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A road will be closed for the next six weeks to allow toads, frogs and newts to cross to their breeding grounds. Charlcombe Lane in Bath will be shut until 25 March. The Charlcombe Toad Rescue Group is hoping to help an estimated 2,500 amphibians reach their ancestral breeding lake in the valley below. Toad helper Helen Hobbs said volunteers would be patrolling the road to keep the crossing creatures safe. She explained amphibians "typically migrate after dusk during February and March".
A bus service will return to Bedminster a year after it was cancelled leaving residents "isolated and forgotten". Transpora Group will bring back the number 23 bus to Ashton Vale on 8 April with routes to Bedminster and Bristol city centre. In April 2023 First Bus cancelled the service "due to a combination of very low patronage and rising costs." Head of commercial at Transpora Group, Simon Newport said they wanted to help the community be better connected.
A community project which aims to stop bikes from reaching landfill has received its 1,000th bike donation. Since May 2022, volunteer mechanics at the Yate Community Bike Hub have spent more than 5,000 hours making donated bikes fit for the road. As well as preventing bikes ending up at the tip, the hub passes them back into the community at low or no cost. The initiative is now introducing free sessions to help give more people the confidence to cycle.
A professional footballer has set up an academy to inspire the next generation of footballers. Yeovil Town player Frank Nouble set up the training camp in November last year to provide coaching for young supporters of the club. He said they only expected to have around 11 or 12 children, but that they are now coaching about 30. One boy said: "It's really cool because, whenever he scores my dad just goes to me 'Oh that's your coach'".
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