Councillors have been told that the project to construct a new primary phase building on the Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) site is over-budget by an estimated £750k, before the first brick has even been laid. A paper presented to a meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s Children and Young people Committee on 18th June reported that “further scheme development has
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Town councillors are to review a controversial new policy that potentially allows more than one mobile food trader to operate in the car parks of each of Bradley Stoke’s three council-run activity centres, following a series of seemingly contradictory decisions that have led to two potential new operators withdrawing their street trading licence applications. The town council’s Finance Committee agreed
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Olympian and Team GB breaststroke swimmer Adam Whitehead will inspire South Gloucestershire youngsters at a swimming campaign hosted by Australian swimwear brand Zoggs on Friday 1st August. As part of Zoggs’ national Oceans of Fun Day campaign, the Active Leisure Centres in Bradley Stoke and Yate will be hosting a unique event for 7-14 year olds to experience different aquatic
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Gromberry and Butterfly, two Gromit sculptures that featured in last year’s massively popular Gromit Unleashed trail, are the star attractions at Wheatfield Primary School’s summer fayre, which takes place on Saturday (5th July), from 12 noon to 3pm. There will be refreshments, craft activities, tombolas, a Gromit figurine raffle, inflatables, strawberries and cream, penalty shoot-out and much more. There will also
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has confirmed that it has installed a number of wooden posts in an attempt to to prevent further access to a site alongside Bradley Way, where a group of travellers recently established an unauthorised encampment. The travellers left the site last Thursday (26th June) and the town council says it has “wasted no time” in taking action,
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Police are asking the public for help with their enquiries into a day-time burglary in Bradley Stoke yesterday (Wednesday 25th June). The break-in, at a property in Stevens Walk (off Hawkins Crescent), happened sometime between 10.30am and 2pm. The thieves got over a 6ft fence which borders the road and smashed the rear patio door to gain entry. They searched
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The Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve will be hosting a real-life wildlife expedition, searching for and documenting all of the site’s weird and wonderful species on Friday and Saturday 4th/5th July. Families will have the opportunity to become wildlife scientists for the day and discover all the amazing creatures that live here in Bradley Stoke. The event, called BioBlitz, is
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Travellers at an illegal encampment alongside Bradley Stoke Way have today begun their second week of occupation, despite being given 24 hours to leave the site on Tuesday last week. Four caravans and a number of other vehicles moved onto the roadside verge near Primrose Bridge last Monday morning. They were joined by a fifth caravan a few days later.
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The Hilton Bristol hotel team recently spent three days cleaning-up, preparing and painting the children’s playground in Paddock Close, Bradley Stoke. This children’s playground was last refurbished seven years ago and recently had new soft-padded carpet installed around the play equipment by the town council. In partnership with the council, the Hilton Bristol purchased special paint and equipment to rejuvenate
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A local Church has joined forces with a debt advice charity and its local Costa Coffee branch to offer money management skills to people in Bradley Stoke. Bridge Community Church, which meets on Sunday mornings at Bradley Stoke Community School, will be running a free personal finance course, set up by charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP), to provide free help to
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