Avon Fire and Rescue crews from Patchway, Southmead and Speedwell were called to St Mary’s RC Primary School on Webbs Wood Road, Bradley Stoke, yesterday afternoon following reports of smoke seen coming from the building. The incident occurred at 4pm, when pupils had gone home for the day but some staff remained on the premises. On arrival, crews found heavy
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The Almondsbury telephone exchange, which serves much of Bradley Stoke, has once again been overlooked in the latest round of superfast broadband upgrades announced by BT this week. Almondsbury failed to figure in a list of 98 exchanges that constitutes ‘phase 10’ of BT Openreach’s commercial rollout which promises to cover two thirds of the UK by 2014. With the
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Katherine Robinson of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group reports on a recent camp attended by 6 to 8 year-olds from the group’s Beaver section: Beaver camp this year was held at Woodhouse on 16th-17th June 2012 and as you can probably tell, the theme was “Pirates”! As it happened, we had managed to choose one of the wettest Junes
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Children’s rides at this year’s Bradley Stoke Community Festival were considered “very expensive” by some parents, according to one Councillor speaking at a meeting of the Town Council’s Leisure, Youth & Amenities Committee earlier this week. Rides at the Community Fair held on Saturday at the Jubilee Centre are provided by commercial operators in return for a fee that benefits
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Pupils at a Bradley Stoke school have raised more than £900 for people around the world who are living without access to clean water after making and selling tasty toast breakfasts. The children from St Mary’s Primary School took part in a number of activities from February to May to raise money for Catholic aid agency CAFOD’s ‘Give it Up’
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[Advertising Feature] The UK’s leading retirement developer, McCarthy & Stone, is holding a special information day later this month, to offer anyone over the age of 60 the opportunity to find out more about its forthcoming Later Living development, Brook Court in Bradley Stoke. With construction already well underway at the Savages Wood Road site, McCarthy & Stone is inviting
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A girl from Bradley Stoke has been crowned a UK ‘memory champion’ in a competition contested by over 7,000 children from around the country. Niki Mehta, a Year 6 pupil at the Red Maids’ Junior School in Westbury-on-Trym, saw off competition from 15 other finalists to clinch the 2012 National Junior Memory Championship. She became the new national champion on
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Police are appealing for help to trace a man missing since Tuesday 12th June. Simon Bressington, 27, of Bradley Stoke, has not been since Tuesday evening and failed to turn up for work. Simon (pictured) is described as being white, 5ft 7ins tall, slim but with a tubby stomach. He has very long dark brown hair and a long beard
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Family-owned single price retailer Poundworld opens its new store in Bradley Stoke at 10am today (Thursday 14th June), a day earlier than previously planned. The new Poundworld store at the Willow Brook Centre will help cost conscious shoppers beat the recession by offering a ‘value’ alternative to other high street retailers. With massive savings on leading brands such as Cadbury’s,
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Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Bradley Stoke over the Community Festival weekend. The incident occurred at around 4:45pm on Saturday 2nd June, in the vicinity of the Jubilee Centre, where the town’s annual Community Fair was taking place. A 15-year-old teenager was walking along a path near to Merryweather Close in the direction of the Jubilee
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