Cheaper bus fares have come into force on most local services from today (Sunday 25th September) thanks to the introduction of a subsidy package from the West of England Combined Authority (Weca). The changes have seen the price of a First Bus return (2-trip) ticket from Bradley Stoke to Bristol city centre slashed to £3.50, down from £4.30 previously.
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Bradley Stoke in one of three areas in South Gloucestershire that have been chosen to take part in a trial to collect plastic bags and wrapping from homes as part of normal weekly recycling collections. Collections will begin from 17th October, with selected households taking part (approximately 2,000 in total across South Gloucestershire). More homes are set to be added in 2023.
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A boarded-up public house on the A38 Gloucester Road is back on the market after a housing association abandoned tentative plans to build 27 affordable apartments on the site. Bromford conducted a 3-week public consultation on its proposals for the Travellers Rest site back in April as a precursor to submitting a formal planning application to South Gloucestershire Council…
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“What on earth are First doing with the M1 MetroBus service? Yes, I know they have only just taken it over but it was a fully operational and adequately staffed enterprise which they have made an exceptional effort to dismantle in just six days … Time for Weca to step in and allocate it to a competent operator,” writes one Journal reader.
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The new McDonald’s restaurant and drive-through at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre opened its doors shortly after 11am today (Wednesday 14th September) following a construction period lasting around seven months. Despite the franchisee having recently secured a ‘late night’ premises licence, the outlet will *not* be opening any later than 10pm – for the time being at least.
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Avon and Somerset Police have issued a correction to a news release they put out regarding the charging of a man with a sexual assault that occurred in Bradley Stoke on Friday 15th July. They now say the incident happened “outside an address in Bradley Stoke … *not* in the immediate vicinity of the [Three Brooks] nature reserve”, rather than “at the nature reserve” as they had originally reported.
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An arrest has been made by officers investigating a serious sexual assault in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve, which is now being linked to two other recent offences in the same area. The initial incident happened on the evening of Thursday 4th August. Police have now revealed that further assaults took place on Tuesday 23rd August and Thursday 1st September.
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A sub-committee of three councillors is set to decide whether the soon-to-open McDonald’s restaurant and drive-through at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre will be permitted to trade during the ‘late night’ hours of 11pm to 5am. The licensing hearing takes place at the South Gloucestershire Council civic centre in Kingswood on Tuesday (6th September).
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The M1 MetroBus service, which links Bradley Stoke with Cribbs Causeway, Bristol city centre and south Bristol is to be temporarily suspended this weekend (3rd/4th September) to allow an orderly transition to a new operator. Some late evening journeys on Friday 2nd September may also be impacted. The service will resume from Monday 5th September, running to a slightly revised timetable.
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As construction of the new two-story McDonald’s restaurant and drive-through at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre nears completion, the firm has confirmed a planned opening date of Wednesday 14th September. An application for a ‘late night refreshment’ premises licence covering the hours 11pm to 5am will be considered by councillors on Tuesday 6th September.
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