Police are appealing for the public’s help to find 13-year-old Jade Evans. Jade has been missing from her home in Bradley Stoke since the early hours of today (Monday 13th December 2010). Her disappearance is said to be very out of character and officers are very concerned for her welfare. It is thought she may be in the Pilning or
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No you haven’t slept through winter and woken up on 1st April, that really is a question to be considered by Town Councillors at a meeting of the Leisure, Youth and Amenities (LYA) Committee this evening (Monday 13th December). Following the launch, earlier this month, of a government competition to choose a town in the UK which will be bestowed
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The Domino’s pizza chain has submitted a planning application to open a new store in a converted garage in a corner of the car park at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The garage, situated just off the main access road into the town centre site, where the road turns to the right after passing behind the new Poundstretcher store, was
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Votes calling for the Almondsbury telephone exchange, which serves much of Bradley Stoke, to be upgraded to superfast fibre optic broadband have reached the 800 mark. BT’s nationwide Race to Infinity competition calls on residents and business to vote for their local exchange to be upgraded and the five areas gaining the most votes, as a percentage of the total
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Young master chefs of the future put their culinary skills to the test last week at Bradley Stoke Community School as they competed in a hard-fought cooking competition. The six hopefuls, all pupils at the Bradley Stoke school, were taking part in the local round of the Young Chef of the Year competition, organised by Bristol Aztec Rotary Club. Each
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Has anyone else seen the new parking restrictions at the Willow Brook Centre? I have seen the signs go up but not stopped to read them properly yet. From what others have said there will be a four hour maximum stay allowed. Plus fines for people parking in the disabled bays who do not display a blue badge; which is
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An agency branch of Santander Bank is due to open at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre on Thursday 16th December. The branch will occupy the same shop unit as the former Nationwide Building Society branch, which closed in mysterious circumstances in February. The new Santander agency will be operated by 1st Equity (part of financial services company 1st Group UK
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The Headteacher and Governors of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) say they have agreed to take the next step in their “research” into the possibility of applying for academy status. The news, announced in a letter to parents on Friday, comes five months after the school officially registered its interest in becoming an academy in June. As a school rated
Continue readingThe 2010 Great Western Round Table (GWRT) Sleigh Run gets underway this weekend, with Santa and his elves hoping to raise thousands of pounds to give to local worthy causes in the area. The Round Table charity will be visiting Bradley Stoke on Saturday and Sunday (4th/5th December) with Father Christmas, who is hoping to meet lots of children so
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Does anyone know if there are any grit bins in Bradley Stoke? I’ve not seen any near me in Dewfalls Drive, but perhaps I have just missed them.
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