The annual Bliss Buggy Push through Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve takes place on Saturday (1st August), raising funds to help care for babies born prematurely at Southmead Hospital. The event was started in 2012 by Kerry Robinson, whose inspiration for drawing attention to Bliss came from her birth experience with daughter Amber, who was born prematurely but is
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A Scout leader from Bradley Stoke has travelled to Japan to take part in the 23rd World Scout Jamboree, which is being attended by 30,000 youngsters from around the globe. As part of the International Service Team (IST), which is the driving force behind the event, David Owen will spend the next two weeks helping young people from many different countries, cultures and backgrounds. The IST
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The annual FREE summer play scheme for children aged 5 to 11 gets under way in Bradley Stoke on Monday (27th July 2015) at Bradley Stoke Community School. Running for the next four weeks (Monday to Friday, until 21st August), the play scheme is run by the Four Towns Play Association, which receives financial assistance from Bradley Stoke Town Council.
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[Advertising Feature] The Journal is offering readers the chance to win a year’s free gym membership at Bradley Stoke’s LivingWell Health Club in an exclusive prize draw that is open until 15th August 2015. Staff at the club are beaming with pride after their gym room was refurbished and fitted out with the latest hi-tec apparatus, including two brand new Watt bikes and
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Local musicians and bands are being given the opportunity to showcase their talents during August, thanks to the Willow Brook Centre and Bradley Stoke Radio. Willow Brook has joined forces with the community radio station to launch Bradley Stoke’s Got Music. The competition is open to singers, musicians or bands with members over 14 years of age who live in the
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By Ben Sweet of North Bristol Triathlon Club. North Bristol Triathlon Club (NBTC) was formed in August 2014 to motivate and empower people of all fitness levels to compete in triathlons. Both novice and experienced triathletes and multi-sport athletes are welcome! We currently have 60+ members from all over the Bristol and surrounding areas, at all experience levels from those
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A new name has begun appearing on estate agents’ boards across the north Bristol area following the opening of a new branch of Westcoast Properties, an independent and family-run agency with its roots in North Somerset. Based in the former office of William Haig Patey at Patchway Roundabout, the new branch is headed up by Nicholas Webber, who has over
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The Journal is pleased to announce that Natasha Thwaites is the lucky winner of our exclusive prize draw to win a year’s free membership at the Anytime Fitness gym in Bradley Stoke. The free prize draw was featured in the May 2015 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine and on our website and the winner’s name was drawn out
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By Moira de Groot of North Bristol Running Group (NBRG). Thanks to the efforts of Alan and Sheila Wilcox and their band of helpers, ‘running fever’ is spreading around Bradley Stoke at a great pace. A fabulous team of runners, dressed in the new North Bristol Running Group green kit, took part in the Bradley Stoke Festival 10k on Sunday
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Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has submitted a formal planning application for the construction of a new concrete skate park within the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. The existing skate park will be demolished in advance of the construction of the new one. This will yield eighteen car park spaces for the leisure centre, however, the construction of the
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