Bradley Stoke Youth FC’s U10 Colts played Mangotsfield in the Hanham League Minor League Cup on Sunday. As U9s last season they reached the final and obviously haven’t lost their flare and ambition! The first game was a real success, with the team playing some great passing football. Some strong running down the right hand side of the pitch from
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Students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) were captivated by entrepreneur Willie Harcourt-Cooze when he recently visited the school to tell the story of his life and his journey from dreams to business success. Willie spoke of his childhood spent on a farm on a small island off the South West coast of Ireland and the hardships and joy they
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A fitness club in Bradley Stoke has turned pink for the month of October in support of a national breast cancer awareness campaign. Staff at Anytime Fitness, based at the Willow Brook Centre, have replaced their normal purple uniforms with pink ‘cancer awareness’ t-shirts. Heather Williams, Manager at the Bradley Stoke club, said: “Breast cancer is the most common cancer
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Tickets are now on sale for an event with a twist, being held on Saturday 20th October at the Aztec Hotel, Almondsbury. In partnership with Heart FM, Ben Walker has organised a cabaret style evening with a three-course meal, auction and disco supplied by Jay Dormer from Heart FM. The twist is that the waiters for the evening are celebrities
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A local resident who exercises his dog on the cricket field at Baileys Court says the Town Council is putting out contradictory signals about whether dogs are allowed at the site. The claim comes after a new ‘No Dogs’ sign was erected on the main gates into the site, despite Council staff having told people for years that “responsible” dog
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Bradley Stoke’s recently-opened MS Therapy Centre is holding an Autumn Fair between 11am and 3pm this Saturday (6th October) to raise much-needed funds and give local people a chance to look around its facilities. The Fair is being organised and run by a team of the Centre’s volunteers and supported by a number of local businesses including local print company
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Police are appealing for help in locating a woman who has gone missing from her home in Bradley Stoke. Asta Samuliomene, who is 33 years old, was last seen at her home on Monday 1st October. Her family and her police are concerned for her welfare and would appeal to Asta to make contact and let them know she is
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Bradley Stoke Town FC’s First Team successfully won their cup game against Seymour United Reserves 4-0 in the GFA Junior Cup (South) on Saturday. This booked their place in the next round where they are due to play Downend Foresters. Manager Jon Welsh had to reshuffle the team as keeper Brendan Wilson and Stu Pyett were both out due to
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A new pedestrian crossing on Bradley Stoke Way has been brought into service days before the first anniversary of an accident that left a schoolboy in hospital with critical injuries. The new Toucan crossing is part of a package of measures agreed by South Gloucestershire Council after 3,932 people signed a petition calling for the road to be made safer
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The Bradley Stoke Pub in Brook Way is to close tonight for a lengthy period of refurbishment after recently changing hands, The Journal has learned. Previously in the ownership of The Orchid Group, the pub is said to have been bought by Marston’s, who also own the town’s Baileys Court Inn. A source at The Bradley Stoke said staff had
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