Today (Wednesday 30th October) three local groups came together to make some new bird boxes for the Three Brooks Nature Reserve in Bradley Stoke. Nineteen Children from the Southern Brooks Community Partnership’s (SBCP’s) Dreamscheme met at the Jubilee Centre to make the bird boxes, which had been pre-prepared into kits by the ‘Men in Sheds’ group. The girls outnumbered the
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Bradley Stoke has plenty of events to keep children and young people occupied this half term. Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre’s October Holiday Programme (for children aged 4 upwards) runs from Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November and includes activities ranging from roller-skating to trampolining. On Monday (28th October), between 2.30pm and 4pm, there’s a free ‘Bonkers Conkers’ craft session
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After last week’s fantastic 1-0 win against AEK Boco Blue, Bradley Stoke Youth FC’s Under-11 Girls travelled to face last season’s runners-up Westbury Park Foxes, a side they had never scored against, let alone beaten! Despite a promising start for Bradley Stoke, with Daisy Ackerman going close, the side found themselves a goal down after just ten minutes when a
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Free taster evening this Thursday (24th October) at BSCS From Picasso to Banksy … and from Windsor Castle to the privies of Bristol and Bath … via intriguing forays into Islamic mosques and Scandinavian interior design … There’s no limit it seems to what you might learn about at an adventurous new hub for art appreciation in South Gloucestershire. These
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Planning officers at South Gloucesterhsire Council (SGC) have granted permission for a new family restaurant and public house to be built at the Vantage Office Park in the south-east corner of Bradley Stoke. The site, on the corner of Winterbourne Road and Old Gloucester Road (opposite the Amcor plant), is currently vacant but has outline planning permission for office use.
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Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has agreed to take on the cost of frequent grass cutting on highway verges in the town after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) announced plans to reduce the number of cuts to just two a year. The move is a consequence of SGC’s review of ‘highway and street scene’ services, through which it hopes to save
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Local police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who might have information about a burglary in Bradley Stoke. On Thursday 12th September 2013, a shovel taken from a shed was used to break a window and enter a property in Great Meadow Road. Entry was gained into the conservatory but an attempt to force their way
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On Sunday morning at Baileys Court, a top of the table clash took place between the new Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) Under-11 Girls Team and top of the table AEK Boco Blue, both having been unbeaten prior to the match. Bradley Stoke went into the game knowing that if they won, they would have a vital game in hand on
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To celebrate opening a new study centre at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke, the Kumon Education Centre is hosting a Family Open Day on Saturday (19th October) between 11am and 3pm. Kumon Educational is the UK’s largest supplementary education provider and already has its regional head office at the Willow Brook Centre. It was established in 1958 and offers
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Two-year-old from Bradley Stoke completes challenge despite undergoing chemotherapy. In the August edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine, we wrote about Jessica Abrahams’ sponsored challenge to visit all 80 sculptures in the Gromit Unleashed public art exhibition. Here, Jessica’s mum Melissa has written to tell us how she got on. I’m pleased to say that Jessica completed her Gromit
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