Post-16 students and staff are celebrating positive outcomes at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) this week, with more students than ever gaining grades to be accepted onto university courses. The school has maintained its A-level results on a par with previous years but has seen improved outcomes in BTEC and vocational courses. Almost all students who were seeking places on higher
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Police want to trace a female motorist who came to the aid of a woman being seriously assaulted outside a house in Palmers Leaze, Bradley Stoke, at around 1pm on Monday (10th August). The Good Samaritan was driving a blue car and is described as having dark hair and speaking with a foreign accent. Avon and Somerset Police say they would like
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The two year construction phase of the Stoke Gifford By-Pass and the Bradley Stoke section of the North Fringe to Hengrove Package MetroBus route looks set to get under way within the next few weeks following the news that a contractor has been selected. The contract for the Stoke Gifford Transport Link (SGTL, as the by-pass is officially known) and
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Licensing officers from South Gloucestershire Council teamed up with traffic officers from Avon and Somerset Police on Tuesday (4th August) for a joint operation to carry out checks on hackney carriages and private hire vehicles. Police officers stopped the targeted vehicles and directed drivers over to a checkpoint area located at the Jubilee Centre in Bradley Stoke. Upon arrival, routine compliance
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Ahoy there ship mates, the pirates are taking over the Willow Brook shopping centre in Bradley Stoke on Thursday 6th August for a fun-packed day of swashbuckling fun. The pirates land at 11am when children can meet and take a selfie with one of the UK’s leading Captain Jack Sparrow lookalikes. He will be looking for apprentice pirates to join
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Telecommunications company Virgin Media looks set to extend its cable network to thousands more homes in Bradley Stoke just months after BT completed a state-subsidised project to bring superfast broadband to more than 3,000 homes in the town. The company is yet to make an official announcement, but information publicly available on the roadworks.org website shows that the firm has
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The annual Bliss Buggy Push through Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve takes place on Saturday (1st August), raising funds to help care for babies born prematurely at Southmead Hospital. The event was started in 2012 by Kerry Robinson, whose inspiration for drawing attention to Bliss came from her birth experience with daughter Amber, who was born prematurely but is
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A Scout leader from Bradley Stoke has travelled to Japan to take part in the 23rd World Scout Jamboree, which is being attended by 30,000 youngsters from around the globe. As part of the International Service Team (IST), which is the driving force behind the event, David Owen will spend the next two weeks helping young people from many different countries, cultures and backgrounds. The IST
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The annual FREE summer play scheme for children aged 5 to 11 gets under way in Bradley Stoke on Monday (27th July 2015) at Bradley Stoke Community School. Running for the next four weeks (Monday to Friday, until 21st August), the play scheme is run by the Four Towns Play Association, which receives financial assistance from Bradley Stoke Town Council.
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[Advertising Feature] The Journal is offering readers the chance to win a year’s free gym membership at Bradley Stoke’s LivingWell Health Club in an exclusive prize draw that is open until 15th August 2015. Staff at the club are beaming with pride after their gym room was refurbished and fitted out with the latest hi-tec apparatus, including two brand new Watt bikes and
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