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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A Bradley Stoke woman is preparing to compete in her fourth Paralympic Games, twenty years after making her debut in Barcelona (1992). Karen Butler, who has lived in Bradley Stoke for 19 years, will be representing Great Britain in three shooting disciplines: Women’s R2-10m Air Rifle Standing-SH1, Women’s R8-50m Rifle 3 Positions-SH1 and Mixed R6-50m Rifle Prone-SH1. Her previous best
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On Monday 13th August 2012, Bradley Stoke Bowls Club hosted a Men’s City & County of Bristol Bowling Association match versus Monmouthshire Bowling Association, the first county match to be played at Bradley Stoke Bowls Club since its establishment in 2010. Monmouthshire won the match by 124 – 113. Photo 1: Local rink from Bradley Stoke BC. left to right:
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The cost to local taxpayers of the unexplained incident in which weedkiller was applied to the town’s Baileys Court cricket square has risen to £15k after Councillors agreed to reduce the rent charged to Bradley Stoke Cricket Club for next season. Damage to the cricket square first came to light in March, when staff noticed the grass was starting to
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Police were called to property in Carter Walk, Bradley Stoke, shortly after midday today (Friday 24th August) following a reports of a suspicious device being found by a resident. A section of the cul-de-sac was cordoned off by the police and it is believed that some of the properties were evacuated as a precaution. Three police vehicles were at the
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My two sons – aged 8 and nearly 10 – have started to show interest in the ramps close to the Leisure Centre. I have taken them a few times this holiday. They are in a disgusting state – urine smell behind the ramps, litter, broken glass, writing on the ramps. There appears to be a security camera but is
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is today celebrating another set of good GCSE grades – obtained by the third year of students to pass through the school. Once again, there were some stunning individual performances – with Harisson (Sonny) Chiba leading the way with 13A* and 2A grades. The remarkable achievements by the highest performing students were supported by many
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Despite last Friday’s very wet weather, 52 people braved the elements for the first of this year’s guided ‘bat walks’ around the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve in Bradley Stoke. After a welcome from the Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group and a brief talk from Bekki Farrar of The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), bat species guides & ‘bat detectors’ were loaned
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