Mr Men characters Mr Bump and Little Miss Sunshine visited Specsavers in Bradley Stoke on Saturday 16th October to celebrate the store’s first anniversary. Children took part in a Mr Men colouring competition and staff carried out specs MOTs (cleaning and adjustments) in return for a donation to Guide Dogs, Specsavers’ national charity partner. Ed Stanleigh, store director at Specsavers
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Get involved in your local community and help get things done
South Gloucestershire Council is encouraging people who want to get involved in their local community and help get things done to join a network of Safer Stronger Community Organisers. Cllr Heather Goddard, executive member for communities, said: “There are many benefits to signing up, ranging from improving your skills and knowledge to get on at work and in life, to
Continue readingMissing cat in Bradley Stoke (Wheatfield Drive)
Residents in and around Wheatfield Drive, Bradley Stoke, are being asked to check garages, sheds and bins for a missing cat. Milly, a one-year-old brown tabby, wears a red collar with metal paw prints. She has been missing for over a week and is said to be very timid. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact 07864
Continue reading[Forum] Town Council office consultation is missing a Willow Brook option
Bradley Stoke resident John Miller asks why the Town Council’s currently-running public consultation on the future location of the Council’s office lacks an option for a relocation of the office to the Willow Brook Centre. For years the expectation has been that when the District Centre was completed, the BSTC administration Office would move down into it. Being more central
Continue readingCyclist assaulted and robbed by youths
Police in Bradley Stoke are asking for help in identifying two youths who assaulted a man and stole his bike and mobile phone. The incident happened on Wednesday 27th October between 5:15pm and 5:30pm as the 35-year-old rode along the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve cycleway, towards Bowsland Green Primary School. He was stopped by the two youths who pushed
Continue readingMore national medals for Bradley Stoke Judo
Young fighters from Bradley Stoke Judo Club finished off a remarkable year of achievement with Louis Arsac, Pete Miles and Stephanie Walker winning two Gold medals and one Bronze medal at the British National Judo Championships for 12 to 18-year-olds in Sheffield [full results]. Their outstanding success brings the club’s haul of national medals won this year to ten –
Continue readingHarvester restaurant set to open on 23rd November
The new Harvester restaurant at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre is due to officially open on Tuesday 23rd November. Harvester’s Senior Marketing Manager, Alex Meyer, said: “We are delighted to have secured such a fantastic site for our new Harvester Salad & Grill in Bradley Stoke. The area has great potential and we’re confident that Harvester’s unique offering will continue
Continue readingElectrical store to open in Willow Brook mall
An electrical retailer is to open soon in the mall at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The new store, selling audio-visual equipment and domestic appliances, is currently due to open in “late November”. The Journal understands that a relatively small company, currently with five or six stores in its portfolio, is behind the new outlet. The company has already
Continue readingCouncil delivers containers for new food waste collections
South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has begun delivering new recycling containers and bags to households in preparation for its new food waste and plastic bottle collections. Delivery of container packs began on Monday (25th October) and all households should have received them by the time the new collections begin in the week commencing Monday 22nd November. The Council says that the
Continue readingBetter Broadband campaign off to a flying start
The Journal’s campaign for better broadband speeds in Bradley Stoke and the surrounding area has got off to a flying start with more than 270 residents registering votes to have the Almondsbury telephone exchange fast-tracked for upgrading to fibre optic broadband. The Better Broadband for Filton, Almondsbury & Bradley Stoke (BB4FABS) campaign was launched a fortnight ago and began by
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