Some great cricket was on show last weekend at Baileys Court Cricket Ground, as the Bradley Stoke CC Second XI took on local rivals Hambrook Seconds in a game which saw an excellent batting display. They chased 193 off of 28 overs in the second innings to win the game over their arch rivals. In the first innings, when Hambrook
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Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre has announced three new tenants that will be opening this autumn. Phones 4u, one of the UK’s largest independent mobile phone retailers on both the high street and online, is to open in the 2,107 sq ft mall unit previously occupied by Panasonic, while two office units are being taken by Aspirations Financial Advice Ltd and
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has built on last year’s first set of A-level outcomes and has seen an increase to 208 in the points per entry (197 last year). The school also reports that 33% of all grades were A*-B – “amongst a larger and more diverse Year 13 of 105 students”. Average points per student dipped to 683
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Local residents have another chance to get ready for the town’s first-ever August Bank Holiday Brazilian Carnival Parade when the second of three preparation workshops takes place at the Jubilee on Sunday (18th August). The workshop is accessible for all ages and open to all Bradley Stoke residents and community groups. Those attending the session, which runs from 11am to
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Students and staff at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) are mourning the sudden death of a Year 8 student whilst on a family holiday. An announcement placed on the school website earlier today reads: We are deeply saddened and shocked to have to announce the sudden death of Sarah Port who was in tutor group 8G. She died whilst on
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A new primary school looks set to be provided in Bradley Stoke, after the government confirmed successful bids to its £982 million Targeted Basic Need (TBN) Programme, which is funding more school places in areas of high demand. South Gloucestershire Council prioritised four bids – a new primary academy at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), a new primary academy at
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The new look Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) Under 11 Girls team played exceptionally well on Sunday morning in their pre-season friendly against Downend Flyers in a game they found themselves winning 7-1, with Millie Eveleigh putting three past the Downend Keeper. However, the first goal didn’t come from Eveleigh, it came from winger Maddie Hilbert who lobbed the keeper
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Another round of changes to Bradley Stoke’s principal bus services will be made from 1st September, The Journal has learned. A source at South Gloucestershire Council has confirmed that the 74 service is to be withdrawn by First Bus from 1st September (less than a year after its introduction), with the route of the 73 service being adjusted from the
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The August 2013 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This issue contains an update on the ‘death at the duck pond‘ incident of 2nd July, including a couple of new statements from the local police. There’s also an update on the Scout’s plans for a Bradley Stoke war memorial, which received a
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More than two years after BT’s announcement that the Filton telephone exchange was being upgraded to provide fibre optic broadband, subscribers in one part of south Bradley Stoke may soon be able to order the new service. Indications are that the long wait could soon be over for properties served by one particular roadside telephone cabinet (no. 44) near the
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