Thousands of residents in parts of Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke and Patchway are being asked to take part in a week-long programme of Covid-19 community testing following the identification of two cases of a ‘variant of concern’ in the area.
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Secondary-age students at Bradley Stoke Community School who have been remote learning since the beginning of the third Covid-19 lockdown in early January will recommence in-school learning on Monday 15th March 2021.
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Residents of the Stokes are now able to hire ‘hop-on, hop-off’ e-scooters after a trial scheme established in Bristol city centre in October 2020 was expanded to cover Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford. Clusters of coral-coloured e-scooters have appeared at MetroBus stops and other key locations in the area.
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A fleet of tipper trucks is making hundreds of journeys a week through Bradley Stoke to remove 20,000 cubic metres of earth from a housing development area just south of the town, despite councillors being told that all excavated material would be reused ‘on site’.
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Bus timetables for the M1 MetroBus and no. 73 services which serve Bradley Stoke are to be revised from Sunday 24th January 2021. First West of England says the adjustments reflect reduced customer demand during the current Covid-19 lockdown.
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Residents of the Stokes will be able to book a rapid Covid-19 test from Monday (18th January 2021) when a ‘pop up’ testing unit opens at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. The purpose of rapid testing (also known as community testing) is to find residents who have Covid-19 but are not displaying symptoms.
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An unexplained problem with street lighting in South Gloucestershire is causing hundreds of lamps to repeatedly turn on and off at frequent intervals during the night and day. The issue has been observed all over Bradley Stoke and in some other parts of the local authority area.
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A Bradley Stoke teenager has used her passion for baking to raise £800 for a local charity which provides therapies, services and support for people living with long-term neurological conditions. The fundraising formed part of The Brightwell’s ‘Challenge 35’ initiative.
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Members of Bradley Stoke Rotary Club have planted 2,000 tiny crocus bulbs in a roadside verge with the aim of creating an annual floral display to celebrate the success of a worldwide programme to eradicate polio.
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