The Parish Council in Stoke Gifford has objected to Bristol Rovers’ plans to build a new 21,700 seater stadium on land owned by the University of the West of England (UWE). Councillors have joined residents of the nearby Cheswick Village housing development in expressing concern over the effect the stadium will potentially have on traffic congestion and parking issues. In
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The future of Bradley Stoke’s Sure Start Children’s Centre appears uncertain after South Gloucestershire Council announced that it is to cut funding for nine of the 15 centres it currently runs across the district. The Council says it needs to save £1.65m from its spending on children, young people and families over the next three years as part of a
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The installation of a new light-controlled pedestrian crossing on Bradley Stoke Way looks set to go ahead following a decision by an Executive Councillor to ignore six objections received during a public consultation. South Gloucestershire Council drew up plans for the new crossing, together with a reduction in speed limit from 40mph to 30mph and the installation of a new
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A popular car boot sale that takes place near Bradley Stoke is to re-open for the 2012 season at the beginning of May. The Trench Lane Boot Sale, held on Sundays on a farmland site opposite the entrance to Woodlands Golf Club [map], will open for the first time this year on Sunday 6th May 2012. UPDATE: Re-opening postponed until
Continue readingThe leader of a Bradley Stoke youth group was among 28 “unsung heroes” honoured at the recent South Gloucestershire Community Awards evening in Filton. Ken Burrows, Core Director of the South West Winterguard Academy (SWWA), was handed a Chair’s Community Award at a special ceremony held at BAWA on Thursday 29th March. The awards honour people give up their time
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Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre kicks off a busy programme of holiday events tomorrow (Thursday 5th) with an Easter Fun Day from 11am to 4pm, featuring animals from St Werburghs City Farm. Chicks, lambs and bunnies will be there together with some more exotic creatures including a tarantula, scorpion and giant stick insects from Bristol Zoo’s outreach project. The Easter
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A group of Bradley Stoke residents and some of their friends are in training for a 142-mile sponsored walk that they hope will raise thousands of pounds for a local children’s charity. “Ryan’s Ramblers”, headed by Steve Tovey of Huckley Way, are aiming to raise over £6,000 for Children’s Hospice South West, which supports children and their families who are
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BT Openreach has announced that subscribers served by the Filton telephone exchange are now able to place orders for superfast fibre broaband but there remains doubt as to how many homes in Bradley Stoke on 0117 lines will be able to benefit from the new technology. The company announced in April last year that Filton would be upgraded in 2012
Continue readingWe look at the current economic climate’s effects on employment opportunities and trends in South West England What does the ongoing recession mean for jobs in Bradley Stoke and the greater South Western region? With Chancellor George Osborne announcing the budget this week, eyes and minds are all on business, taxes, and how to balance the books in the face
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Bus service changes being proposed by Wessex Connect look set to leave the whole of Bradley Stoke South without a daytime bus service for six days of the week. In a press release put out today, the bus company has announced its intention to withdraw services U7, U7A. U8 and the Monday-Saturday service of the 482/483, with effect from Sunday
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