Local musicians and bands are being given the opportunity to showcase their talents during August, thanks to the Willow Brook Centre and Bradley Stoke Radio. Willow Brook has joined forces with the community radio station to launch Bradley Stoke’s Got Music. The competition is open to singers, musicians or bands with members over 14 years of age who live in the
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By Ben Sweet of North Bristol Triathlon Club. North Bristol Triathlon Club (NBTC) was formed in August 2014 to motivate and empower people of all fitness levels to compete in triathlons. Both novice and experienced triathletes and multi-sport athletes are welcome! We currently have 60+ members from all over the Bristol and surrounding areas, at all experience levels from those
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A new name has begun appearing on estate agents’ boards across the north Bristol area following the opening of a new branch of Westcoast Properties, an independent and family-run agency with its roots in North Somerset. Based in the former office of William Haig Patey at Patchway Roundabout, the new branch is headed up by Nicholas Webber, who has over
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The Journal is pleased to announce that Natasha Thwaites is the lucky winner of our exclusive prize draw to win a year’s free membership at the Anytime Fitness gym in Bradley Stoke. The free prize draw was featured in the May 2015 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine and on our website and the winner’s name was drawn out
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By Moira de Groot of North Bristol Running Group (NBRG). Thanks to the efforts of Alan and Sheila Wilcox and their band of helpers, ‘running fever’ is spreading around Bradley Stoke at a great pace. A fabulous team of runners, dressed in the new North Bristol Running Group green kit, took part in the Bradley Stoke Festival 10k on Sunday
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Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has submitted a formal planning application for the construction of a new concrete skate park within the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. The existing skate park will be demolished in advance of the construction of the new one. This will yield eighteen car park spaces for the leisure centre, however, the construction of the
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An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke in Bloom (BSiB). This month (June), we have concentrated our efforts on Palmers Corner (corner of Palmers Leaze and Webbs Wood Road). The plants in front of the wall now form an official flower bed, complete with edging, and most of the remaining bramble has been removed from the new lawn. The
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Pupils from Baileys Court Primary School took part in bike rides to Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) and Abbeywood Community School on Monday 15th June to help them learn the cycle routes ahead of the transition to secondary education in September. Transition rides aim to build confidence and improve riding skills so pupils can travel independently to school. The rides
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Civil engineering company Skanska has announced that a section of Beacon Lane, which links Bradley Stoke with Winterbourne, is to close for around six weeks from the middle of July, to enable vital bridge repair works to be carried out on behalf of Highways England. The work on the Winterbourne Lane underbridge, which carries the M4 motorway over the B4057/Beacon
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For many years pupils at Holy Family Catholic Primary School in Stoke Lodge have had the benefit of learning in partnership with volunteers from local businesses. The Ablaze project provides reading and number buddies for children in Key Stage 2. Workers from Airbus visit the school each week with the aim of improving pupils’ attainment and developing self-esteem. Pupils from a number
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