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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A Bradley Stoke primary school with just 420 children on roll saw a total of 43 pupils and 19 staff test positive for Covid-19 over the two-week period leading up to the end of the autumn term on Thursday 17th December.
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With the Covid-19 seven-day case rate in Bradley Stoke standing at almost 600 per 100,000 – higher than any other area in the West of England – a local councillor has recorded a video message urging residents to “try to do even more to stop infection rates increasing in our community”.
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News on a purple bulb planting scheme put forward by Bradley Stoke Rotary Club and the town council’s purchase of a new ‘Debbie the calf’ figure to replace the one stolen from the BSiB display on Manor Farm Roundabout.
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A Bradley Stoke councillor and former soldier has been appointed South Gloucestershire Council’s first black Cabinet member. Cllr Franklin Owusu-Antwi will be a ‘champion for equality of opportunity’ in a newly created portfolio position which also includes public health.
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Families on the recent Bradley Stoke ‘Famous Wizards and Witches’ scarecrow trail who visited Baileys Court Activity Centre in search of the Abacus Pre-School figure shown on the trail map may have been confused to find not one just scarecrow at the site, but THREE!
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Nicola Phillips describes how members of local ladies-only running group Sole Sisters supported one of their fold to prepare for and compete in this year’s virtual London Marathon. Claire Stone raised funds for the Grand Appeal following a friend’s 3-year-old daughter being diagnosed with a kidney tumour.
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