Residents of Bradley Stoke who would like to see a post office open at the Willow Brook Centre are being urged to show their support at a Council meeting this week. The Post Office’s South West Senior Stakeholder Manager, Laura Tarling, is due to address a meeting of the Town Council’s Planning Committee at the Jubilee Centre on Wednesday evening
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Carol Baker updates us on a new community choir in Bradley Stoke. On Saturday 22nd September, members of the local community attended a Come and Sing Day at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) hosted by renowned Choirmaster Grenville Jones and Emma Rogers (Head of Music at BSCS). We all enjoyed a singing workshop which culminated in a concert in the
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A new opportunity has arisen for Bradley Stoke residents to rent an allotment – and the Town Council says it is prepared to subsidise the cost by up to £40. With no current allotment provision in Bradley Stoke, residents have traditionally taken allotments in neighbouring areas such as Patchway or Stoke Gifford. However, both of these areas now have a
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The name ‘Bradley Stoke’ looks set to disappear from the title of the local parliamentary constituency, despite protests from local Councillors who say they fought hard to get the town recognised before the current ‘Filton and Bradley Stoke’ (FABS) constituency was contested for the first time in 2010. The Boundary Commission for England, which is aiming to reduce the number
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a pensioner was robbed by a young man in Wheatfield Drive yesterday afternoon (Monday 15th October). The victim, an 72-year-old woman, bent down after feeling a pain in her leg and as she did so her handbag was stolen by a male teenager riding a mountain bike. The incident occurred at around
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Bradley Stoke Judo Club is flying high at the moment! In September, members of the club competed at the Welsh Open and came away with a clutch of medals. Golds for Miles Nelson, Stephanie Walker, Lele Nairne, Pete Miles, Toby Attwood and Ryan Rijkesen Salmen. That’s an amazing six gold medals and not content with that they also picked up
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The northbound carriageway of Bradley Stoke Way was closed this morning following an accident in the vicinity of a pedestrian crossing near the Willow Brook Centre. The incident is said to have involved a cyclist and a car. Initial reports suggest that there were no serious injuries. A police road block was in force at the Savages Wood Road Roundabout,
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A local Volunteer Centre and Southern Brooks Community Partnership are holding a volunteer “speed matching” event this Monday (15th October) at the Aztec Hotel. The event, which runs from 6pm to 8pm, is designed to help local people find out how their professional skills could benefit local organisations. Corrina Buchanan of the Patchway, Filton & The Stokes Volunteer Centre explains
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Expenses claimed by Filton and Bradley Stoke MP Jack Lopresti “soared by nearly 30% in 2011” compared to the previous year, according to a report in the Thornbury and Yate newspaper ‘The Gazette’. Figures published by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), set up following the expenses scandal of 2009, show that Mr Lopresti’s claims rose from £109,159 in 2010/11
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A local community choir is inviting members of the public to attend a rehearsal evening in Stoke Lodge, a day before the group performs at a prestigious event at Bristol’s Colston Hall. The Stokes Singers, a community choir set up for Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford and the surrounding “Stokes” area, are taking part in Bristol’s Festival of Song, which runs
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