Workers at RAC Motoring Services in Great Park Road, Bradley Stoke, heard today that the company has been sold to US private equity firm Carlyle Group for £1 billion. Current owner Aviva, which bought the RAC for £1.1 billion in 2005, said in a press release that the sale supported the company’s strategy to focus on insurance and savings businesses
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MBE for Bradley Stoke legal services expert
A Bradley Stoke woman has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to the local police force. Sue Dauncey, Director of Legal Services for Avon and Somerset Police, has been appointed Member of the British Empire (MBE). Chief Constable Colin Port said: “I’m delighted that Sue’s hard work and commitment has been recognised in this way. She
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[Forum] After-school child care in Bradley Stoke?
Dear Editor, Are there any local nurseries/childminders who can pick-up my lad from school? He is going to school this September but they will be finishing early and I need someone to manage them till I return back from work. Yours sincerely, Dr Watson
Continue reading[Forum] Watch out for garden thefts!
I had some gardening stuff removed from my front drive a few days ago. Only worthless and rusty, and I’m quite glad I didn’t have to take it up the dump myself :). A neighbour claims to have spotted the folks removing it, as they thought it was somewhat unusual that somebody was on my property while I was away.
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Construction of MS Therapy Centre finally gets underway
Work on the construction of a new MS Therapy Centre on a site between Bradley Stoke Way and Wheatfield Drive finally got underway this week after years of funding crises and planning wrangles. The first planning application for the centre was made in September 2001 but this was not approved until June 2007, subject to a clause that required access
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Estate agent sponsors “safe parking” signs at Meadowbrook School
A local estate agent has paid for portable “safe parking” signs to be introduced at a local primary school that suffers from irresponsible parking by parents dropping off or collecting children. CJ Hole Bradley Stoke Property Centre recently handed over the road safety signs to Meadowbrook Primary School, to encourage parents to park safely and refrain from parking on the
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Pyramid scheme trials to take place next year
A Bradley Stoke woman has pleaded not guilty to two charges of operating a promotional pyramid scheme contrary to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. BBC News reports that Tracy Laurence, of Robbins Close, is accused of taking part in schemes known as Key to a Fortune and Give and Take. The Bristol Evening Post reported in December
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Library closed on Friday for self-service upgrade
Bradley Stoke Library will be closed for the day this Friday (20th May 2011) for the installation of self-service equipment. Readers in possession of a PIN may renew books using the 24 hour telephone service on 0845 0020 777 or via the Libraries West website. The library re-opens on Saturday 21st May, when it hosts a “Back to the ’80s”
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Mixed fortunes for the Three Brooks cygnets
Journal readers have been sending in their photos of the arrival of cygnets to a pair of mute swans at The Lake in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve. The swans’ nest was sited at the side of the lake, close to the stone footbridge leading into the reserve from Juniper Way. Five eggs were laid in the nest and,
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Work to begin on Wheatfield Drive MS Therapy Centre
BBC Bristol reports that work on a new MS Therapy Centre planned for a site between Bradley Stoke Stoke Way and Wheatfield Drive is to begin “by the end of May”. The project caused controversy when the applicant, Moonstone Appeal, submitted revised plans that proposed access to the site from Wheatfield Drive rather than Bradley Stoke Way, as had been
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