A Conservative Councillor who had attended just two Council meetings since being elected in May 2011, has resigned from Bradley Stoke Town Council. Barry Mitchell, who held one of two seats assigned to the Meadowbank parish ward, says he made the decision for “personal reasons” after finding he didn’t have the time to carry out his civic responsibilities. Speaking to
Continue readingMonth: July 2012
North Bristol news roundup 09/07/12
Councillor urges Committee to go ahead with plan to close a major road through Patchway – despite being one of 4,137 signatories of a petition to keep it open. A local councillor has made an astonishing U-turn in his opinion on South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) plan to close Patchway’s Highwood Road to general traffic. Cllr Brian Hopkinson, a Town Councillor
Continue readingFootball club on the lookout for new players
Bradley Stoke Town FC has become an integral part of the town since being founded in 2005. There are four senior teams: Firsts, Reserves, A & B Teams. They play their home games at the Jubilee Centre, where the pitches are provided and maintained by the Town Council. The club’s ethos is to provide a friendly atmosphere for members to
Continue readingCricket weedkiller incident costs local taxpayers more than £13k
The unexplained incident that resulted in Bradley Stoke’s Baileys Court cricket square being damaged by weedkiller has cost local taxpayers more than £13k, according to the minutes of Town Council meetings. The damage came to light in March, when staff noticed the grass was starting to die off, and experts brought in by the Council later confirmed that a “readily
Continue readingLengthy diversions as M5 closed overnight tonight
Drivers from Bradley Stoke looking to join or leave the M5 after 10pm tonight (Thursday 5th July) will face lengthy diversions due to an overnight closure of the motorway in both directions south of the Almondsbury Interchange. The northbound carriageway will be closed between junctions 17 (Cribbs Causeway) and 15 (Almondsbury Interchange), while the southbound carriageway will be closed between
Continue readingFestivals offer chance to discover culture and sport
South Gloucestershire Council’s ‘Engage’ Festival of Culture returns to Stoke Gifford this Saturday (7th July), offering a chance to discover and experience new cultures, food and music from around the globe. The free event for the whole family is joined this year by a Festival of Sport that will see hundreds of primary school children from across South Gloucestershire competing
Continue readingVandals strike again at town’s play areas
Levels of vandalism at Bradley Stoke’s play areas show no sign of abating, judging by the latest quarterly Health & Safety report published by the Town Council last week. Three silver birch trees at the Jubilee Green play park, the only ones remaining from the original planting following earlier vandalism, were snapped off at the end of May. At the
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