There’s little New Year cheer for consumers suffering from appalling internet connection speeds in Bradley Stoke with the news that both South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and BT have slipped key dates on broadband improvement projects. SGC announced in November 2012 that BT had been chosen as its preferred supplier for it £2.2 million project to bring superfast broadband to 90%
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Above inflation price increases have been introduced at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre following a 12-week consultation in which customers were asked to choose between a range of options for adjusting prices in response to reduced funding from South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Circadian Trust, the non-profit company that operates leisure services on behalf of SGC, has introduced an across-the-board increase for
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Late last year, Beavers from the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group joined forces with the Woodland Trust to plant a native hedgerow in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve as part of the country’s Jubilee Woods project. The hedgerow was planted in Savages Wood, under the guidance of volunteers from the Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. It was the second
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A house in Great Meadow Road had the best Christmas lights display in Bradley Stoke for 2012, according to a charity reader poll conducted by The Journal. The property was selected from a shortlist of five entries that had been recommended by fans of our Facebook page in the run-up to Christmas. Attracting 144 votes from the total of 322
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The cost of repairing damage caused to the Baileys Court cricket square by an “unexplained” incident involving weedkiller has risen by a further £3k, after Bradley Stoke Town Council agreed to fund additional “rectification works” over the winter months. Damage to the cricket square first came to light last March, when staff noticed the grass was starting to die off,
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Happy New Year to all our website readers, Facebook fans and Twitter followers from the Journal team! We enjoyed bringing you the town’s most comprehensive news and photo coverage during 2012 and look forward to bringing you more of the same during 2013. Sadly, we haven’t found the time to write our traditional review of the year but a quick
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Pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Wheatfield Primary School recently celebrated the official opening of a Scrapstore PlayPod in their playground. Operating under the motto “making wastethings playthings”, PlayPod is a holistic process that works with the entire school community to change both the human and physical play environment, transforming play at lunchtimes. The purpose built, walk-in structure contains a vast collection
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Get yourselves onto the Bradley Stoke Radio (BSR) website to vote for who you think deserves the prize for sports achievement of the year. The results will be read out on the BSR Sport Show on 6th January. The competition has been split into two different categories, the team award and the individual award. Nominees for the Team Award Bradley
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The Journal’s charity reader poll to find the best Christmas lights display on a residential property in Bradley Stoke is now underway. Fans of our Facebook page have nominated five houses to take part in the poll, with the most popular attracting more than 70 ‘likes’ in just a couple of days. The nominations are: 1 Great Meadow Road 10
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A Bradley Stoke Councillor has criticised his own Council’s planning department after an official threatened a Winterbourne Christmas tree seller with prosecution for erecting an inflatable Santa Claus on his land. A statement given by South Gloucestershire Council to the Bristol Post described the Santa figure as an “illegal advertisement” and expressed concern that “the inflatable risks distracting passing drivers
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