYNSHAM residents and businesses have been having their say on a new police centre for detaining and interviewing suspects. They were able to study the plans at the Drill Hall on Ashmead Road yesterday and ask questions about what the proposed new facility will involve. As part of Avon and Somerset police’s Building for the Future programme, the custody suite would be built on the site of Swanglen Furniture Ltd in Ashmead...
Rees-Mogg against voting reform

By welland at 19:23 on 29/07/10

Keynsham’s new MP Jacob Rees-Mogg finds himself in the centre of a rebellion against coalition plans to reform voting. Jacob Rees Mogg, who represents North East Somerset, is one of the gang of more than 40 disgruntled Tories campaigning to shift the date of a referendum on the introduction of the Alternative Vote (AV) system. They fear holding it on the same day as Scottish and Welsh elections – May 5, 2011 –...