Tory protest outside the Stoke Gifford Sort It! Centre.

Concern over increased traffic at Sort It! centre as “bin tax” comes into force

Conservative campaigners have protested outside the Stoke Gifford Sort It! centre, claiming that South Gloucestershire Council’s new charge for the collection of garden waste, which comes into effect today, will lead to “traffic chaos” around local recycling centres. With an opt-in charge of £36 p.a. for the green bin garden waste collection service now in force, council officers are expecting

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BT engineers bring superfast broadband to Bradley Stoke.

First orders being taken for fibre broadband on some 01454 numbers

The days of frustratingly-slow broadband connections look set to come to an end within the next couple of weeks for some lucky subscribers on 01454 telephone numbers in Bradley Stoke, after internet service providers (ISPs) began taking orders for superfast fibre broadband. Journal readers connected to cabinet numbers 22 (Brook Way) and 35 (Webbs Wood Road) have today (26th March)

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Streetlights on Bradley Stoke Way.

Street lights set to stay on later following “widespread concern”

Street lights in Bradley Stoke that are currently switched off at around midnight look set to be left on for an extra hour each night, after Labour councillors negotiated an extra £50,000 of expenditure in South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) revenue budget for 2014/15. A party spokesperson said the concession was being made in response to “widespread concern from residents about

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Great Western Air Ambulance.

Create a will “for free” in aid of your local air ambulance charity

Bradley Stoke residents are being invited to create a will “for free”, in return for a suggested donation to the local air ambulance service. Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) provides an air ambulance service for the 2.1m people of Bristol, Bath, North Somerset and the surrounding counties. In a show of support, solicitors across its coverage area have agreed

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Sign displayed in the car park of the Brook Way Activity Centre.

Parking easier after surgery brings in disciplinary measures for staff

The car parking situation at Bradley Stoke Surgery has improved significantly after staff at the doctors’ practice were told, in January, that it would become a “disciplinary offence” to park on the site, a meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Planning Committee has heard. Patients of the surgery had complained that they were finding it impossible to find a parking

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