A family fun day and five-a-side football tournament being held at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre on the first Saturday in July will raise funds for equipment at a local children’s hospital. The event, organised by the Willow Brook Centre, takes place on Saturday 2nd July and all money raised will go to the Cots for Tots Appeal, which is seeking
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Hair and beauty salon to open at Willow Brook
A hair and beauty salon looks set to be the next business to open its doors at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre after new signage appeared over the last remaining unit in the centre’s shopping mall. A company trading under the name ‘Excellence Spa‘ will occupy mall unit 2, between Panasonic and Carphone Warehouse. New signage appeared above the unit
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[Forum] Call for more GPs at Bradley Stoke Surgery
Dear Journal, Can your newsletter please look into and report on how impossible it is for working people to get an appointment to see a doctor at Bradley Stoke Surgery? I have tried ringing up in the 8:30-9:30 window; never to get to talk to anyone. When after 20 plus attempts, then someone will tell me all the appointments are
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Mayor raises record £10k for St Peter’s Hospice
Bradley Stoke Mayor Ben Walker has raised £10,005 for his chosen charity, St Peter’s Hospice, during his year in office which came to an end last night at the Annual General Meeting of the Town Council. A cheque for the record amount, raised throughout the year at a number of events, including the Community Festival and Fireworks Display, was presented
Continue readingShire horses help showcase hotel’s local suppliers
A pair of shire horses visited the Aztec Hotel & Spa yesterday as part of an event to showcase the hotel’s cooperation with local suppliers. The award-winning Thwaites Brewery shire horses were the centre of attention at the hotel in the Aztec West Business Park, where stalls from companies including Hobbs House Bakery (Chipping Sodbury) and Pieminister (Bristol) offered free
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Library closed on Friday for self-service upgrade
Bradley Stoke Library will be closed for the day this Friday (20th May 2011) for the installation of self-service equipment. Readers in possession of a PIN may renew books using the 24 hour telephone service on 0845 0020 777 or via the Libraries West website. The library re-opens on Saturday 21st May, when it hosts a “Back to the ’80s”
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Library to stage BBC Domesday Reloaded event
Bradley Stoke Library is staging a “Back to the ’80s” event on Saturday (21st May) to mark the 25th anniversary of the BBC’s Domesday Project. The 1986 project was probably the most ambitious attempt ever to capture the essence of life in the United Kingdom. Over a million people contributed to this digital snapshot of the country. People were asked
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Mixed fortunes for the Three Brooks cygnets
Journal readers have been sending in their photos of the arrival of cygnets to a pair of mute swans at The Lake in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve. The swans’ nest was sited at the side of the lake, close to the stone footbridge leading into the reserve from Juniper Way. Five eggs were laid in the nest and,
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Work to begin on Wheatfield Drive MS Therapy Centre
BBC Bristol reports that work on a new MS Therapy Centre planned for a site between Bradley Stoke Stoke Way and Wheatfield Drive is to begin “by the end of May”. The project caused controversy when the applicant, Moonstone Appeal, submitted revised plans that proposed access to the site from Wheatfield Drive rather than Bradley Stoke Way, as had been
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Community School starts formal consultation on academy status
Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has begun a formal consultation on the possibility of converting to academy status. The two week consultation was originally planned for earlier in the year but was delayed until potential partner schools Patchway Community College and Brimsham Green School were ready to run simultaneous consultations with their respective stakeholders. Information available on the BSCS website
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