Most schools in Bradley Stoke are planning to re-open today (Friday) after being closed for two days following heavy snow falls on Tuesday night. Bradley Stoke Community School and five of the town’s six primary schools have indicated that they will open, although in most cases at a slightly later time than normal. St Mary’s RC Primary is yet to
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Heavy falls of snow overnight have closed schools and disrupted public transport in Bradley Stoke. Update at 7:50am: Five schools in the town have been declared closed First Group and Wessex Connect bus services are suspended For the latest information see our Snow Watch page and listen to BBC Radio Bristol.
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Entries have opened for the 2010 Bradley Stoke Aquathlon (swim + run) and the organisers say they are particularly looking to attract teams from local buisnesses to enter this year’s event. Following the highly successful inaugural staging of the race last year, which attracted almost 100 competitors, organiser Sandra Webber of Thornbury Running Club (TRC) says she is hoping for
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Deadline for Nominations and Entries: Saturday 9th January Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP) would like to remind readers of an important deadline in connection with their International Women’s Day event, which takes place in March. Winsome Barrett-Muir of SBCP writes: “Every year International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world to acknowledge and show appreciation for women and their role
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Budget fashion chain Peacocks looks set to be the next retailer to open at the Willow Brook Centre after the company began advertising for jobs at a “Bradley Stoke, Bristol” location. In a recent interview, Willow Brook Centre Manager Scott Lahive told The Journal that Peacocks had “shown interest” in opening in Bradley Stoke. The news that the company is
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Local bus operator First Group has announced further cuts to services between Bradley Stoke and Bristol city centre. The 73 service, which currently runs every 12 minutes during off-peak day time hours from Monday to Saturday, will operate at a reduced frequency of every 15 minutes from Monday 8th February. The company says it is making the changes to “improve
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To end the year, we take a look back at some of the main Bradley Stoke news stories of 2009: January saw changes to the route of the 73 bus service, meaning that it would no longer visit the MOD complex at Abbey Wood or the Aztec West Business Park. Journey times to Bristol city centre became a few minutes
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Back on 13th October, the first anniversary of the opening of the Willow Brook Centre, we took a look back over the development’s first year of operation. This is the somewhat belated second part of our report. You can read part one of this article here. In the first part of our interview, Scott Lahive, Centre Manager, said he was
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The relocation of Bradley Stoke’s youth clubs to the Brook Way Activity Centre has claimed another victim with the news that the Black and Blues Netball Club has “reluctantly” decided to move to a different venue. The netballers first came into confrontation with youth workers just days after the youth club moved in on 5th October. Youth leaders “mindful of
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If you haven’t bought your Christmas tree yet (or just fancy an extra one to fill that empty space in your Bradley Stoke mansion), there are plenty going free at the town’s Willow Brook Centre. Hundreds of unsold “real” trees, mostly around 8ft tall, have been abandoned by a seller in the car park of the centre and a source
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