Journal readers have been sending in their photos of the arrival of cygnets to a pair of mute swans at The Lake in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve. The swans’ nest was sited at the side of the lake, close to the stone footbridge leading into the reserve from Juniper Way. Five eggs were laid in the nest and,
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has begun a formal consultation on the possibility of converting to academy status. The two week consultation was originally planned for earlier in the year but was delayed until potential partner schools Patchway Community College and Brimsham Green School were ready to run simultaneous consultations with their respective stakeholders. Information available on the BSCS website
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A dog show staged in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square on Sunday has raised over £400 for a local rescue charity. The Family Fun Dog Show, organised by the Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG) to mark National Pet Week, attracted an entry of 119 animals and raised £443 towards the group’s greyhound and lurcher rescue work. DAWG’s patron Andrew Dilger
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Two members of a Bradley Stoke church are raising funds for a two-year non-salaried missionary trip to the Philippines. Steven and Portia Greenhalgh, members of the congregation at Holy Trinity Church, will be leaving in July this year to go on mission to Manila. Portia is a qualified teacher and Steven recently completed a TESOL course (Teaching English to Speakers
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A local man has posted a video of “Bradley Stoke from the air“, filmed from a radio-controlled (R/C) glider, on YouTube. Greg Willis, of Diana Gardens, launched the aircraft from the area known as “The Tump” in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve and the three-minute film shows views of Bradley Stoke Community School, the Leisure Centre, The Lakes and
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The Conservatives are this morning celebrating a remarkable clean sweep of all the District and Town Council seats in Bradley Stoke. The town’s five seats on South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) are now held by Conservatives after Ben Walker beat Jon Williams (Liberal Democrat) by a comfortable margin of 139 votes in Bradley Stoke North. Bradley Stoke Central & Stoke Lodge
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Bradley Stoke has seven polling stations open today for voting in the 2011 District & Town Elections and the national AV Referendum. The local polling stations (open until 10pm) are: Brook Way Activity Centre Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road Holy Trinity Church, Broad Croft Baileys Court Activity Centre Evangelical Church, Baileys Court Road St Joseph’s Centre, Juniper Way Church of
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Supporters of the NO to AV campaign have been shouting the loudest in Bradley Stoke in an effort see off the possible introduction of the Alternative Vote method for selecting Westminster MPs. Local MP Jack Lopresti and Conservative activists manned a stall in the Willow Brook Centre on Saturday 16th April, where they distributed leaflets describing AV as a “Lib
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With 29 candidates contesting 15 seats, this week’s Town Council election could potentially throw up a few changes on the local political scene. The Conservatives have the greatest number of candidates (15, the same as in 2007) and are the only party with the potential to make a clean sweep. The Labour Party, not currently represented on the Town Council,
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A Fun Dog Show is to to take place this Sunday (8th May) in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square. Organised by the Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG) and sponsored by the Willow Brook Centre, the show includes a total of 14 classes, ranging from “best puppy” to “dog the judge would most like to take home”. The show runs from
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