The leader of a Bradley Stoke youth group was among 28 “unsung heroes” honoured at the recent South Gloucestershire Community Awards evening in Filton. Ken Burrows, Core Director of the South West Winterguard Academy (SWWA), was handed a Chair’s Community Award at a special ceremony held at BAWA on Thursday 29th March. The awards honour people give up their time
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Events for all the family over the Easter holiday
Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre kicks off a busy programme of holiday events tomorrow (Thursday 5th) with an Easter Fun Day from 11am to 4pm, featuring animals from St Werburghs City Farm. Chicks, lambs and bunnies will be there together with some more exotic creatures including a tarantula, scorpion and giant stick insects from Bristol Zoo’s outreach project. The Easter
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Ryan’s Ramblers aim to raise thousands for children’s hospices
A group of Bradley Stoke residents and some of their friends are in training for a 142-mile sponsored walk that they hope will raise thousands of pounds for a local children’s charity. “Ryan’s Ramblers”, headed by Steve Tovey of Huckley Way, are aiming to raise over £6,000 for Children’s Hospice South West, which supports children and their families who are
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BT accepting orders for 0117 superfast broadband in Bradley Stoke
BT Openreach has announced that subscribers served by the Filton telephone exchange are now able to place orders for superfast fibre broaband but there remains doubt as to how many homes in Bradley Stoke on 0117 lines will be able to benefit from the new technology. The company announced in April last year that Filton would be upgraded in 2012
Continue readingWhat does it take to get a job in Bradley Stoke?
We look at the current economic climate’s effects on employment opportunities and trends in South West England What does the ongoing recession mean for jobs in Bradley Stoke and the greater South Western region? With Chancellor George Osborne announcing the budget this week, eyes and minds are all on business, taxes, and how to balance the books in the face
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Bradley Stoke South set to lose all daytime bus services
Bus service changes being proposed by Wessex Connect look set to leave the whole of Bradley Stoke South without a daytime bus service for six days of the week. In a press release put out today, the bus company has announced its intention to withdraw services U7, U7A. U8 and the Monday-Saturday service of the 482/483, with effect from Sunday
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Traffic chaos as petrol pumps start to run dry
Traffic congestion built up around the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke this lunchtime as motorists fearing petrol shortages queued to fill up at the Tesco garage. The queue of vehicles waiting to enter the filling station stretched back to the Three Brooks Roundabout and traffic leaving the centre slowed to a crawl as Tesco staff battled to control the
Continue readingSt Mary’s under-10s are Gloucester Cup champions
The under-10s finished the County Cup unbeaten in all rounds. The semi-finals saw the green army score five tries against Stow, who until then had not conceded a single try in the competition. The final score was 25 – 10. The final game against Cinderford was always going to be a tough one. St Mary’s scored the first try, early
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Bus shelter decorated to celebrate launch of showcase route
A Bradley Stoke bus shelter has been “creatively dressed” as part of a stunt to celebrate the official launch of ten new showcase bus routes across the West of England. The shelter at the Bradley Stoke Surgery bus stop (northbound) on Brook Way has been decorated with an image of a sofa and two hanging pictures. It is one of
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Charity leg-waxing benefits Bristol hospitals
A lab technician at a Bradley Stoke opticians had his legs waxed for charity on Saturday (24th March). Aaron Carter, lab technician at Specsavers in The Willow Brook Centre, had his legs stripped bare of hair to help raise money for Bristol hospital charity Above & Beyond. Mr Carter’s hair-raising efforts are part of a 12-month fundraising initiative for Above
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