Licensing officers from South Gloucestershire Council teamed up with traffic officers from Avon and Somerset Police on Tuesday (4th August) for a joint operation to carry out checks on hackney carriages and private hire vehicles. Police officers stopped the targeted vehicles and directed drivers over to a checkpoint area located at the Jubilee Centre in Bradley Stoke. Upon arrival, routine compliance
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Ahoy there ship mates, the pirates are taking over the Willow Brook shopping centre in Bradley Stoke on Thursday 6th August for a fun-packed day of swashbuckling fun. The pirates land at 11am when children can meet and take a selfie with one of the UK’s leading Captain Jack Sparrow lookalikes. He will be looking for apprentice pirates to join
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Telecommunications company Virgin Media looks set to extend its cable network to thousands more homes in Bradley Stoke just months after BT completed a state-subsidised project to bring superfast broadband to more than 3,000 homes in the town. The company is yet to make an official announcement, but information publicly available on the roadworks.org website shows that the firm has
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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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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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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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An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke in Bloom (BSiB). This month (June), we have concentrated our efforts on Palmers Corner (corner of Palmers Leaze and Webbs Wood Road). The plants in front of the wall now form an official flower bed, complete with edging, and most of the remaining bramble has been removed from the new lawn. The
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Pupils from Baileys Court Primary School took part in bike rides to Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) and Abbeywood Community School on Monday 15th June to help them learn the cycle routes ahead of the transition to secondary education in September. Transition rides aim to build confidence and improve riding skills so pupils can travel independently to school. The rides
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