Four Bradley Stoke organisations will be hoping to win a share of a £28,161 grant fund at this Tuesday’s meeting of the Southern Brooks Area Forum in Winterbourne. A total of 26 applications totalling £43,888 have been received from organisations in the Bradley Stoke, Filton, Patchway, Stoke Gifford, Winterbourne, Frenchay and Stoke Park areas covered by the Forum. The South
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There’s still time to enter the 2011 Bradley Stoke Aquathlon that takes place at the Leisure Centre on Sunday 13th March. Organising outfit Thornbury Running Club (TRC) says it is still accepting entries for the popular swim and run event, which is now in its third year following the inaugural race in 2009. The competition caters for beginners and experienced
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Bradley Stoke Councillor Robert Jones has attracted criticism from the blogosphere after he published an insensitive message about proposed Council cuts on the social media site Twitter. The message, sent from the Councillor’s mobile phone as he was waiting for South Gloucestershire Council’s budget-setting meeting to begin on Wednesday evening, read: “Just arrived at south glos council ahead of tonight’s
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A student from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is organising an ‘Indian Night’ to raise funds for the school’s 2011 World Challenge project. Ahmed Hussain, who needs to raise nearly £3,000 to join the educational trip to Southern India, says the event will be “a myriad of fun, with creative and talented performances”. On offer will be Indian henna tattoos,
Continue readingThe Deep Blue fish and chip shop in Bradley Stoke (next to Aldi) is running a half-price promotion until Sunday. According to leaflets distributed with last week’s Bristol Observer, “everything is … half-price from 21st to 27th February”. The takeaway outlet has faced stiff competition from a new Simpson’s fish and chip shop that opened in the Town Square at
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Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision between a BMW car and a bike in Bradley Stoke in which a 10-year-old boy suffered serious leg injuries. It happened at around 12.30pm on Saturday 19th February outside Tesco Extra on Bradley Stoke Way. Anyone who saw the incident is asked to contact the Collision Investigation Unit on 0845 456 7000.
Continue readingChildren in Kenya are set to benefit from a new school built specifically for deaf children, thanks to the local branch of Specsavers. The Specsavers hearing centre located at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke, is working in partnership with UK-based hearing charity Sound Seekers to sell pin badges of the loveable cartoon character Miffy for just £1. Money raised
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Plans for a community party in Bradley Stoke have been revealed following a meeting of the Town Council’s Leisure Youth and Amenities (LYA) Committee on Monday. The event, which will take place between 10am and 3pm on Friday 29th April – to coincide with the wedding of HRH Prince William to Kate Middleton – is being jointly organised by Friends
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Officials at South Gloucestershire Council have recommended that a planning application to turn a garage in a corner of the Willow Brook Centre car park into a Domino’s pizza outlet should be refused. Members of the Council’s Development Control (West) Committee, who inspected the proposed site two weeks ago, will this afternoon decide the fate of the application at a
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An eight-year-old boy had to be cut free by firefighters from underneath a vehicle in the grounds of Bradley Stoke Lesiure Centre on Monday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 4pm following reports of a “road traffic collision” in the car park. Avon Fire & Rescue Service says that, on arrival, its crews found the boy
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