Police investigating a series of tyre slashing incidents in Saxon Way have been told that students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) were seen loitering around one of the vehicles that was later discovered to have been damaged. The news is revealed in the latest issue of the BSCS school newsletter, in which headmaster Dave Baker appeals to parents and/or
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The 2009 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets underway at 9am today (Friday) with a coffee morning, table top sale and children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The annual Picnic in the Park runs from 11am to 2pm – organised by South Glos Children & Young People Information Service – with entertainment from Professor Panic’s Circus, face
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Bradley Stoke police say they have caught around 40 motorists breaking the speed limit in Woodlands Lane after a resident raised concerns at a Safer & Stronger Community Group (SSCG) meeting in April. The meeting actioned the local beat team to carry out speed checks in the area, which were subsequently implemented during the last two weeks in May. Police
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Local cycle specialists ZeroG are to open a store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The group, which already has stores in Bristol city centre, Bedminster and Downend, says it will open in Bradley Stoke in about a month’s time. It is understood that the new store will occupy mall unit 10, which is the corner unit at the Bradley
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Entries for the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, which forms part of next weekend’s Community Festival, have already broken the 300 mark, leaving just 40 places available before the race’s safety limit is reached. Last year’s race had a limit of 300, with 290 runners taking part on the day. With just less than a week to go before this year’s
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Residents of Bradley Stoke will have a chance to chat with their elected representatives on the Town Council tomorrow in the foyer of the Willow Brook Centre. The council has decided to move its monthly ‘councillor surgeries’ from the Leisure Centre (photo left) to the new shopping centre in an effort to make them more accessible to residents. New Town
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Bradley Stoke has seven polling stations open today for voting in the European Parliament election. Six MEPs are being selected to represent the South West region, using a proportional representation system based on party lists. The local polling stations (open until 10pm) are: Brook Way Activity Centre Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road Holy Trinity Church, Broad Croft Baileys Court Activity
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Police are seeking witnesses after a teenager was assaulted in a incident on the footpath between the Willow Brook Centre and Dewfalls Drive. Avon and Somerset Police issued the following statement yesterday (Wednesday 3rd June): The incident happened at about 9:55pm on Thursday 2nd May when two groups of teenagers met up on the path that runs between Savages Wood
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A closed meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Youth Sub-Committee will tonight confirm whether or not toddler groups and other daytime users will be allowed to continue to use Brook Way Activity Centre after the town’s youth clubs relocate to the centre in July. A statement that day-time users would have to quit, made by Town Clerk David Chandler at
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is inviting public comment on a proposed scheme to add a bus lane to the southbound carriageway of Great Stoke Way, near the Sainsbury’s superstore. The proposed work would be carried out as part of the Greater Bristol Bus Network project, a £70 million scheme to improve bus services on ten key routes throughout the region.
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