Police are appealing for witnesses and information after Christ the King Church in Bradley Stoke was damaged by graffiti. Overnight Thursday to Friday 14th-15th October, graffiti that included a swastika, expletives and racist terms was daubed on the glass doors of the church and the columns either side. Neighbourhood Inspector Bob Evely said: “I can assure the community that we
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The Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community Group meets tonight (Tuesday) at Baileys Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Road (7pm start). The group allows residents to work together with the police, fire service, health service and councils to improve the local community and have a say about the services they receive. Topics up for discussion tonight include: Part-night street lighting
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A group from Bradley Stoke has visited Champs-sur-Marne (France) to mark the tenth anniversary of the signing of the twinning agreement between the two towns. The French trip follows the visit of a party from Champs to Bradley Stoke over the Community Festival weekend in June. The 15 British visitors were welcomed with a informal ‘soirée’ at a local dance
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Members of Bradley Stoke Radio Station attended a Radio Academy event at BBC Bristol earlier this week. The function was hosted by BCfm (the local station’s community radio mentors) and the Heart Bristol breakfast team of Bush, Troy and Paulina. The group took part in a quiz night and had a chance to question the controller of BBC Radio 1
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A new monthly farmers’ market that starts on Wednesday this week at the Willow Brook Centre will “bring the countryside back into Bradley Stoke” says Market Manager Jim Wilkie. The proposed market looked doomed earlier this year after a number of businesses at the shopping centre raised objections to its introduction, leading to one Town Councillor labelling the stores “narrow
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The quest for staff at Bradley Stoke’s soon-to-open Harvester restaurant gets under way in earnest next week with a local recruitment event. An advert placed on the ‘jobsite.co.uk’ within the last few days says the company is looking for: “… enthusiastic, well-motivated and sociable individuals with personality and who enjoy meeting and mixing with people.” The positions available are listed
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South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on plans for an “enhanced crossing point” on Brook Way, between the junction of Courtlands and Wheatfield Drive [street view]. The existing crossing point is to be improved by widening and extending the central pedestrian refuge island and installing a 75mm high, 6m long, raised table. A pair of ‘Children going to
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Advertisements for jobs at the Poundstretcher store due to open soon in Bradley Stoke have appeared online. A press release put out last week by the Willow Brook Centre stated that “over 15 jobs” would be available at the new store when it opens in December. The positions so far advertised include: Store Manager [job reference: BHF/26277] Deputy Manager [BHF/26278]
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The Stokes Pub Watch scheme, which covers licensed premises in Bradley Stoke, little Stoke, Stoke Gifford and Patchway, is being hailed a success by local police on the first anniversary of its introduction. According to the Bradley Stoke Beat Team’s winter 2010 newsletter, a total of 28 people have been banned under the scheme in the past year and the
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A Bradley Stoke Town Councillor has branded the town’s Mayor “dictatorial” after he failed to invite other Councillors to a meeting with a senior official at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Mayor Ben Walker met alone with SGC’s Director of Children and Young People to find out why Bradley Stoke receives significantly less from SGC than other towns in the district
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