The Discover Festival is back for its second year, with an exciting programme of over 200 events to help you discover something new in South Gloucestershire. The festival runs from today (12th September) to 1st November. Activities include nature walks, heritage open days, advice sessions, concerts and crafts – there is something for everyone to enjoy. The festival is organised
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Youth football made its return this weekend, with many youngsters across Bradley Stoke and the surrounding area preparing for action. Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) BSYFC came back with a bang with the new Under-11 Girls side winning their first game of the season 3-1 over Wotton Rovers at Patchway Community School. The girls went 1-0 down just four minutes
Continue readingI was recently threatened with being knifed because I pointed out that a driver had parked dangerously. The Highway Code is clear: “You MUST NOT leave your vehicle or trailer in a dangerous position or where it causes any unnecessary obstruction of the road.” This is the law. The amount of dangerous, inconsiderate and illegal parking in our area is
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Illegal parking on zig-zag and double yellow lines outside local schools is being targeted by a new high-tech ‘parking enforcement’ vehicle recently introduced by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The car uses GPS technology, coupled with number plate recognition cameras, to record the details of any vehicles it detects in a restricted area. This information is stored on an on-board computer
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The September 2013 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This issue features the Bradley Stoke Carnival that took place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. We have a two page report with contributions from Mayor Brian Hopkinson and our regular columnist Becky Ward plus lots of photos from the carnival parade and
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The Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke has been nominated for either a gold, silver or bronze Green Apple Environment Award in the national campaign to find Britain’s greenest companies, councils and communities. It competed against more than 500 other nominations in the Green Apple Awards, and will be presented with its trophy and certificate at a glittering presentation ceremony
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Mike Mundy, president and founder member of Bradley Stoke Cricket Club (BSCC), has been awarded a ‘lifetime achievement’ award by Gloucestershire Cricket Board. This is one of eight categories within the NatWest OSCA award scheme, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board to recognise those making outstanding contributions to grass roots cricket. As a winner of the county award,
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Major changes in Bradley Stoke’s bus services come into effect this Sunday (1st September). As previously reported on this website and in the August edition of the BSJ magazine, the existing 73 and 74 routes are being merged into a single 73 route that serves both the north and the south of the town. The frequency of the reconfigured 73
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In response to the deluge of negative comment that greeted last week’s announcement that another mobile phone outlet (Phones 4u) is to open at the Willow Brook shopping centre in Bradley Stoke, The Journal has today launched a reader poll to find out the types of stores residents feel are missing from our town centre. An informal discussion on our
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Local ladies-only running club Sole Sisters have announced that their next beginners’ running course will start next week. The six-week course, particularly suited for ladies who have never run before or are returning after a long period of rest, illness or injury, begins on Monday 2nd September. The weekly sessions take place the Baileys Court Activity Centre in Bradley Stoke,
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