There was some fantastic football on show down at the Jubilee Field on Saturday afternoon as Bradley Stoke Town FC’s First Team turned the tables on Portville Warriors in a successful game that was won 2-0. This was always going to be a close game as last time the two sides met, Portville came away 2-1 winners. The first half
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A large number of Bradley Stoke transport and community projects stand to benefit from decisions due to be made at a meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Southern Brooks Area Forum this week. The forum has £100k to allocate to local transport capital schemes and four of the twelve schemes to be considered for implementation are in Bradley Stoke. In
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Bristol Aztec Rotary Club is gearing up for two major charity events in the coming months. Firstly there is the popular Swimathon from which 40% of the money raised goes to support Rotary Charities and 60% to nominated good causes of the swimmers’ choosing. The Swimathon takes place at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre’s swimming pool on Saturday 9th March from
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A resident’s suggestion for a picnic area to be created within the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve has been given a cautious welcome by the voluntary group that helps maintain it. The Journal understands the suggestion was made at a recent Town Councillor Surgery event (held monthly at the Willow Brook Centre) and it was passed to local nature expert
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A Bradley Stoke mum is preparing to cycle more than 300 miles alongside the Great Wall of China, to raise money for a cause close to her heart. Jo Bray is the Bristol Branch Chairman and Trustee for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, a charity she is passionate about because her mum has leukaemia. Having been involved with fundraising for the
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On Saturday afternoon, St Mary’s Old Boys RFC First XV took on Whitehall at Trench Lane and won 5-3. St Mary’s had to manage without centre Mike Reed, who broke his arm at Tewkesbury last week and it was interesting to hear that over half today’s team had been playing for the club since they started their rugby as U7s.
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Residents interested in becoming involved in a project to brighten up Bradley Stoke are being asked to attend a meeting this Tuesday (19th February), where the town’s proposed entry into the Britain in Bloom competition will be discussed. Bradley Stoke Town Council has called the meeting after agreeing to make a budget of £14,000 available for the project, a sum
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Doro Pasantes of The West of England MS Therapy Centre in Wheatfield Drive writes: The West of England MS Therapy Centre will be celebrating its first anniversary on Saturday 23rd February between 1pm and 4pm at the centre and would like to invite neighbours from Bradley Stoke and especially Wheatfield Drive to celebrate with us over a cup of tea
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A food processing plant in Bradley Stoke has been named as the source of a fresh beef product withdrawn by a national supermarket chain following the detection of traces of equine DNA in a screening test. The ‘Chosen By You’ 350g Beef Bolognese Sauce that Asda has removed from its shelves is produced at the Greencore factory in Hawkley Drive,
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A girls’ football team from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is just one step away from making an appearance at Wembley Stadium after being crowned “best in the south west” at a recent tournament. After winning the local round of the npower Football League Girls Cup in November (organised by Bristol Rovers Sport in the Community), the Year 7 &
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