The Bradley Stoke police beat team says it is giving a high priority to investigating a spate of vandalism centred on the Huckley Way and Baileys Court areas. Speaking at last night’s Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community meeting, PC Claire Fletcher said the team is aware that young people have been congregating in the underpass between Huckley Way and
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A Saturday morning game at the University of the West of England saw Bradley Stoke Netball Club’s (BSNC’s) First Team remain at the top of the league after they put in a polished performance over PSL Panthers, who are struggling in the bottom half of the table. Bradley Stoke dominated the first quarter, building an early lead which set them
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Residents have the chance to voice their opinions on matters affecting the local area at a meeting of the Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community Group (SSCG) this Thursday (30th January) at the Baileys Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Road (BS32 8BH; 7pm start). SSCGs influence how services are delivered locally, establish longer-term plans to improve areas, help prevent future problems, and
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Bradley Stoke councillor Ben Walker has been chosen as the UKIP candidate for the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) parliamentary seat in the 2015 general election. The party has also announced its first wave of prospective South Gloucestershire Council candidates. Speaking after his selection, Cllr Walker said: “I’m honoured to have been selected as the Filton and Bradley Stoke UKIP candidate
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has today launched a public consultation on the future of the hard court area and general site at the Brook Way Activity Centre. Councillors decided to launch a consultation to gather ideas for future uses of the site after Mayor Brian Hopkinson failed to gain the support of Full Council for a proposal that would have seen
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Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has been accused of “unfairly politicising” a local Scout group in a dispute over signage at the Brook Way Activity Centre. The centre currently sports a large sign advertising the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group, but a resident speaking at a BSTC Youth Committee meeting in October last year suggested that the current signage was
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Bradley Stoke Mayor Brian Hopkinson has failed in his bid to prevent planning permission being granted for the installation of advertising signs on some of the town’s roundabouts. Under its Income Maximisation project, South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) decided in December 2012 that it would seek to generate income of around £180k p.a. from selling advertising space on council owned assets
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With the next Bradley Stoke in Bloom (BSiB) workday coming up this Saturday (18th January), Sara Messenger gives us an update on the group’s recent activities. The BSiB group has installed the last two bespoke planters at the ‘Welcome to Bradley Stoke’ signs, at Trench Lane and the junction of Gipsy Patch Lane and Winterbourne Road. Bradley Stoke’s Julian Smith
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There was a feast of girls’ football at Baileys Court on Sunday morning with both the Under-10 and Under-11 Girls in action for Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC). The U10s faced Downend Flyers, opponents they lost 9-0 to at their last meeting. They did well soaking pressure up in the first period of the game – an excellent piece of defending
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Wessex Bristol has today launched a new bus service, the 3B, linking Bristol Parkway Station and Aztec West via Bradley Stoke or Little Stoke. The new public service replaces a shuttle bus that Wessex previously operated between Bristol Parkway Station and Aztec West on behalf of a group of private sector organisations based at Aztec West. In the early morning, buses
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