Bradley Stoke councillors are stepping up their campaign against the town’s ‘bus drought’. The campaign is in response to next month’s (20th May) planned bus service cuts by Wessex Connect, which will leave the whole of the south of Bradley Stoke without a daytime bus service for six days of the week. South Gloucestershire Council’s Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) has
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Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Shopping Centre has launched a Facebook page to promote business and improve community interaction. The centre is managed by Bristol-based commercial property specialists Colliers International. Willow Brook Manager Scott Lahive said the page had already proved a big success celebrating Easter attractions – as well as promoting the best bargains. He said: “We have already had
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The West of England MS Therapy Centre will be opening the doors of its brand new centre in Bradley Stoke to local businesses on Monday 30th April. This exclusive event will be the first Open Evening at the Centre which opened in February 2012. Local businesses are being invited to come along between 4pm and 7pm for a chance to
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Bradley Stoke’s Council-owned cricket pitch at Baileys Court could be out of action for months following an unexplained incident in which weedkiller appears to have been applied across all ten wickets. The damage came to light just over four weeks ago, when staff noticed the grass was starting to die off, and experts brought in by the Council have since
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Local resident Mike Trevelyan has come up with a unique way of raising money for St Peter’s Hospice with a sponsored cycle ride taking in all 92 Football and Premier League clubs in England and Wales in just 92 days! Cycling fan fan Mike, 21, from Little Stoke, will be undertaking the trek from 2nd May to 1st August in
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A charity swimming event staged at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre by the local branch the Rotary Club in March has raised thousands of pounds for good causes. Seventy-five swimmers from fourteen teams were all out to challenge themselves in aid of Rotary charities such as Music Rules and charities or good causes of their own choosing by participating in the
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The Parish Council in Stoke Gifford has objected to Bristol Rovers’ plans to build a new 21,700 seater stadium on land owned by the University of the West of England (UWE). Councillors have joined residents of the nearby Cheswick Village housing development in expressing concern over the effect the stadium will potentially have on traffic congestion and parking issues. In
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The future of Bradley Stoke’s Sure Start Children’s Centre appears uncertain after South Gloucestershire Council announced that it is to cut funding for nine of the 15 centres it currently runs across the district. The Council says it needs to save £1.65m from its spending on children, young people and families over the next three years as part of a
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The installation of a new light-controlled pedestrian crossing on Bradley Stoke Way looks set to go ahead following a decision by an Executive Councillor to ignore six objections received during a public consultation. South Gloucestershire Council drew up plans for the new crossing, together with a reduction in speed limit from 40mph to 30mph and the installation of a new
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A popular car boot sale that takes place near Bradley Stoke is to re-open for the 2012 season at the beginning of May. The Trench Lane Boot Sale, held on Sundays on a farmland site opposite the entrance to Woodlands Golf Club [map], will open for the first time this year on Sunday 6th May 2012. UPDATE: Re-opening postponed until
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