South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats fired the opening shots in the 2011 Local Election campaign when they launched their ‘Action for our Area’ manifesto in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square on Saturday morning. Local MPs Steve Webb and Don Foster joined local candidates and activists to promote the document that promises to “create a Council that works for you … not for
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The Mayor of Bradley Stoke has appealed to football fans in the town to get behind their local team as they prepare for the final of the Gloucestershire Football Association (GFA) Intermediate Cup. The Bradley Stoke Town Football Club (BSTFC) 1st Team, who normally play their home games at the Town Council’s Jubilee Centre, came from behind to beat De
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An after-school and holiday scheme in Bradley Stoke has been rated “good” by an Ofsted inspector, who visited the child care provider in November last year. Kids Klub, based at the Holy Trinity Church and Primary School complex in Broad Croft, has a capacity for 57 children in its after-school scheme and 52 children during school holidays. There are currently
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Two young children have been found dead after a serious house fire in Merryweather Close in the early hours of this morning (Saturday). Firefighters called to the scene at around 6:30am report finding a “very severe” fire on the first floor and roof space of an end-of-terrace three bedroom property in the cul-de-sac off Brook Way. An Avon Fire &
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A group of students at Bradley Stoke Community School have been staging a campaign to “raise awareness” of the rise in university tuition fees. Year 10 students Georgina Jones, Jess Hicks, Abbie Head and Jess Morgan have been running a ‘Fight the Fees’ campaign as part of their Citizenship studies. The girls explained to The Journal: “In our Citizenship lessons
Continue readingMegan & Grace Elder are 4-year-olds doing a six mile bike ride in three stages by riding to and from their nursery (Leapfrog in Bradley Stoke). They have completed the first two miles and Thursday and Friday they will complete the final stages of their task. This is all in aid of Red Nose Day 2011, so any help for
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The Willow Brook Centre has announced the opening of a new car wash service to be launched on Friday 25th March 2011. Waves Car Wash Limited provides hand car wash and valeting services, offering “a premium service at reasonable rates”. Shoppers will be offered a range of options spanning a basic outside-only wash to a full valeting service, with prices
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Parents whose children attend Holy Trinity Primary School in Bradley Stoke are celebrating after South Gloucestershire Councillors on the Southern Brooks Area Forum agreed to support a proposal for a new raised crossing on Pear Tree Road. The proposal to install a raised table at the existing zebra crossing near the school, at an estimated cost of £26,000, won through
Continue readingA flock of unusual birds hanging out near a Bradley Stoke roundabout has been causing excitment among local twitchers. According to reports on a number of birdwatching websites [1, 2, 3], a flock of twenty or so waxwings has been sighted at various times over the last week in trees near the Aldi supermarket in the north of the town.
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Ratepayers in Bradley Stoke will see no increase in the amount of Council Tax they pay in 2011/2012 following decisions by all four charging bodies to freeze their respective tax demands at 2010/2011 levels. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), Avon and Somerset Police and Avon Fire & Rescue have all decided to set zero percent increases, thereby securing ‘Council Tax Freeze
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