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		<title>Filton Journal website officially retired</title>
		<link>https://www.filtonjournal.co.uk/2025/02/12/filton-journal-website-officially-retired/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SH (Editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Along with its three sister titles in the North Bristol Journal Series of community news websites, the Filton Journal has now been retired.]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Outdoor cinema and ice rink in final plans for Filton Airfield arena</title>
		<link>https://www.filtonjournal.co.uk/2024/05/09/outdoor-cinema-ice-rink-in-final-plans-filton-airfield-arena/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Postans (LDRS)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 23:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[YTL has submitted final detailed plans for the proposed Bristol Arena – and they reveal the venue will feature an outdoor cinema, Christmas ice rink and sports courts. Artist's impressions include huge public squares in front of the refurbished Brabazon hangars on the former Filton Airfield site. The projected opening date for the arena complex is late 2026 at the earliest.]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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				<media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[YTL Arena Bristol: Christmas trees and ice rink. Image: YTL/McGregor Coxall.]]></media:description>
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		<title>Councillors approve plans to demolish Concorde pub and replace with student flats</title>
		<link>https://www.filtonjournal.co.uk/2024/04/24/plans-approved-demolish-concorde-pub-replace-student-flats/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Postans (LDRS)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A former pub in Filton looks likely to be bulldozed and replaced with a five-storey block of student flats after councillors unanimously granted planning permission. South Glos Council’s Development Management Committee approved the demolition of the vacant Bristol Concorde (Brewers Fayre) pub, which will be replaced with 99 student beds for UWE.]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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				<media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[proposed student accommodation on the site of the Bristol Concorde pub in Filton: View from Link Road (South East).]]></media:description>
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		<title>Two more large HMOs approved in Filton despite neighbours&#8217; objections</title>
		<link>https://www.filtonjournal.co.uk/2024/01/23/two-more-large-hmos-approved-filton-neighbours-objections/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Postans (LDRS)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Councillors have unanimously approved yet another two large houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in Filton despite fierce local opposition. The town’s residents are "bearing the brunt" of new bedsits as more and more family homes are turned into shared accommodation, largely for students, a planning committee was told.]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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				<media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[7 Northville Road, Filton (Image: Google Maps, via Local Democracy Reporting Service).]]></media:description>
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		<title>Airbus opens new Wing Technology Development Centre in Filton</title>
		<link>https://www.filtonjournal.co.uk/2023/07/18/airbus-opens-wing-technology-development-centre-filton/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SH (Editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Airbus has officially opened a new Wing Technology Development Centre on its Filton site, further demonstrating the company's commitment to investing in it UK innovation capabilities. The facility will be used to build and test demonstrators for a range of programmes and research projects and will help Airbus accelerate the design, build and testing of wings for next generation aircraft,]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Plans submitted to build student accommodation block on Filton Central Garage site</title>
		<link>https://www.filtonjournal.co.uk/2023/04/24/plans-build-student-accommodation-filton-central-garage/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SH (Editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 21:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A property developer has submitted plans to demolish the existing buildings at the Filton Central Garage site and replace them with a three-storey accommodation block providing 71 student bedsits. The 'front' aspect of the development would face onto Rectory Lane, with the 'rear' backing onto the existing Toolstation store and the A38 Gloucester Road North beyond.]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>North Filton Station gains fast-tracked approval from South Glos planners</title>
		<link>https://www.filtonjournal.co.uk/2023/02/17/north-filton-station-fast-tracked-approval-south-glos/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SH (Editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 22:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[South Gloucestershire Council has granted planning permission for the new North Filton Station, which will connect rail services to the new community, known as 'Brabazon', being developed on the former Filton Airfield site, as well as visitors to the new YTL Arena Bristol. It is hoped the station will be complete by 2026, allowing an hourly service to on the Henbury Link.]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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				<media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Artist&#8217;s impression of the proposed North Filton Station (from north side, looking south-east).]]></media:description>
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		<title>Filton Airfield arena delayed (again) but capacity upped</title>
		<link>https://www.filtonjournal.co.uk/2023/01/25/filton-airfield-arena-delayed-again-capacity-upped/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SH (Editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 19:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The boss of the firm behind the planned arena complex on the former Filton Airfield site has admitted that the venue may now not open until 2026, representing a slippage of two years on the last announced date. However, improved design work has created the opportunity to increase the maximum capacity of the arena from 17,000 to 19,000, with over 2,000 "premium seats".]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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				<media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New pedestrian bridge leading over the railway line and into the Arena hangar.]]></media:description>
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		<title>Railway station serving Filton Airfield arena delayed by three years</title>
		<link>https://www.filtonjournal.co.uk/2022/11/01/railway-station-serving-filton-arena-delayed-three-years/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Seabrook (LDRS)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 23:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A planned train station by the new arena in Filton will not open until 2026 after delays were blamed on several design changes. North Filton Station was initially due to open next year (2023), before the YTL Arena opens in 2024, as a key part of the transport plan to get people to concerts.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Airbus’ early careers recruitment nears pre-pandemic records</title>
		<link>https://www.filtonjournal.co.uk/2022/09/22/airbus-early-careers-recruitment-nears-pre-pandemic-records/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SH (Editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 22:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Airbus’ UK sites in Filton and Broughton have welcomed their largest number of apprentices and graduates since the end of the pandemic. Airbus in Filton recently welcomed 71 new recruits to the company's graduate programme, along with a further 68 apprentices. These are in addition to the 69 interns who started their year-long UK industry placement in July.]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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				<media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 70 recent graduates have joined Airbus’ graduate programme in Filton.]]></media:description>
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