March 2020 - Bradley Stoke Journal

Wednesday 18th March 2020 TH (Reporter)

South Glos council tax to rise by 3.99 percent

South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) element of the council tax levied on local households is to increase by 3.99 percent from April.

Photo of pupils from Baileys Court Primary School on a visit to the Lifeskills Centre.

Friday 13th March 2020 SH (Editor)

Year 6 pupils learn ‘skills for life’ at Bristol safety education centre

Pupils from Baileys Court Primary School are the latest local children to have visited Bristol’s Lifeskills Safety Education Centre, which receives grant funding support from Bradley Stoke Town Council.

Photo of the roadworks at Great Stoke Roundabout (February 2020).

Monday 9th March 2020 SH (Editor)

Roundabout work sees 200 tonnes of material removed in first six weeks

South Gloucestershire Council’s £2.9m scheme to improve to increase capacity and improve cyclist and pedestrian facilities at Great Stoke (Rabbit) Roundabout has seen 200 tonnes of material excavated from the verge on the north-west side of the roundabout during the first six weeks of construction activity. This work, combined with the laying of 60 metres of new kerb on the

Wednesday 4th March 2020 SH (Editor)

By-election set to see around 6,700 voters called to the polls in Bradley Stoke South

A by-election to fill a vacant seat representing the South ward on Bradley Stoke Town Council looks almost certain to take place in the last week of March. The vacancy arose after Nikki Hallur, a Conservative councillor elected just eight months ago in the May 2019 poll, handed in her resignation in mid-January, citing “personal reasons”. A notice of election

Inset: Cllr Roger Avenin, district and town councillor for Bradley Stoke South ward.

Wednesday 4th March 2020 SH (Editor)

[Letter] What are they doing to our town centre?

Cllr Roger Avenin asks: “How did such a down-market development such as McDonald’s and Starbucks come to be foisted upon our town?”

Alicia and Sebastian holding a copy of their book .

Tuesday 3rd March 2020 SH (Editor)

Local mum and son team become published authors

Local resident Alicia Chrysostomou and her son Sebastian were amazed to have become published authors on 28th January. Their book, ‘The Chronicles of Cerberus’, was published by Mogzilla, an independent company which specialises in historical stories for children. ‘The Chronicles of Cerberus’ is a children’s book targeted at 6- to 9-year-olds and is set in Ancient Greece. The book had