Saturday 5th October sees the return of Mojo Active’s Muddy Madness race, held at the Mojo Active outdoor activity centre in Almondsbury [map]. Young and old can enjoy taking on a 5km or a 2km course featuring some wet and muddy obstacles, and for every ticket sold, Mojo Active will donate £1 to your selected local school. This will be
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Attention all family history enthusiasts and those thinking about starting on their research! Put Saturday 28th September in your diary. The Bristol & Avon Family History Society will be holding its Family History Fair at the Bristol Aerospace Welfare Association (BAWA) Leisure Centre, Southmead Road, Filton. The day will be an opportunity for anyone who needs help or advice on
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Saturday 14th September saw 30 friends and neighbours of the West of England MS Therapy Centre in Bradley Stoke “Take the Plunge” into the murky waters of the Portishead Marina. The MS Therapy Centre is a charity that supports people living any neurological conditions including MS by providing therapies and vital support in a friendly and professional environment. “Take The
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Friday 2nd August saw over 70 guests attend an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of a charity which provides accessible transport to people across the Five Stokes area and beyond. Attending the event at the headquarters of Four Towns and Vale Link Community Transport in Frampton Cotterell were members of the charity, local councillors, representatives of other local community
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One Below, a new UK discount shopping brand from the original founders of Poundworld, is to open a store in Bradley Stoke later this month, creating 20 local retail jobs. The new store is scheduled to open in the former Poundworld unit at the Willow Brook Centre on Friday 27th September, at 10am. The independent chain claims to be the
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Members of Bradley Stoke’s popular Young at Heart Club gathered at Christ the King Church on Thursday 22nd August for a party to celebrate the group’s 20th anniversary. In this article, club members Josie Hadden and Brenda Capel look back at the history of one of the town’s oldest institutions… In March 1999, Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre placed an advertisement
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The results of a public consultation on proposed capacity improvements at a major roundabout on the border between Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford will not be released until just one week before a funding decision is made on the £2.3m scheme, the Journal can reveal. The consultation on the proposed work at Great Stoke Roundabout (a.k.a. Rabbit Roundabout) took place
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Students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) are celebrating another exceptional set of GCSE results, with 16 percent of all grades awarded being at the highest possible grade 9 level and 26 percent at grade 7 or above. The school reports that this year’s results set a new ‘best ever’ standard, in terms of both progress and attainment. A number
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President Michael and Lion Ailsa visited the Great Western Air Ambulance’s new operational base at Almondsbury recently to present them with a cheque for £1,030.35. This amount included £780.35 raised at past president Robin Young’s funeral and a further cheque for £250 donated by Bradley Stoke Lions in remembrance of Robin. Thank you to all who donated money in lieu
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Three Year 13 students from Bradley Stoke have completed the “challenge of a lifetime” by completing a 1,000-mile charity cycle ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats (known to enthusiasts as LEJoG) in just 16 days. Scott Warburton (aged 18), Ryan Edwards (18) and Alessandro Bufalino (17) made the epic journey in July, a few weeks after finishing their final
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