The work of two local Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) has led to a man being detained on suspicion of thefts from cars in Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford. PCSOs Kirsty Flicker and John Hitchings were on a routine patrol on Tuesday (25th November) when they were given details of a man who had been seen acting suspiciously around cars. The
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Food traders to return to Baileys Court?
Mobile takeaway vans could soon be trading again in the car park of the Baileys Court Activity Centre in Bradley Stoke. Prior to the recent redevelopment of the site, The Chinese Wok van was a regular visitor, but construction activity meant the business had to move elsewhere and the van did not return on completion of the work. It is now
Continue readingPolice target inconsiderate parking at Meadowbrook Primary School
Bradley Stoke Police have introduced a ‘Three Strikes’ scheme to combat inconsiderate parking around the town’s Meadowbrook Primary School in Three Brooks Lane. The move comes after the problem was agreed as a priority issue at the Safer & Stronger Community Group meeting on 30th September. Neighbours of the school told the meeting that parents/carers dropping children off at the school
Continue readingSickness bug closes Baileys Court Primary School
Bradley Stoke’s Baileys Court Primary School has been closed today after being hit by a sickness bug. A message placed on the school’s website yesterday (Thursday) states that the closure is being made to “[contain a] widespread sickness bug amongst the children … and avoid further infection.” A spokesperson at South Gloucestershire Council told The Journal that representatives of the
Continue readingFirst Group plans to axe Bradley Stoke bus routes
Transport operator First Group plans to axe the 74 and 74X bus services that run between Stoke Gifford, Bradley Stoke and Bristol city centre, according to a report in the Bristol Evening Post. The 74 service currently runs once a day in each direction, picking up at Ellan Hay Road, Bradley Stoke at 7:04am and returning from Bristol at 5:43pm. The limited stop X74
Continue readingCouncil stages gypsy and traveller sites consultation exhibition at Leisure Centre
South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is today (Tuesday) staging an exhibition in Bradley Stoke about proposed plans for the provision of gypsy and traveller sites in the district. Independent consultants have determined that there is a need for an additional 53 permanent residental pitches and 25 transient pitches in South Gloucestershire. The government believes that there is an urgent need to
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