The Bradley Stoke police team has reported a surge in people volunteering to become members of the town’s Community Speed Watch initiative, with the number involved set to double by the end of the month. The team was formed with the minimum required six members in July, following several years of appeals for people to come forward (we reported in
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Police are appealing to the public for their help to locate a vulnerable woman who is missing from the Bradley Stoke area. Deborah Ohioze James, who is also known as Deborah Folake Salko, is 18 years old and has not been seen since 1pm today (Saturday 5th November). She was last seen at her home in Bradley Stoke. Police are
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A police officer has told a court he is living in fear of having contracted hepatitis C following an incident that started in Bradley Stoke. Police were called to Stanshaws Close in the early hours of Sunday 18th September 2011, where they encountered a 32-year-old man who swore at them and threatened them. The man was pepper sprayed by officers
Continue readingA Bradley Stoke man has been jailed for a year after police discovered evidence that he had viewed images of child pornography on his laptop. The 46-year-old accountant, of Little Meadow (near Baileys Court), was caught after staff at a Tesco store where he had taken his laptop for repair notified police of their concerns that it had been used
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Police are investigating an assault that occurred in in North Road, Stoke Gifford in the early hours of Sunday morning (16th October). The victim, a 19-year-old man, was walking home along North Road at around 2am when a vehicle pulled up alongside him and several people got out. One assaulted the victim, knocking him to the floor, at which point
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An article in Bradley Stoke Town Council’s latest newsletter reports a worrying increase in incidents of vandalism directed at Council-owned facilities in the town. The Council says it spent over £7,000 to repair vandalised property during the last financial year (2010/2011) and a similar sum (£6,750) has already been spent in the first half of this year. The figures do
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Dave Baker, headteacher of Bradley Stoke Community School, has called for an urgent review of road safety measures on Bradley Stoke Way following last Friday’s accident that has left a 13-year-old student from the school in a coma in Frenchay Hospital. The boy, now named as Ben Thompson, is reported to have broken arms, a broken right upper leg, possible
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A serious accident, believed to have involved a motorcyclist and a young pedestrian, has led to the closure of Bradley Stoke Way in both directions between Patchway Brook Roundabout and Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. The accident happened at around 4pm on Friday afternoon. An eye witness told The Journal that a motorcyclist travelling north on Bradley Stoke Way had collided
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On Saturday night / Sunday morning someone stole my bike from a garage in Meadow Way, Bradley Stoke. Please can people keep an eye out for it and report any sightings to the police. Giant ‘Rincon’ gent’s mountain bike Silver 24 gears V-brakes Rear black plastic mud guard Two rear red lights One forward facing light Black tyre pump cable-tied
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A “substantial” quantity of lead is reported to have been stolen from the roof of Bradley Stoke’s Wheatfield Primary School over the summer holiday. The lead was taken on two occasions from the roof of the school, over the weekends of Friday 19th August and the Bank Holiday weekend. An appeal for information about the incidents appears in the school’s
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