The South Gloucestershire Asian Project (SGAP) has been asked to feature Bollywood dance performances at this year’s Bradley Stoke Community Festival, which will take place on 4th June. In order to bring the acts together to prepare, SGAP will be holding a free taster session for Women’s Bollywood Dance classes, on Saturday 9th April from 11.30 to 1pm at Brook Way
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Families in Bradley Stoke will be able to celebrate the start of spring at a FREE fun day at the Willow Brook Centre this Thursday (7th April). There will be comedy from Leek FM’s expert gardeners Pete and Ged Moss (complete with their musical wheelbarrow and the world’s largest sprout). They will be joined by friends Greenfinger Folk – a pair of
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Pupils at St Chad’s Primary School in Stoke Lodge decided they wanted to see in the start of the Easter Weekend with a whole school celebration. Pupils from all classes and all ages were invited to design an Easter Bonnet, reflecting the changing of the seasons and the arrival of the Easter Weekend and to share their creation during a
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Do you know someone who deserves to be recognised for outstanding community engagement and personal achievement in the Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford, Little Stoke or Winterbourne area? Three local businesses, the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke Journal and The Hilton Hotel have teamed up to launch the Stars of the Stokes awards, a set of community awards for the local
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Bradley Stoke Town Council, which had planned to spend up to £4,000 on the purchase of a new mayoral chain because the existing one has run out of medal space, has agreed a cheaper solution that will allow a further twelve medals to be fitted to the existing chain at a cost of £1,010. The extra capacity will be achieved
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has chosen to quash its decision to grant planning permission for a new helicopter base in Almondsbury, on a green belt site just across the M5 motorway from north Bradley Stoke, following a legal challenge from a determined objector. The new base would serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police
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The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts students from Bradley Stoke, Harlow and Newcastle dazzled their family and friends with a spectacular performance of PQA’s brand new show ‘The Lazy Ace’ on Sunday 7th February. As part of PQA’s curriculum, the students have the opportunity to perform at Her Majesty’s Theatre London, home to Phantom of the Opera, and get
Continue readingSouth Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) element of the council tax levied on local residents is to increase by 3.99 percent from April and looks set to be followed by similar increases in each of the following three financial years. Meeting on 17th February, councillors agreed to set a revenue budget of £185.2 million, with the increase in the council-controlled element of
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Local resident Kelly Adkins will be cycling from London to Paris this summer to raise money and awareness for the charity Breast Cancer Now. Kelly, a life-long resident of Bradley Stoke will join a group of fellow students in cycling 240 miles between the two cities in July. Taking place from 1st to 3rd July, the cycle ride will take
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By Katherine Robinson of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group. This year, Beaver Scouts are celebrating their 30th birthday. The 1st Bradley Stoke Beavers marked this occasion in style with a camp aiming to complete 30 activities in 30 hours! The marathon sleepover was held at Brook Way Activity Centre with 42 young people taking part. As well as the
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