Aztec West Business Park, Almondsbury, Bristol

SGC considers “mitigation measures” to fix Aztec West traffic woes created by its own £4m scheme

South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has revealed that it is considering a range of “mitigation measures” to address the widely held view that a recent £4.2m scheme of “improvements” on the southbound A38 near Aztec West has worsened peak time traffic congestion for the majority of road users in the area. The latest development came just days after one local councillor

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Jack Lopresti at Farnborough.

Jack Lopresti MP: News round-up (March)

An update from Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke. In January, I signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment. By doing so, I pledged my commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust. Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations are held annually on 27th January to remember those who died in the Holocaust

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Vacant land at Savages Wood Road, Bradley Stoke.

Grant could see new homes built near Tesco

More than a dozen new homes could be built on a vacant plot of land bordering Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) received a £200,000 grant from the government’s Land Release Fund (LRF). The 0.357 hectares (0.88 acres) plot, opposite the Tesco petrol filling station and bordering properties in Hornbeam Close, was previously allocated in SGC’s

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Photo of Tatum Keen, wearing her Croatia Cadet Cup silver medal, with coach Pete Douglas.

Tatum shoots up the judo world rankings

Bradley Stoke Judo Club player Tatum Keen has shot up from 90th to 18th in the world rankings following an outstanding silver medal-winning performance at a prestigious international competition in Croatia. The success has come despite Tatum suffering a serious knee injury at the Adidas International Judo Cup in The Hague last November. Overcoming injury and illness, Tatum battled through

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