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World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst and former Bristol Rovers & England star Gary Mabbutt teamed up with Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) to celebrate a Festival of Football as part of the Bradley Stoke Community Festival on Saturday 6th June. The event marked a decade of community football support by McDonald’s that has helped thousands of youngsters enjoy the grassroots game.
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A team of students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) have been announced as finalists in the Apps for Good Awards 2015, to be held this Thursday (18th June) at the Barbican in London. The national Apps for Good Awards celebrate the next generation of problem solvers and digital makers – young people who are creating apps to change their world for
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Year 5 pupils at Baileys Court primary School have been taking part in a hands-on science programme in which they have constructed their own miniature fuel cells to generate electricity from waste. Organised in conjunction with staff from the University of the West of England, with the support of a grant from the Royal Society, the 12-week project is intended
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Last night our cat was subjected to a vicious dog attack. It happened on the footpath adjacent to the doctors’ surgery on Braydon Avenue. The fire brigade were called to rescue her from a tree after she climbed up to escape the attack. Following the incident, neither the dog nor the owner were anywhere to be seen. Peanut spent the
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Detectives believe the distinctive smell of a men’s aftershave could be an important clue in their hunt for a sex attacker in Bradley Stoke. They say they want to hear from anyone in the Bradley Stoke area who knows a man who wears Paco Rabanne 1 Million – the perfume the attacker’s victim, a 22-year-old woman, has identified. Detective Inspector
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In response to the previous Journal news article ‘Councillors demand noise barrier if new helicopter base approved‘. Thank goodness for Caroline Sullivan raising this matter with the people of Bradley Stoke. The Great Western Air Ambulance is a superb adjunct to the NHS in saving lives in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset and Bristol.
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The 1st Bradley Stoke Scouts have been undertaking a number of water based activities this month. Firstly, they learnt how to row a large boat in Bristol harbour. Not as easy as it seemed, although once they all started pulling at the same time, they found it much easier. The instructors also learnt to duck after being hit a couple
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Bradley Stoke town councillors have demanded the provision of noise attenuation barriers for Woodlands Park and Ormonds Close should plans for a new helicopter base near the Almondsbury Interchange be approved by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The new base would serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) and National Police Air Service (NPAS), whose helicopters are currently based
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Avon and Somerset Police say they are investigating reports of a serious sexual assault in the Bradley Stoke area on Saturday night, 6th June. The incident happened at about 11.45pm when a 22-year-old woman, who was on her way home from a night out, was attacked in an area of the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve described by police as being
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Last minute route diversion adds nearly 0.5km to course length. A record field of 584 starters contested today’s tenth anniversary Bradley Stoke 10k Run, organised by Sole Sisters, on the final day of the 2015 Bradley Stoke Community Festival. The tenth running of the race, however, turned out to be a little longer that the nine previous invocations, due to the
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