The police beat team in Bradley Stoke is currently two officers under strength due to a series of resignations within the Filton neighbourhood area. For the last two years, the Bradley Stoke team has consisted of one full-time beat manager, one part-time-beat manager and three Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). But a series of resignations in the local team and
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The headteacher of Bradley Stoke Community School says he is pleased with the school’s first-ever set of A-level results announced today. Dave Baker, Executive Headteacher, was at the school’s Post Sixteen Centre at 9am this morning to welcome students arriving to collect their results envelopes. A total of 103 candidates were entered for 197 exams and 15% of the entries
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A man has appeared in court after being charged with a number of vehicle-related crimes that include the theft of number plates from a car in Bradley Stoke. Officers praised members of the public who reported a man man trying car door handles in Winterbourne on Thursday afternoon, 9th August 2012. A man was arrested in the area soon afterwards.
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Do you care about your community? Do you want to be heard and get things done? Then why not come along to the next Safer Stronger Community Group (SSCG) meeting for Bradley Stoke? SSCGs influence how services are delivered locally, establish longer-term plans to improve areas, help prevent future problems, and deal with current local issues. NEXT MEETING: Tuesday 14th August, 7pm
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A £1.8M development being built in Bradley Stoke will boost the availability of affordable homes for older people wanting to live in the area. Merlin Housing Society is working in partnership with developers McCarthy & Stone, to provide 24 purpose built flats right in the heart of the community. Ian Matthews, Merlin’s Chief Executive, said: “We’re delighted to be building
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Having recently taken up cycling to work, I do wish Aztec West were equipped with either cycle paths or shared cycle/footpaths. Cycle lanes on roads that carry motor traffic are simply not safe enough except for expert sports cyclists. Every morning I see dozy white van drivers with mobile phones to their ears and I’m terrified they will just run
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has admitted that its latest newsletter understates the cost of building its new office at the Jubilee Centre. The latest edition of the glossy 8-page newsletter, delivered to all homes in the area over the last few weeks, puts the “total expenditure to date” at £293,461 but enquiries by The Journal have revealed that this figure
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Bradley Stoke Town Councillors have been given a briefing about a proposed new use for the former Winterbourne View care home [map], which was the centre of a patient abuse scandal exposed by the BBC’s Panorama programme last year. Ten carers previously employed at the former secure hospital for adults with learning difficulties have since pleaded guilty to charges of
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A senior Post Office manager has reiterated the organisation’s stance that opening a branch at the Willow Brook Centre would affect the viability of other post offices in the area. The news was revealed at last week’s meeting of the Town Council’s Planning Committee, where the content of a letter from Tony Jones, Post Office Regional Network Manager (Wales &
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Hi Everyone, We are thinking about moving house soon to the Patchway area. Can anyone tell me what the traffic is normally like on the A38 between Patchway and Aztec West as the house we are looking at is along this stretch? I know it used to be bad in the evening but no idea about on a morning; not
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