Members of the local community are invited to a cheese and wine party being held on Friday evening (11th June) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the twinning of Bradley Stoke and Champs-sur-Marne (France). A party of 23 guests from the French town is visiting Bradley Stoke over the Community Festival weekend and they will be welcomed at the function
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Bradley Stoke Library has closed for a five week period to allow completion of an extension that was begun in March. The nearest alternative libraries are at Filton and Yate (note that Winterbourne and Patchway libraries are also closed during some or all of this period). South Gloucestershire Council says that Wi-Fi access normally provided by the library will continue
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The Bradley Stoke 10k Run, which forms part of the coming weekend’s Community Festival, has registered another new entry record, with 370 forms already received by the organising club Sole Sisters. The entry limit for this year’s renewal of the increasingly popular race has been raised from 350 to 500 after local police agreed to help out at two road
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Supporters of Bradley Stoke impressionist Paul Burling have been drumming up support for the local cabaret artist prior to his appearance in tonight’s final of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent contest. The 41-year-old, who says he has being doing impressions since he was at primary school, won the public vote in Wednesday’s semi-final to earn his place in tonight’s line up.
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South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on the latest version of its draft Core Strategy, which is the main planning document for guiding and managing new development and change in the district up to 2026. Committed or proposed new developments in or around Bradley Stoke include: The North Fringe Rapid Transit scheme (shown purple in the plan above)
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The new Peacocks clothing store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre is to open on Thursday (3rd June). Peacocks’ move to Bradley Stoke was first revealed in The Journal back in January when the budget fashion retailer began advertising for staff at a “Bradley Stoke, Bristol” location. Official confirmation came in April, when a press release stated that 15 new
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