Police are appealing for help or information after a woman reported that she had been sexually assaulted in Bradley Stoke. It happened at around 10.40pm on Sunday 19th October. The 44-year-old woman was walking home along a path that runs beside Savages Wood on Bradley Stoke Way. A man came up from behind and grabbed her, but she managed to elbow him
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A new bus service being introduced by First on 3rd November will restore the daytime link between the southern section of Brook Way and Bristol Parkway Station, which was lost when the 73 and 74 routes were merged in August 2013. This new 83 service will provide journey opportunities between Thornbury and Kingswood, while also serving Almondsbury, Bradley Stoke, Parkway, UWE (Frenchay
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Like many of your readers, I was amazed at the arrogance shown by our town councillors in ignoring the will of Bradley Stoke residents, who voted in favour of extra car parking at the Brook Way Activity Centre & Bradley Stoke Surgery site, in place of the existing tennis courts (also the cheapest option). Still, this is something we have
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Sheila Wilcox introduces Bradley Stoke’s friendly running group… North Bristol Running Group meets regularly in Bradley Stoke and consists of a local and friendly group who enjoy running together and supporting each other to train. Training runs set out at 6.30pm from Bradley Stoke Doctors’ Surgery on Brook Way and we communicate our training plan via the ‘North Bristol Running
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Dear Editor, I write this in connection with the poor public transportation facilities from Bradley Stoke to Southmead Hospital. As you all know, many medical professionals and staff members working for the hospital live in Bradley Stoke. The majority of the town’s population also relies upon Southmead hospital for their specialist health care. The parking situation at the hospital is
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The former Phones 4u store at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke is to re-open under the Vodafone banner before Christmas, the shopping centre has announced. The unit has been closed since Monday 15th September, following news that the whole Phones 4u business had been put into administration. The collapse of Phones 4u followed a decision by mobile network
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Specialist youth workers could soon be called into Bradley Stoke to educate young people about the risks and consequences of using drugs, following “growing concern” over levels of cannabis use by teenagers in the town. The move comes after Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) reported in a recent school newsletter that staff were “very aware that some of our students are
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Local residents have to chance to enjoy four further Discover Festival events at Bradley Stoke Library over the coming ten days, before the South Gloucestershire-wide event draws to a close at the end of October. The remaining events are: Thursday 16th Oct 7.30pm at Bradley Stoke Library An evening with best selling author Tim Weaver Featuring missing persons investigator, David Raker, Tim
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Following numerous reports on social media channels that the reliability of Bradley Stoke’s bus services has deteriorated in recent months, The Journal is today launching a survey of readers’ travel experiences, with the intention of building up an evidence base that can be presented to service operators, local councils and regulators. We are asking users of the 73, X73 and
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We recently celebrated our first anniversary of living in Bradley Stoke and this beautiful country. We came because my husband studies and works at the University of Bath and, for some inexplicable reason, we choose to live in Bradley Stoke. We are so happy and comfortable living here. We love the Three Brooks nature reserve and we enjoy walking along
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