Bradley Stoke’s Baileys Court Primary School has been rated “good” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school last month. The team of four inspectors observed a total of 20 lessons at the 440-pupil school, which is located in Breaches Gate, off Baileys Court Road. In their key findings, the inspectors note that while children join the Reception year with the
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Residents of Bradley Stoke will have the chance to have their say on local bus services and fare levels at a consultation event to be held at the Willow Brook Centre on Thursday 25th April. First Bus is staging the event as part of a major public consultation on bus fares in the Greater Bristol travel to work area. The
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Due to the weather, we have not seen all four men’s team in action on the same day for a long time. Saturday was a first, as they all got a game. The game I watched was the one involving Bradley Stoke Town FC (BSTFC) Reserves, who played on the bottom pitch at the Jubilee Centre, as the First Team
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has lodged an objection to a plan by Tesco to construct a ‘Click & Collect’ unit in the car park of its Willow Brook Centre store. The company wants to build the customer collection ‘pod’ at a site on the northern boundary of the car park, immediately behind houses in Dewfalls Drive. The ‘Click & Collect’
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The Friends of Jubilee Green (FoJG) have announced that they have achieved their fundraising target to build a ‘youth structure’ (shelter) at the park in Savages Wood Road. The group has been awarded a grant of £49,999 through the Community Spaces programme, which is being managed by Groundwork UK as an Award Partner to the Big Lottery Fund. Community Spaces
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The local branch of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has called for a by-election to fill a vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council. The vacancy, in the Primrose Bridge parish ward, arose in February when Keir Gravil (Conservative) resigned because he is going to work abroad. Local UKIP councillor Ben Walker, buoyed by the good showing of his party’s
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Sunday morning saw the third consecutive Easter Bunny Treasure Hunt staged by the Stokes Cycling Club. The weather might not have been as good as last year, and the numbers might not have been setting records, but a good day was had by all. Many people from the local community joined in, looking for answers to the Easter quiz on
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Bradley Stoke Town Council, which last year set a target of winning a ‘Britain in Bloom’ prize for the town within the next five years, has announced two competitions intended to raise awareness of the project. Residents can enter a Sunflower Growing Competition by collecting a sunflower seed from the town council office (at the Jubilee Centre) and completing a
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Tesco Extra at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke is launching its F&F Spring/Summer 2013 range by hosting a charity fashion show on Saturday 13th April. Their full range of stylish and affordable clothes will be modelled by Tesco staff and their families – babies, toddlers, teenagers and adults – during two catwalk shows at 11am and 2pm. The
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A local hairstylist has reached the finals of a prestigious national hairdressing competition, the L’Oréal Colour Trophy 2013. Jodie Austen, 23, a stylist at the Alan Bendrey & Co salon at Aztec West, has been awarded one of only 35 places as a L’Oréal Colour Trophy Young Colourist finalist. To gain a place in the live final, Jodie submitted a
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