A local apiarist has rescued a colony of bees from a massive nest discovered inside a redundant chimney stack above a building on the A38 Gloucester Road in Patchway. The rescue came after the builder who was working on the property had noticed “a few bees” flying around the chimney stack, which was about to be demolished.
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A family forced to flee the civil war in Syria has been resettled in Patchway, thanks to the support of social housing provider LiveWest. Hisham Alsaiyad and his family were thrown a lifeline thanks to the Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme which is overseen locally by South Gloucestershire Council.
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Local aviation heritage centre Aerospace Bristol has been awarded £514,000 as part of the government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure it has a sustainable future.
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The developer behind the huge new mixed-use Brabazon development on the former Filton Airfield is now inviting sales enquiries for the first new homes on the site, which are expected to become available in early 2021.
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YTL Developments have ‘topped out’ the first new homes at Brabazon on the former Filton Airfield, meaning the first roofs have been completed. The tops of buildings in the first phase of the 2,600-home development can now be glimpsed when travelling along Hayes Way.
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A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction on the first homes at Brabazon, the new neighbourhood being built by YTL Developments on the site of the former Filton Airfield.
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Discount retailer Lidl GB has announced that its new store on Hayes Way in Patchway is to open on Thursday 5th December 2019.
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The first major construction contract to transform the historic former Filton Airfield into a thriving new neighbourhood has been awarded to a West Country firm Vertase FLI, based in Portishead.
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Television favourite Fred Dinenage MBE – whose career has spanned over five decades – delighted local retirees with tales from his time on screen when he attended the official opening of McCarthy & Stone’s Hamilton House Retirement Living development in Charlton Hayes on 10th April. The TV stalwart – whose varied career has seen him present shows including ‘How’, ‘How
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Princess witnesses dramatic moment as iconic plane’s ‘droop nose’ lowered for first time since November 2003. Aerospace Bristol, home to the last Concorde ever to fly, has celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Concorde’s first British flight with a dinner attended by HRH The Princess Royal, patron of the museum. Delivered in partnership with Airbus, the Concorde50 gala dinner was held
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