The Bradley Stoke Journal’s Facebook page reached a new milestone this week when it sailed through the 2,000 ‘likes’ mark. The achievement is the latest recognition of The Journal’s popularity and represents a two-fold increase in ‘fans’ since we launched our monthly print magazine in May. The Journal’s Twitter feed has also seen a big increase in followers, breaching the
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Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre stages it Christmas lights switch-on event tomorrow (Saturday 16th November) between 2pm and 6.15pm. Star attraction is the popular children’s TV character Mike the Knight, who will be making appearances at intervals between 2pm and 5.30pm. Santa will be arriving in the square at 2pm in a vintage Morgan replica (weather permitting), rather than
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Recent poor weather in Bradley Stoke and other local areas stopped local sport over the weekend due to waterlogged pitches and other poor conditions. All four Bradley Stoke Town FC Saturday teams’ games were cancelled, two of which were due to be played at the Jubilee Centre. Rain and boggy football pitches also restricted the amount of youth football on
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Tenders for the construction of a replacement skate park on a new site within the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre could be sought within months after the project received the backing of South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Policy and Resources Committee. The future of the skate park had been in doubt after Circadian Trust, which runs the leisure centre on
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Police have arrested two men after responding to reports of graffiti being painted on street furniture and properties in north Bradley Stoke. They received two phone calls at about 11.15pm on Friday 8th November 2013 from witnesses reporting suspicious activity in the Woodlands Lane area of the town. Patrolling officers responded and found that graffiti ‘tags’ had been painted on
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Members of Bradley Stoke Council’s Planning Committee have objected to plans put forward by a company working on behalf of South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to install advertising signs on a local roundabout. Under its Income Maximisation project, SGC decided in December 2012 that it would seek to generate income of around £180k p.a. from selling advertising space on council owned
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The Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) Under-11 Girls remain unbeaten after their 6-2 win over Longwell Green Whites on Sunday morning. The game, which was held at Patchway Community College, kicked off in windy conditions which affected the game throughout. The home side got going early when Zoe Jones hit a wonder-strike into the top of the net just minutes
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Police are appealing for the public’s assistance following a racially aggravated assault in Bradley Stoke. It happened at around 11.15pm on Friday 1st November 2013. Two men were walking along Oaktree Crescent when they were subjected to racial abuse and were assaulted. They received bruising and their bike was damaged. The three offenders are described as white and aged between
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Town councillors in Bradley Stoke say they fear the opening of the Stoke Gifford By-Pass (planned to be completed in 2017) will result in considerably more traffic using Bradley Stoke Way, despite assurances to the contrary by experts at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). A presentation given to the town council’s Planning Committee in June saw SGC predicting a “marginal” increase
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The November 2013 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This issue has a special four-page feature on traffic congestion in Bradley Stoke and how our local councils are proposing to deal with it, particularly in view of all the new development planned for the North Fringe of Bristol over the coming years.
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