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Yate Islamic Cultural Centre plans are dropped
PLANS to create an Islamic cultural centre in Yate have been withdrawn. The application was been made last October by Yate Islamic Cultural and Resource...
Town drama company brings Blackadder to the stage
SODBURY Players have a cunning plan to entertain audiences – by staging a live performance of iconic BBC comedy Blackadder II. The group will bring...
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Yate factory contents sold off in online auction
Yate Islamic Cultural Centre plans are dropped
Town drama company brings Blackadder to the stage
BBC show is latest to take Yate’s Road to Nowhere
Fundraisers hand huge donation to hospital treating Sienna, 3, for cancer
2,000-home new village and extra housing for Yate and Sodbury – ha...
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Town drama company brings Blackadder to the stage
SODBURY Players have a cunning plan to entertain audiences – by staging a live performance of iconic BBC comedy Blackadder II. The group will bring...
Dance music festival on farm near Chipping Sodbury given green light
A NEW dance music festival north of Chipping Sodbury has been granted a premises licence, allowing the event to come back each summer. Nowadaze will...
Remembering Yate factory’s later years
David Hardill of Yate Heritage Centre on the memories of those who worked at the Jackson-Creda factory in Station Road over recent decades ON New...
Celebrating the works night out
David Hardill of Yate Heritage Centre looks at the history of workplace dances, clubs and Christmas parties. THIS month Yate Heritage Centre presents Work and...
Parnall’s to Beko: Yate Heritage Centre’s End of an Era exhibition
David Hardill of Yate Heritage Centre writes on the history of the Station Road factory site that will close in December. AS an article writer...
Plans to replace ‘leaky, old and cold’ Chipping Sodbury spor...
PEOPLE are being asked to say what should replace “leaky, old and cold” buildings used by several of Chipping Sodbury’s sports clubs. The Chipping Sodbury...
A look back at Yate’s factory social clubs and canteens
AFTER Yate said goodbye to the last of its factory social clubs, Jackson’s, at the end of last month, the Voice republishes a history of...
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Sports News
Plans to replace ‘leaky, old and cold’ Chipping Sodbury spor...
PEOPLE are being asked to say what should replace “leaky, old and cold” buildings used by several of Chipping Sodbury’s sports clubs. The Chipping Sodbury...
Yate runners take everything but the kitchen sink on half-marathon run
A GROUP of Yate women ran a half-marathon with a difference – carrying fridges, washing machines, microwaves and cookers strapped to their backs. The 26...
Issy is a sprint sensation
YATE Athletics Club teenager Isabelle Walkey could be a star of the future after winning two national 100m sprint titles. Issy, aged 16, has just...
Yate gymnasts win European Championships gold
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...
Opinion News
Yate’s Dowding connection
Yate Heritage Centre, with David Hardill DURING the first half of September, I was privileged to meet Philippa Dowding, from Canada. For aficionados of modern...
Which party will come out top in South Glos in May elections? Expert giv...
by BBC LDRS team and Filtonvoice The ruling Conservatives running South Gloucestershire Council face a serious fight to stay in power at next May’s local...