Dear editor so the truth is out. whoever the next government are, they will be making massive spending cuts to our public services brilliant eh (!) they give themselves a pay rise, massive expense accounts and a second home while we have to put up with savage cuts in funding to our public services (!) stuff that!!!! lets just kick
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Police in Bradley Stoke say they have taken action on drug misuse in the town following tip-offs from local residents. A statement in the recently-published April/May issue of the Bradley Stoke Police Newsletter reads: “Thanks to intelligence from members of our community. With the information we have received we have successfully carried out four drugs warrants over the last few
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Local Liberal Democrats have been buoyed by the news that a well-known election prediction website is forecasting a narrow victory for their candidate in the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) constituency. The Electoral Calculus website, which claims to incorporate regional as well as national swings in its modelling, is currently predicting that Peter Tyzack (Liberal Democrat) will take the seat
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One thousand balloons were launched from the Town Square on Saturday afternoon, in the latest event to raise funds to send a local boy to the USA for an operation that will help him walk. Five-year-old Toby Cox, who attends Holy Trinity Primary School, was born with cerebal palsy. He can only walk with the aid of a frame and
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Please can someone tell me if the times have changed for the Trench Lane Car Boot on Sundays. I think they start again next weekend? 2nd May. A few years ago they started at lunchtime with set up in the morning but no buyers till 1:00pm I think? Is this still the case or has it changed??? Thanks
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A new club for leisure cyclists in the ‘Five Stokes’ area is holding its inaugural meeting on Tuesday (27th April) at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, starting at 7:45pm. Local resident Brian Bingham, one of three founder members of the new club, says he was inspired to set up the ‘Stokes Cycling Club’ after taking part in last year’s Bristol’s Biggest
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Bradley Stoke’s Mayor Mark Forsyth has called an Extraordinary and Confidential Meeting of Full Council on Wednesday 28th April, starting at 7pm. The meeting will preceed the regular Planning Committee meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm. The main agenda topic is to “consider and action the recent Council Staff Pay Grading and Restructuring Review”. Due to employee/employer confidentiality
Continue readingCandidates from the three main political parties attended last night’s Election Forum in Bradley Stoke, an event organised by The Stokes and Patchway Churches. The would-be MPs were asked questions on: the economy, global terrorism, climate change, family breakdown, race & immigration, religious freedom and morality. The event attracted a large audience, despite clashing with the national leaders’ debate taking
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Voters in the new Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency will have a choice of eight candidates when they go the polls on Thursday 6th May. Previously announced Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green, UKIP and BNP candidates have now been joined by Ruth Johnson of The Christian Party and ‘Mr Vote Zero-None-Of-The-Above‘ (formerly known as Eric Mutch). The Electoral Register closed
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Budget fashion chain Peacocks has announced that its new store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre will open at the beginning of June. Peacocks’ interest in opening in the town centre was first revealed in The Journal’s “Willow Brook Centre – one year on” interview with Centre Manager Scott Lahive in October last year. This was followed by news that
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