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Gloucestershire Independent
Size isn’t everything for school
ASTROUDschool with fewer than 40 pupils has overcome its limited space to create an outdoor play area and pro- vide free school meals. Recently, the Government’s scheme to deliver free school meals to all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children has proved almost impossible for Sheepscombe Primary School to implement as there is no kitchen, nor space to build one. So staff have found another
way to offer this service to its 18 Key Stage One pupils. “Currently we are only able
to offer a cold option but we are getting very close to hav- ing a hot option as well,” explained head teacher Sara Bennion. Sandwiches, wraps and
jacket potatoes are prepared at Thomas Keble School in Eastcombe, more than six miles away. They are then transported by taxi at a cost of around £15 per day. The school has also just had
a £15,000 outdoor adventure play area installed, funded by a £10,000 lottery grant and fundraising. It includes a clatter bridge, rocky traverse split wall and log crossing. The play sur- face has also been replaced.
Fears raised over loss of accessible bus service
DURSLEY residents and La- bour councillors fear that changes to bus services could leave some people without ac- cess to transport. The concerns are directed
at proposed changes to Stage- coach bus services in Durs- ley, which will take effect on Sunday, November 2 . Parents and wheelchair us-
ers will suffer most from the loss of the number 21, which runs through Stroud, Uley and Dursley and is the only bus in the area with a low floor for easier access. Stagecoach is introduc-
ing a new network with ser- vices numbered 61, 62, 63, 64, 66 and 67. The 21, which currently runs through the Rangers and “Poet’s” estates, off Woodmancote, stopping
at Shakespeare Road, is to be replaced by a service that will no longer stop in this part of the town. Stroud district councillor for
the Dursley ward Doina Cor- nell is angered by the changes and lack of public consultation by Stagecoach. She said: “Considering so many people rely on buses in our rural area, especially the elderly and those with young families, it really is terrible that changes can be brought in without consultation.” Jean Gardner, 76, of Byron
Road, on the “Poet’s Estate” said: “It would be a real shame to lose the 21. There aren’t any other services that are easily accessible.”
Gloucestershire County Councillor Steve Lydon is
Stroud District Councillor for Dursley Doina Cornell at the bus stop on Shakespeare Road, in Dursley
seeking a meeting with the council’s lead officer to clar- ify matters. Stagecoach West manag- ing director Rupert Cox said:
“These are the biggest chang- es to timetables and routes for the area for decades. We believe they will encourage more people to travel by bus.”
Town organisations get ready for Remembrance commemoration
THEWotton and Charfield branch of the Royal British Legion is to co-operate with Wotton Town Council, the churches and the Wotton Silver Band in a Remem- brance Sunday commemoration on Sunday, November 9. This will conclude the “Poppy
fortnight”, where volunteers make a house-to-house collection around town for the welfare of ex- service people and their families. The parade in Wotton will set
off from the Chipping at 10.30am, arriving at St Mary’s Church in time for the two minutes’ silence at 11am and a Remembrance ser- vice. After the service, the parade will re-form to march to the War Memorial. Representatives of all the lead-
ing organisations of the town, starting with the Town Council, Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes, will lay about 30 wreaths
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rade back to the Chipping, with the salute being taken by the may- or and Major General Stevenson. The parade is one of the only an-
nual eventswhich brings together nearly all of the voluntary organi- sations of the town, including schools, the Army Cadet Force, Scouts and Cubs, Guides and Brownies.
October 30, 2014
Ram-raid thieves steal ATM from store
AN ATMwas stolen in a raid at Morrisons supermarket in Cirencester during the early hours of Friday morning. At 1.50am the thieves smashed a window at the front of the Dyer Street store, tied cabling to the ATM and then used a stolen Mitsubi- shi Shogun 4x4 to pull it out of the shop. The thieves then made a
getaway in a second vehicle, thought to be a 4x4, and aban- doned the Shogun nearby. Police are hunting four men, who wore face coverings. A member of staff at the
store said it is believed that the cash machine was out of order and empty at the time. They added that it is not
known when a new ATM would be installed. Christopher Jackson, a
spokesman for Gloucester- shire Police, said: “They used brute force to pull it out of the store.” The incident follows a ram
raid in the early hours of August 2 at Cirencester Golf Club where thieves stole a safe using a similar method. They broke down doors to
the clubhouse by driving into them with the back of a van, attached cabling around the safe, which was inside the club manager’s office, attach- ing the other end to the van before driving away. The safe was pulled outside
and put inside the back of the van before making a getaway. Bridget Cohen, secretary at
the golf club, said there was nothing of value inside the stolen safe. Christopher Jackson added
that the police are not link- ing the golf club burglary and the theft of the ATM. If you have information on
the incident call police on 101.
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