Members of Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) have criticised the town’s Twinning Association after the group retrospectively applied for a grant towards the cost of a meal at which visitors from the twin town of Champs-sur-Marne were entertained earlier this year. Residents of the French town visited Bradley Stoke over the weekend of 2nd/3rd May and took part in a meeting
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Inter-city coach services between Cardiff and London have become more accessible for Bradley Stoke residents with the introduction of a stop at the Frenchay campus of the University of the West of England (UWE). Megabus.com, owned by the Stagecoach Group, offers nine journeys per day to London and eight to Cardiff from the new stop, which is located at the
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The Bradley Stoke Community Festival six-a-side Cricket Tournament, held at Baileys Court on Sunday (14th June), saw Holy Trinity defeat the Indian 1st X1 in the final by 43 runs to 41 with just one ball remaining. A total of five teams contested the tournament, with Mayor’s Maidens, Bradley Bruisers and hosts Bradley Stoke Cricket Club completing the starting line-up.
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Scores of local bikers and skaters took part in the annual Skate Park Competition held on Sunday (14th June) by the Leisure Centre. The competition, organised by Southern Brooks Community Partnership, formed part of the Bradley Stoke Community Festival. Local bike store Crucial BMX sponsored the event and provided the judges. More Skate Park Competition photos: album; slideshow
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A record field of 334 runners contested the 2009 Bradley Stoke 10k Run in warm conditions on the final day of the town’s three-day Community Festival. The race started and finished at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road and featured ‘chip’ timing for the first time in its short history. Bradley Stoke Mayor Mark Forsyth got the race under
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Fine weather brought out the crowds once more for the main day of Bradley Stoke’s annual Community Festival at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The action got underway at 11am when the first matches in the Festival of Football kicked off on the upper pitch. Youngsters from local schools battled it out in a competition where marks for
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Police investigating a series of tyre slashing incidents in Saxon Way have been told that students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) were seen loitering around one of the vehicles that was later discovered to have been damaged. The news is revealed in the latest issue of the BSCS school newsletter, in which headmaster Dave Baker appeals to parents and/or
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The 2009 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets underway at 9am today (Friday) with a coffee morning, table top sale and children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The annual Picnic in the Park runs from 11am to 2pm – organised by South Glos Children & Young People Information Service – with entertainment from Professor Panic’s Circus, face
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Bradley Stoke police say they have caught around 40 motorists breaking the speed limit in Woodlands Lane after a resident raised concerns at a Safer & Stronger Community Group (SSCG) meeting in April. The meeting actioned the local beat team to carry out speed checks in the area, which were subsequently implemented during the last two weeks in May. Police
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Local cycle specialists ZeroG are to open a store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The group, which already has stores in Bristol city centre, Bedminster and Downend, says it will open in Bradley Stoke in about a month’s time. It is understood that the new store will occupy mall unit 10, which is the corner unit at the Bradley
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