The Christmas lights at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre will be switched on this Thursday afternoon (17th November 2011) when Ben & Holly from Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom make a special guest appearance. In contrast to previous years when the event has been fronted by Heart FM (we reported in 2009 & 2010), this year will see live music
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Children at a Bradley Stoke primary school will be seen more clearly this winter thanks to a donation of high-visibility vests from their local opticians. The Bradley Stoke branch of Specsavers in the Willow Brook Centre has donated 300 hi-visibility vests to pupils at Meadowbrook Primary School. The vests will help to ensure the safety of children when walking to
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The Aldi supermarket group has submitted a planning application to increase the permitted working and delivery hours at its Bradley Stoke store near the Patchway Brook Roundabout. The move is understood to be in response to an enforcement order issued by South Gloucestershire Council that accuses the store of being in breach of two conditions attached to the original planning
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Next Friday (18th November) is BBC Children in Need Day and here at The Journal we’ve heard of a couple of events that are happening in the build up to the big day. Greggs the Bakers in the Town Square at the Willow Brook Centre are holding a fundraising event tomorrow (Saturday 12th November) from 11am. They are planning a
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has revealed details of the interim youth provision measures it has put in place following its decision, jointly with Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC), to close the Brook Way Youth Club at the end of last month. Youth workers will be going out onto the streets on three nights a week to engage with young people
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[Advertising Feature] The Swan Hotel in Almondsbury is now under new management and will be staging a relaunch party on Friday 18th November from 6pm to celebrate. With a totally new and different concept to what was previously there, the new management team at The Swan is hoping local residents will come and join them to see what is going
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The Bradley Stoke police team has reported a surge in people volunteering to become members of the town’s Community Speed Watch initiative, with the number involved set to double by the end of the month. The team was formed with the minimum required six members in July, following several years of appeals for people to come forward (we reported in
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Local MP Jack Lopresti made an appearance at the Tesco Extra store in Bradley Stoke last week to witness a special presentation to children from three local schools, marking the success of the supermarket group’s Vouchers for Schools & Clubs scheme. Two pupils and a member of staff from each of Bowsland Green Primary School, Wheatfield Primary School and Bradley
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A record crowd of nearly 8,000 surrounded the Jubilee Centre, Bradley Stoke, last night for the Bradley Stoke Town Council Firework Display. Now in its ninth year, the annual display has grown to be one of the largest in the Bristol area and the public were delighted with a 20 minute display described by many as “better than ever”. No
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Police are appealing to the public for their help to locate a vulnerable woman who is missing from the Bradley Stoke area. Deborah Ohioze James, who is also known as Deborah Folake Salko, is 18 years old and has not been seen since 1pm today (Saturday 5th November). She was last seen at her home in Bradley Stoke. Police are
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