Four drivers have been fined for speeding on roads frequented by Bradley Stoke drivers. Police officers from the Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford Neighbourhood Team carried out the speed checks in New Road and Great Stoke Way, Stoke Gifford, and Orpheus Avenue, Little Stoke, on Tuesday 28th September 2010. As well as issuing on-the-spot fines to four drivers, they pulled
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The Stokes Pub Watch scheme, which covers licensed premises in Bradley Stoke, little Stoke, Stoke Gifford and Patchway, is being hailed a success by local police on the first anniversary of its introduction. According to the Bradley Stoke Beat Team’s winter 2010 newsletter, a total of 28 people have been banned under the scheme in the past year and the
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a car was found ablaze in the car park of the Brook Way Activity Centre, Bradley Stoke. Police and fire services were called in the early hours of Monday 27th September after a local resident reported the fire. An Avon Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson told The Journal that two appliances from
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Bradley Stoke Police say they arrested three adult males following a robbery in Brook Way on Friday 20th August. Two males are said to have grabbed a female’s handbag as she passed them walking in the opposite direction. The victim was pushed over when she resisted. No weapons were used and she sustained no injuries. One male left in a
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When are Avon and Somerset Constabulary going to realise that the ostrich approach is failing the town? It is reaching the stage where people are now fearing for the safety of their property and their own person if they are brave enough to walk the streets after dark. The published figures are an absolute joke as the meeting last month
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A 38-year-old man from Bradley Stoke has been jailed for six months for growing 22 cannabis plants at his home. The man was arrested in February and sentenced in May, according to the Summer edition of Avon and Somerset Police’s Neighbourhood Newsletter [PDF, 659KB] for the ‘Severnside, Stokes and Villages’ area. Neighbourhood Inspector Bob Evely said: “We are committed to
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Residents of Bradley Stoke streets surrounding the Willow Brook Centre have called for two pedestrian access routes to the shopping development to be blocked off in an effort to stem a tide of anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the area. The plea came at at meeting chaired by Bradley Stoke Mayor Ben Walker, also attended by Inspector Bob Evely of Avon
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Anti-social behaviour in the Manor Farm area of Bradley Stoke is on the agenda of two public meetings taking place in the next ten days. The issue last came to the fore in 2008, when the opening of a pedestrian route from Manor Farm Crescent into the newly-built Willow Brook Centre brought a massive increase in nuisance behaviour. A street
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A Bradley Stoke man has been appointed Vice Chair of a group which advises South Gloucestershire Police on how they can best serve under-represented people. The Independent Advisory Group (IAG) includes representatives from a range of different sections of the community who can face prejudice because of their disability, age, ethnicity, faith or sexual orientation. Sachin Singhal (pictured above, centre),
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Police have praised a member of the public who reported seeing people acting suspiciously at a house in Bradley Stoke in the early hours today (Monday 12th July). Four men were arrested nearby within 10 minutes of the call. A 28-year-old man and three teenagers aged 18, 17 and 15 remain in police custody. Neighbourhood Sergeant Clive Johnson said: “We
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