Students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) made up four of the seven finalists in this year’s prom dress competition organised by the John Lewis store at Cribbs Causeway. Shannon Locke, Tierney Mannion, Lily-Mai Stagg and Talia Hacker produced stunning final designs that were chosen for their creativity and “current, on trend” ideas. The girls gave up their own time
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Eleven former mayors of Bradley Stoke were honoured at the Annual Town Meeting on Wednesday 11th May. The (then) current mayor of Bradley Stoke, Cllr Roger Avenin, welcomed everyone to the meeting and explained that the council wished to recognise the work done by the past mayors over the years and, to this end, had commissioned a pin badge to
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The deployment of the police helicopter over Bradley Stoke for around half-an-hour last night (Wednesday 8th June) was connected with a vehicle pursuit which had started nearly two hours earlier in Thornbury. The helicopter was first seen circling over the The Common East area of Bradley Stoke at around 9pm, before gradually moving down to the south of the town, where
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The Family Hope Center, an organisation that works with families whose children have a range of neurological conditions and brain injury, is holding “an interactive presentation for parents and professionals” in Bradley Stoke on Thursday 9th June. The event will take place from 1pm to 4pm at The West of England MS Therapy Centre (on Wheatfield Drive). The event has
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A field of 548 runners contested Sunday’s Bradley Stoke 10k, organised by Sole Sisters, on the final day of the 2016 Bradley Stoke Community Festival. Entries for the popular event, which has its start and finish at the Jubilee Centre, had sold out on 31st March, more than two months ahead of raceday. Local residents turned out in force on a bright
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The 2016 Bradley Stoke Community Festival got under way yesterday (Friday 3rd June) with a well-attended Picnic in the Park, at which children were entertained in the Big Top by Professor Panic and took part in fun activities organised by the Friends of Jubilee Green. Saturday (4th June) sees a packed programme of music and dance events at the Jubilee
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4th/5th June: Overnight closure of A4174 The A4174 is being widened to create a new bus lane for the MetroBus network. The road widening means that the bus lane can be installed without taking away space from other road users. The existing Church Lane bridge over the A4174 has been removed and will be replaced with a bridge that has
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The zebra crossing at Patchway Brook Roundabout was reopened on 25th April, following a wait for South Gloucestershire Council’s StreetCare service to connect the electrical supply for the Belisha beacons. As planned, the temporary pedestrian crossing at Orchard Gate was then closed, to allow the construction area to be extended on the north side of Bradley Stoke Way. Newly-authorised extended
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An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. May has been a rollercoaster month of highs and lows for us on the reserve. The highs have included watching the mallard guide her ten tiny ducklings through the weir and onto the lake and the glorious bluebells that are carpeting our woodlands, enjoying, like us, the
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The Willow Brook Centre is celebrating the release of the new ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ film with an Alice themed spectacular on Tuesday 31st May. Bradley Stoke youngsters are in for a wonderful day of free craft with lots of amazing Alice characters appearing in the shopping centre throughout the day. There will be fun and slapstick from a
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