Editorial comment by Stephen Horton. Anyone living in, or travelling through, the Stokes cannot have failed to notice the plague of tagging-style graffiti vandalism that has swept across our area over the last twelve months. The damage ranges from very large (2m+ wide) tags sprayed on public infrastructure in highly prominent locations to a proliferation of smaller tags sprayed and drawn
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By Andy Ward of the Bradley Stoke Carnival Committee. Bradley Stoke Carnival takes a break this year, although the Carnival Community Zone (inflatables) will make an appearance at the Bradley Stoke Festival in June instead. However, it’s not all bad news as the Carnival Committee thought it would be nice to bring a new event to Bradley Stoke this year,
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The Aldi supermarket on Brook Way, Bradley Stoke has reopened today (Thursday 24th May) following a four-day closure for refurbishment. The store, which is accessed via Ferndene, has undergone a transformation to improve customers’ convenience and overall shopping experience. Standing at 960sqm, a more customer-focused layout allows for the products customers know and love to be found more easily, while browsing
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Local community choir Stokes Singers have been out and about as part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, writes chair Anne King. A first for us this year was a performance at Temple Meads Station as part of Youth Music’s ‘Give a Gig’ fundraiser. Temple Meads was one of ten major railway stations to host a musical event and Stokes Singers joined other choirs
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Three new close-up, hi-definition CCTV cameras have been installed to cover the bike parking areas at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre (BSLC), a location which has become a hotspot for bike thefts over the last six months. Bradley Stoke is currently suffering an unprecedented spate in bike thefts, with 25 reported stolen in the six-month period from November 2017 to April
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An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Green Gym The Green Gym have, as always, been very busy. Our tasks this month have included clearing the school bank of bramble, removing burnt-out motorbikes, cleaning off graffiti, making a new pond, planting rowans and starting the annual slog of Himalayan balsam bashing. Considering the weather we’ve
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An update from Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke. This past month or so has been a mix of work in Westminster and here at my home in the constituency. Parliament had the Easter recess (break from parliamentary business) for two weeks, which is a great time to spend time seeing people. I return to the constituency every
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Recyclable waste that had been carefully sorted by Bradley Stoke residents for South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) regular weekly kerbside recycling collection has ended up in the residual waste (black bin) processing chain, the Journal can reveal. The news came to light after two readers contacted us to say they had seen their sorted recyclable waste all thrown into the back
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An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. Big Spring Clean I had put in a request for good weather, but I think the email got lost as we took part in the annual Big Spring Clean on what must have been one of the coldest days of the year! Although we only went from the Brook Way
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Community heroes from Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford and Patchway were among nearly 30 volunteers honoured at the South Gloucestershire Council Chair’s 2018 Community Awards event held at South Gloucestershire and Stroud (SGS) College’s WISE Campus on 7th March. The annual awards recognise and celebrate the valuable contribution local unpaid volunteers make to life in South Gloucestershire. These people give up
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