A local police chief has turned down an offer of free accommodation for the Bradley Stoke beat team in the Town Council’s new office at the Jubilee Centre, saying it would give the police a significantly lower profile than they have at their present base in the Willow Brook shopping centre. The police currently have a base in a small
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Councillors in Bradley Stoke are fighting to keep youth centres across South Gloucestershire open – despite voting to close their town’s only youth club just fourteen months ago. Under proposals published earlier this year, South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) said it was planning to transfer control of all its youth centres to locally-based organisations. Any youth centres that failed to attract
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Bradley Stoke Town FC Reserves took on Brislington Cricketers Reserves on Saturday afternoon at Bradley Stoke Community School and came away with a 2-0 win. The first half looked promising as Bradley Stoke were certainly quicker to the ball and had a fair amount of possession. Plus a phenomenal strike from Bradley Stoke centre back Jason Lee, who took the
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Conservative candidate Paul Hardwick has been declared the winner of yesterday’s by-election in the Meadowbank parish ward of Bradley Stoke. Mr Hardwick ran out a clear winner, with a margin of 111 votes over his nearest rival Caroline Sullivan (UKIP). The Labour candidate, Robin Horsfall, finished third. The Liberal Democrats, who held one of the two seats in the ward
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Forecasters are predicting fine weather for two family-friendly events taking place at Bradley Stoke’s Jubilee Green this weekend. The fun gets under way at 7:30pm on Friday (7th September) with FREE live music and screenings of “fun, family-friendly short films” by a solar-power outdoor cinema. The event is being staged by the organisation behind the Encounters Short Film and Animation
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The members, staff and Committee of the West of England MS Therapy Centre have announced that their new centre in Bradley Stoke will be officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal on Wednesday 31st October 2012. The West of England MS Therapy Centre is a centre of excellence for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to receive therapies and support from
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A meeting of the Southern Brooks Area Forum in Patchway this evening (Tuesday 4th September) will discuss grant applications from two Bradley Stoke organisations. Area Forums, organised by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), give local people the opportunity to talk about issues and concerns that affect their neighbourhoods. They champion local needs and aspirations and gather the views of residents about
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There were massive celebrations at Bradley Stoke Cricket Club on Saturday as both the first and the second teams won promotion to the Senior Divisions of the Bristol and District league for next season (2013). The first team secured a victory over Whitchurch Cricket Club on Saturday afternoon. An outstanding 75 not out from overseas player Bhushan Mankar, who has
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A minor by-election for a vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council seems to have taken on an unprecedented significance for two of the contesting political parties. The vacancy, resulting from the resignation of Barry Mitchell, is being contested by candidates from the Conservatives, Labour and UKIP, with the latter party hoping to increase its representation on the Council following
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The south of Bradley Stoke will get a much improved daytime bus service from Sunday (2nd September), when First Group introduces the new 74 service, but other parts of the town will see services reduced. The new service, which replaces the U7 and U8 services currently run by Wessex Connect and the 73B run by First Group, will serve Bradley
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