Around 1,500 properties in central and south Bradley Stoke were without electricity for up to 90 minutes this morning following an unexplained incident at 9.58am. A spokesperson for Western Power Distribution told The Journal that 1,488 properties were initially affected but this number had dropped to 460 by around 10.20am. Recorded information on a WPD telephone hotline initially gave an
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Bradley Stoke Town Football Club’s (BSTFC’s) season is nearly over now and Saturday afternoon was the last game for the A Team. The team faced Stanton Drew in manager Chris Laslett’s last game in charge but things didn’t go their way as they stepped off the gas, losing 4-0. The first goal, only a couple of minutes into the game,
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Two Year 10 students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) are helping to plan improvements to the play park at Baileys Court, after attending a Town Council meeting to give a presentation on the results of their GCSE citizenship project.
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I’m absolutely astonished by the irresponsible parents I have seen in Bradley Stoke who think its fine to tow an extremely vulnerable child in a trailer behind a bicycle ON THE ROAD! How stupid is that!!! Phil Holes Photo: Library image by tylerconk [licence cc-by 2.0]
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A popular car boot sale that takes place near Bradley Stoke is due to re-open for the 2013 season this weekend. The Trench Lane Boot Sale, held on Sundays on a farmland site opposite the entrance to Woodlands Golf Club [map], will open for the first time this year on Sunday 5th May. As in previous years, the site will
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On Sunday 5th May, the Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group will be hosting a Dawn Chorus walk around the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve as part of International Dawn Chorus Day 2013. Bird lovers from Colorado to Flakkebjerg will be joining in this year’s event, rising early to hear birds greet the sunrise and appreciate how much wild birds contribute
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Conservative candidate Andy Ward has been declared the winner of yesterday’s by-election in the Primrose Bridge parish ward of Bradley Stoke. Mr Ward, with 387 votes, finished ahead of Caroline Sullivan (UKIP), with 269 votes, and Sarah Drake (Liberal Democrat), with 160. The Labour Party, which fielded a full set of candidates for the four-seat ward in 2011, did not
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A woman who ran a brothel in Bradley Stoke has been ordered to repay £1,115 and given a one year community order. An investigation was launched earlier this year after police received reports of men calling at an address in Boursland Close and that young women were also seen there. Enquiries suggested the address was being used as a brothel.
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I know this is a long shot but we lost our cat, Kiki, around four years ago. At the time we lived in Hedgerows, the new builds behind Tesco and we hadn’t been there long when she ran out the front door and didn’t come back. We hadn’t been there long, so weren’t sure if she couldn’t find her way
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Residents of a Merlin Housing Society development in Bradley Stoke have celebrated its official opening. Bluebell Gardens, in Savages Wood Road, is a joint venture between Merlin and retirement property specialists McCarthy & Stone. The £1.8m development of 24 purpose-built older people’s flats was opened by Merlin board member Sylvia Young at a ceremony on Tuesday 16th April, attended by
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