The long-awaited project to desilt the lake in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve finally got under way on Monday 1st November when South Gloucestershire Council’s specialist contractor Land & Water Services Ltd moved onto the site. The work is expected to take 6 weeks to complete, i.e. until mid-December.
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Children’s Hospice South West’s spectacular ‘Santas on the Run Goes Freestyle’ will be returning to Bristol in a brand-new location this December. Organisers hope an army of fun runners and walkers will join them to raise cheer in their festive gear at Ashton Court on Sunday 5th December.
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Supermarket chain Tesco has begun rolling out soft plastic recycling points to all its UK stores following a successful trial that began in March 2021 and included the Extra store in Bradley Stoke. The types of item collected are listed as: Any plastic bag; Crisp packets; Food & pet pouches; Plastic wrappers; Any plastic film.
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A successful recruitment drive for adult volunteer leaders at 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group has allowed capacity for Beavers, the youngest members of the group, to be restored to pre-pandemic levels. Tuesday 5th October saw 21 new Beavers being invested into the reopened Mars colony at Brook Way Activity Centre…
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“We found broken glass bottles used for Molotov-looking cocktails smashed over the play area, fireworks casings and rocket boxes, food and energy drinks litter strewn all over the playground. The bin by the undercover seating area had been ripped out and upended, with the concrete base smashed.”
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The final cost of repairing damage caused by an arson attack earlier this year at the Beacon Play Area on Jubilee Green was just over £1,900. However, despite tough talking by the town council’s press spokesperson at the time of the incident, no independent action to recover the repair costs has been taken.
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The annual South Gloucestershire Council Chair’s Community Awards recognise and celebrate the valuable contribution that local, unpaid volunteers and community groups make to life in South Gloucestershire. You have until 19th November to nominate your local ‘community heroes’ for the 2021-22 awards.
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I had planned to wax lyrical about nature’s quilt of a thousand greens and of its subtle shift as she gently changes into her autumnal colours of red and brown (writes Sara Messenger), but as I stand yet again cold and dripping, peering through the torrential rain I can see no thousand greens, just a few grey blurs. Autumn’s approach has been far from subtle!
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Town councillors have given the go-ahead for this year’s Bradley Stoke fireworks display, despite lingering concerns relating to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Taking place on Sunday 7th November at the Jubilee Centre, the event will, for the first time in its history, feature specially selected ‘low noise’ fireworks.
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South Gloucestershire Council has announced the imminent start of work to desilt the lake in Bradley Stoke’s popular Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve for the first time in 16 years. It is expected that footpath and cycle way closures will be in effect for a period of up to 21 days starting 1st November 2021.
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