A family fun day and a five-a-side football tournament are being held at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre (BSLC) this Saturday (2nd July), to raise funds for equipment at a local children’s hospital. The combined event, organised by the Willow Brook Centre and CJ Hole estate agents, will raise money the Cots for Tots Appeal, which is seeking to raise £1
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The July newsletter from the local police beat team includes reports on a drugs raid at a “property in Bradley Stoke” and speed checks in the Woodlands Lane area. In April, police seized 25 suspected cannabis plants with a potential street value up to £25,000 and found electricity being illegally obtained at a house in Bradley Stoke. A Bradley Stoke
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Avon and Somerset Police report that they arrested two men aged 18 and 21 in the early hours of Monday 27th June, in connection with a burglary at a home in Bradley Stoke. The news comes after a number of residents complained on the social networking site Twitter of being woken by a police helicopter hovering over their homes at
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Bradley Stoke’s Holy Trinity Primary School has been rated “good” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school earlier this month. The team of three inspectors observed approximately seven hours of lessons at the 201-pupil school, which is located in Broad Croft, off Pear Tree Road. Questionnaire responses from 70 parents and carers, 95 pupils and 12 staff were also evaluated
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A Bradley Stoke woman has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to the local police force. Sue Dauncey, Director of Legal Services for Avon and Somerset Police, has been appointed Member of the British Empire (MBE). Chief Constable Colin Port said: “I’m delighted that Sue’s hard work and commitment has been recognised in this way. She
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Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre has announced that its latest new store, Excellence Spa & Beauty, will open on Saturday 16th July. The contemporary five star hair salon and beauty spa is said to work exclusively with top quality brands including Redken and Elemis. Hairdressing services include cutting, colour and styling and beauty treatments include manicures, pedicures, facials, massages, luxury
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Work to install a new raised table pedestrian crossing on Brook Way, close to the mini-roundabout at the junction with Wheatfield Drive, is set to commence on Monday (20th June). The work to install a 75mm high raised table across the full width of the road and widen the island and footway approaches to the crossing could last until Friday
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Impressionist Paul Burling is due to help end Bradley Stoke Radio’s first-ever FM broadcast period with a bang on Saturday (18th June) when he makes a guest appearance on a special ‘Super Dads’ show (12 noon – 2pm). Intended as a wacky celebration of Father’s Day, the show promises to “celebrate the men who will run through fire and water
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The Willow Brook Centre is launching a new club especially for local mums. The ‘Mummy’s Breakfast Morning’ club will be held in the Harvester restaurant on the last Tuesday of each month, starting on Tuesday 28th June 2011. Membership is free and mums can register by emailing their contact details to mummys@willowbrookcentre.co.uk It’s a great opportunity to catch up with
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Police are appealing for information following an incident of racially aggravated assault in Bradley Stoke on Saturday 11th June. At around 9:15pm a man and his girlfriend were walking in the fields adjacent to the Jubilee Centre (where the Community Festival had been held earlier in the day) when they were approached by two men who had verbally abused the
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