Police are urging people living in Bradley Stoke and Little Stoke to make sure doors and windows are secured after reports of an early-morning prowler. Officers were called to two incidents yesterday morning (Wednesday 18th January) in which householders spotted a man in their gardens. A man was seen in a garden in Elm Close, Little Stoke, at about 6:45am.
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Jobs could be lost at the Bradley Stoke branch of Peacocks after the national retailer confirmed it had entered administration after failing to secure its debts. A spokesperson for administrators KPMG has told the BBC that there will “inevitably” be redundancies and store closures across the group. The company’s Chief Executive Richard Kirk said: “This is a hugely sad development
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A Journal reader reports that he had both number plates stolen from his vehicle last night (Tuesday 17th January) while it was parked in Juniper Way. According to the AA, number plate thefts have more than doubled in the last five years and there were at least 40,000 cases last year. Directgov, the government’s information website, explains that stolen number
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Bradley Stoke Town Councillors are to decide at a meeting on Wednesday whether a private company should be permitted to stage a beer festival at one of the Council’s three activity centres. Brizzle Beer Festivals, a company based in Bradley Stoke that organises “community” beer festivals in the Bristol area, has asked to use one of the centres and is
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Local residents are being offered the chance to get active and do their bit for the environment by learning the country craft of hedge-laying. Free training courses are being held in the grounds of Wheatfield Primary School on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th January (advance booking is essential). The courses, organised by local resident John Morris, Environmental Projects and Partnerships
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Spending on youth provision by Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) looks set to be slashed by 39% from April if draft budget plans are approved at a meeting next week. The news comes as young people await the outcome of a two month consultation into ‘youth needs’ in the town that was run by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) during November
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The M4 will be closed westbound between junctions 19 and 22 from 10pm tonight (Thursday 12th January), re-opening at 6am on Friday morning. The overnight westbound closure will be repeated between the same times on Friday (13th January). The Highways Agency says the published closure times represent a worst case scenario and the period of closure could be shorter, dependent
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Local youth group South West Winterguard Academy is staging a ‘community showcase’ event this Saturday (14th January) at Thornbury Leisure Centre. The aim of the event is to demonstrate to the people of South Gloucestershire the diverse range of sport, dance and arts activities available to them. Acts so far confirmed for the event include majorettes, street dancers, colourguard, marching
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The Journal is pleased to announce that Richard Clark is the lucky winner of our exclusive December prize draw to win a year’s free membership at the new Anytime Fitness gym in Bradley Stoke. Richard’s entry was drawn out of the hat by former professional tennis player Robin Drysdale, who is the Managing Director of the local Anytime Fitness franchise.
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Proposals for a number of road safety improvement schemes around Bradley Stoke achieved limited success when they were discussed at a recent meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s Southern Brooks Area Forum. Seven Bradley Stoke schemes were competing for a share of the £50k pot available, along with other proposals from Filton, Patchway, Stoke Gifford and Winterbourne. In the end, just
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