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Thursday 13th May 2010 SH (Editor)

Community Shield football tournament to raise funds for Toby

A community football tournament organised by the local police team is to help raise funds to send a five-year-old boy to the USA for a life-changing operation. The Bradley Stoke Community Shield five-a-side football tournament, to be held on Saturday 5th June at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, will raise money to help cerebal palsy sufferer Toby Cox. Family and friends

Tuesday 11th May 2010 SH (Editor)

Have your say at the 2010 Annual Town Meeting

Residents of Bradley Stoke are invited to have their say at the Annual Town Meeting on Wednesday evening (12th May) at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road (7:30pm start). The meeting will receive summary reports from the Chair of Council (Cllr Mark Forsyth), the Chair of the Finance & Leisure Committee (Cllr Ben Walker) and the Chair of the Planning,

Sunday 9th May 2010 SH (Editor)

First class result for Bradley Stoke OU student

A Bradley Stoke woman has gained a first class honours degree from the Open University (OU), nine years after depression forced her to quit her studies at Plymouth University. Michelle Morton, a teaching assistant at St Bonaventure’s school, Bishopston,was awarded her degree at a ceremony in Torquay on Saturday 17th April. She says her BSc in Social Sciences will now

Jack Lopresti wins in Filton and Bradley Stoke.

Friday 7th May 2010 SH (Editor)

Jack Lopresti clear winner as Labour push Lib Dems into third

Conservative Jack Lopresti has run out the clear winner in the vote for the Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency. Labour’s candidate Ian Boulton defied the bookies’ odds to clinch second place by a narrow margin over Peter Tyzack of the Liberal Democrats. Full result: Jack Lopresti (Conservative) 19,686 Ian Boulton (Labour) 12,772 Peter Tyzack (Liberal Democrats) 12,197 John Knight (UKIP)

Brook Way Polling Station, Bradley Stoke

Thursday 6th May 2010 SH (Editor)

Polling stations open for General Election

Bradley Stoke has seven polling stations open today for voting in the 2010 General Election. Voters have a choice of eight candidates vying to be the first Member of Parliament for the newly-created Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) constituency. The local polling stations (open until 10pm) are: Brook Way Activity Centre Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road Holy Trinity Church, Broad

Thursday 6th May 2010 SH (Editor)

Fish and chip shop to open in Town Square

A new takeaway outlet is set to open in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square in a few weeks time. Posters advertising a Simpson’s Fish & Chips shop appeared on Town Square unit 9 (next to Ladbrokes) over the weekend and work has already started on fitting out. Owner Brian Simpson, who currently has shops in Cheltenham and Chepstow, told The Journal

Polling Station Sign (photo by Paul Downey).

Wednesday 5th May 2010 SH (Editor)

General Election battle goes down to the wire

The closely-fought battle for the newly-created constituency of Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) has seen Jack Lopresti (Conservative) edge back into a small lead, according to the Electoral Calculus website. The political prediction website had previously given Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Tyzack a tiny 0.15% lead – on the back of the national ‘Clegg Effect’, which peaked after the second

Tuesday 4th May 2010 SH (Editor)

New bowls club officially opened at Baileys Court

The new Bradley Stoke Bowls Clubs (BSBC) was officially opened on Saturday (1st May) by the legendary David Bryant CBE, three-times world champion and four-times Commonwealth Games champion. Club bowling has been absent from Bradley Stoke’s Baileys Court green for the past two seasons after the eviction (and subsequent demise) of the former Northavon Bowls Club following a rent dispute

Friday 30th April 2010 SH (Editor)

Police take action on drugs following community tip-offs

Police in Bradley Stoke say they have taken action on drug misuse in the town following tip-offs from local residents. A statement in the recently-published April/May issue of the Bradley Stoke Police Newsletter reads: “Thanks to intelligence from members of our community. With the information we have received we have successfully carried out four drugs warrants over the last few

Houses of parliament/Westminster Palace, London [photo by Sir James; licence: cc/by-sa/3.0]

Thursday 29th April 2010 SH (Editor)

Election “expert” predicts narrow Liberal Democrat victory in FABS

Local Liberal Democrats have been buoyed by the news that a well-known election prediction website is forecasting a narrow victory for their candidate in the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) constituency. The Electoral Calculus website, which claims to incorporate regional as well as national swings in its modelling, is currently predicting that Peter Tyzack (Liberal Democrat) will take the seat