Ticket sales for a big top circus performance at a Bradley Stoke school this coming weekend are said to be going well but people are being advised to book in advance to guarantee entry. The grounds of Bowsland Green Primary School in Ellicks Close will be open from 1.15pm on Saturday (9th October) with the performance starting at 2pm and
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Frustrated broadband users in Bradley Stoke have been given new hope of an improvement in connection speeds after BT launched a scheme whereby residents can vote for their neighbourhood to be fast-tracked for the installation of superfast broadband. The Race to Infinity Scheme invites residents to vote online for their area to become one of the first to enjoy fibre
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Last Saturday’s Community Showcase event in the Town Square has been hailed a success by organisers and stall holders. The event, now in its second year, saw over 30 local businesses and organisations promoting their activities to shoppers at Bradley Stoke’s popular Willow Brook shopping centre. The event got underway at 11am with a colourful flag-waving display from the South
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Budget chain Poundstretcher has been revealed as the “value retailer” that will be opening soon in Bradley Stoke’s new town centre. A press release put out today (Friday) by the Willow Brook Centre says the “UK’s original value store” is due to open on Friday 10th December. The Journal understands that the firm will be occupying unit 6 of the
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The second annual Community Showcase event for the Severnvale locality is being staged in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square at the Willow Brook Centre tomorrow (Saturday 2nd October). Organised by Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), the event gives the local community an opportunity to meet local groups and businesses as well as representatives from the local police, churches and schools. Up
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A bike versus car rush hour challenge, which saw a cyclist race a driver between the Willow Brook Centre and the Aztec West Business Park on Tuesday last week, was won in convincing style by the two-wheeled competitor. Rider Craig Denning of Dream Cycling Club took on Jack fm driver Martin Hiscox over the 1.2 mile route, with the pair
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Athletes from Bradley Stoke Judo Club proved they were amongst the best in the country by winning two silver and one bronze medals at the British National Judo Championships on Sunday 19th September. The event, held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, saw the best 10 and 11-year-olds in Britain compete for Judo medals in their respective
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a car was found ablaze in the car park of the Brook Way Activity Centre, Bradley Stoke. Police and fire services were called in the early hours of Monday 27th September after a local resident reported the fire. An Avon Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson told The Journal that two appliances from
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Residents are being invited to turn out to help McDonald’s and Bradley Stoke Town Council tidy up the town on Wednesday (29th September) from 10am to 3pm. More than 20 staff from the McDonald’s restaurant at Cribbs Causeway are due to join Mayor Ben Walker and local MP Jack Lopresti “to target problem areas in Bradley Stoke”, according to a
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A roofer from Bradley Stoke, who was recently voted “Bristol’s Next Top Model”, has starred in a prestigious fashion show at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway. Lee Matthews, 21, was chosen as the male winner of the 2010 Bristol Evening Post fashion contest last weekend, entitling him to make his catwalk debut on Thursday (23rd September) in the Bristol Fashion Week
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