Bradley Stoke Bowls Club (BSBC) celebrated its first anniversary this evening (Tuesday 15th February) by making a donation of £150 to St Peter’s Hospice, the Mayor’s charity. The money was raised by club members from raffles and social activities at the Baileys Court club. After a very successful debut season in 2010, clubs officials say the membership is looking forward
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Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre (WBC) has submitted a planning application to install a lockable gate on the pedestrian access route from Manor Farm Crescent in an effort to stem late night anti-social behaviour (ASB) in neighbouring streets. The move comes seven months after Bradley Stoke Mayor Ben Walker called a multi-agency meeting to discuss ways of tackling the rise
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Liberal Democrat Councillors have welcomed news that South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is to think again about its revamped cardboard recycling collections. Since November, local residents have no longer been able to put cardboard in their green wheelie bin, instead being asked to put it all inside a larger cardboard box or place it under another bin. Speaking after a meeting
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The Reflections hairdressing salon at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre has announced that it is start opening on Sundays. Writing on the salon’s webpage, Manager Hannah Fox says: “I am excited to announce that, due to client demand, from 20th February we will be opening on Sundays! The salon will be open between 10am to 4pm and is already taking
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The popular Trench Lane car boot sale faces being refused a trading licence by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) after local police objected on the grounds that the public might be subjected to “force, fear or harm [following] numerous public order complaints emanating from the site”. The boot sale, which has taken place on the site opposite Woodlands Golf Club for
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Non-cable broadband users in Bradley Stoke can now get their (albeit slow) internet connections at a reduced price thanks to a regrading of the Almondsbury exchange by Ofcom. The regulator has moved the exchange from ‘Market 2’ to ‘Market 3’, which means that some ISPs might be able to offer lower prices for broadband services. BT-owned PlusNet’s Value package is
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A proposed rapid transit scheme that could see a high-speed bus service linking Bradley Stoke with Bristol city centre and Cribbs Causeway has made it through to the final stage of a competitive process to secure Government funding. The North Fringe to Hengrove Package (NFtHP), a bus rapid transit scheme linking north and south Bristol, which had previously been assigned
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Firefighters from Avon Fire & Rescue visited the January meeting of the Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community Group to offer free home fire safety visits to local residents. Home fire safety visits provide you with free advice on all aspects of fire safety in the home. If required, a free smoke alarm will also be fitted during the visit,
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The Highways Agency has announced that the M5 motorway will be closed tonight (Saturday 5th February 2011) in both directions between junctions 17 (Cribbs Causeway) and 18 (Avonmouth). The closure is necessary to allow contractors to reinstate the Lawrence Weston pedestrian and cyclist bridge, which was demolished on Christmas Day 2009. The closure of the notorway is scheduled to last
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The majority of street lights in Bradley Stoke are set to be turned off for five hours a night, after a public consultation found that 54% of respondents agreed with an energy-saving scheme put forward by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). A further 23% of respondents said they supported the scheme in general but submitted suggestions for amendments. The big switch-off
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