Local youth group South West Winterguard Academy is staging a ‘community showcase’ event this Saturday (14th January) at Thornbury Leisure Centre. The aim of the event is to demonstrate to the people of South Gloucestershire the diverse range of sport, dance and arts activities available to them. Acts so far confirmed for the event include majorettes, street dancers, colourguard, marching
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The Journal is pleased to announce that Richard Clark is the lucky winner of our exclusive December prize draw to win a year’s free membership at the new Anytime Fitness gym in Bradley Stoke. Richard’s entry was drawn out of the hat by former professional tennis player Robin Drysdale, who is the Managing Director of the local Anytime Fitness franchise.
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Proposals for a number of road safety improvement schemes around Bradley Stoke achieved limited success when they were discussed at a recent meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s Southern Brooks Area Forum. Seven Bradley Stoke schemes were competing for a share of the £50k pot available, along with other proposals from Filton, Patchway, Stoke Gifford and Winterbourne. In the end, just
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Residents of Bradley Stoke who live close to the M4 motorway could be affected by overnight roadworks that are due to start on Monday (9th January). The Highways Agency says it has sent out letters to properties within 500m of the areas where the night-time work is to take place. The roadworks are the first step in the implementation of
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A 16-year-old A-level student from Bradley Stoke is sketching out plans to trek across the Andes Mountains and carry out conservation work in Peru. Ross Startin, who is studying four AS-levels at Bradley Stoke Community School’s Post-16 Centre, is aiming to spend four weeks in Peru, as part of a World Challenge expedition in July/August 2013, for which he hopes
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2011 was another busy year for The Journal with 349 news articles and more than 1,000 photos published. Today we take a look back at the main events of the past year in Bradley Stoke. For a visual record, check out The Journal’s Bradley Stoke Review of 2011 album on Google Photos (also available on YouTube with a couple of
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has been told by Royal Mail that it has no plans to provide a larger post office in the town. The news, revealed during public questions at a recent Council committee meeting, will come as a disappointment to the vast majority of the 273 people who responded to a recent Council consultation to assess demand for
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Feel you need to shake things up in the New Year? You’re not alone – with 2012 fast approaching let this be the year you achieve your health and fitness goals, whatever they are! If you’re one of the many people who set new personal health and fitness goals at this time of the year, why not enter our exclusive
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Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP) has announced the opening of the nomination period for the 2012 Outstanding Women’s Awards, which are to be presented as part of the local International Women’s Day celebrations. The aim of the awards is to celebrate the many contributions that women and girls make to their families and communities – improving the lives and wellbeing
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Happy Christmas to all our readers from The Journal team! Thanks for your continued support in 2011, which has seen our annual readership exceed ONE MILLION pageviews for the first time*. We’ll continue to update the website over the festive period, so don’t forget to check back soon for the latest stories and information from Bradley Stoke’s premier news source.
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