The Journal has learned that the Returning Officer at South Gloucestershire Council has received a valid request for an election to contest the vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council created by the resignation of Cllr David Skeet (Conservative). The request is understood to have been made by local Liberal Democrat supporters. Voters in Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbank parish ward could
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Conservative-led Bradley Stoke Town Council is considering going green by purchasing an electric vehicle for use by its maintenance staff. The Council currently operates a red two-stroke pickup van from its Brook Way Activity centre. The van can often be seen on the town’s roads en route to the Council’s other centres at Savages Wood Road and Baileys Court Road.
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Parents of children looking to start primary or secondary school in September 2010 are being told to avoid using the postal service to submit their applications. Royal Mail workers are expected to strike on Thursday and Friday this week, which means that application forms sent through the post may fail to arrive in time for the deadline of 4:30pm on
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The Asian community in the South-West will be celebrating Diwali in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square this coming weekend. Radio Mast FM, an Asian radio channel in the South-West, is staging a road show on Saturday afternoon (17th October) to mark the occasion of Diwali (festival of light) – celebrated by Hindus all over the world. The theme of the event
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Volunteers from the Bradley Stoke community joined the Town Council’s litter picker Dave Dace in an end of summer ‘clean up’ last Saturday. Mr Dace, whose cumbersome official title is ‘Mobile Cleansing Operative’ (MCO), was joined by a number of high profile volunteers including Mayor Mark Forsyth, Town Clerk David Chandler and the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Filton and
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Today (Tuesday 13th) marks the first anniversary of the opening of the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke’s long-awaited town centre shopping development. Construction of the centre finally got underway in December 2007 after years of planning re-thinks and financial setbacks. Phase one of the development, consisting of the main mall building (incorporating the giant Tesco Extra store) and two sides
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Bradley Stoke Community School is to hold a ‘post-16 open evening’ this week to inform parents and carers of the courses that it plans to offer at the school’s new sixth form centre. Pupils currently in year 11 (the school’s first intake) will be eligible to continue their studies at the new centre when it opens its doors in September
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A clinic offering chiropractic and physiotherapy services is to open soon at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The Willow Brook Clinic is set to open on Monday 2nd November and will offer private chiropractic, physiotherapy, sports injury rehabilitation and massage services. The clinic will occupy suite 2a on the upper floor of the mall, within the ‘East Offices’ section.
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Residents of Bradley Stoke have two opportunities to get involved in improving the local environment over the coming weekend. Saturday (10th October) sees the Big Clean Up, an end of summer clear up in Bradley Stoke and the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve. Volunteers are asked to meet at 10am at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road, BS32 8HL [map].
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A former member of the Bradley Stoke Neighbourhood Policing Team is now back on the beat thanks in part to funding from Bradley Stoke Town Council. PC Claire Fletcher has returned to the beat after having nine months off on maternity leave. The Town Council agreed in July to become the first town/parish authority in South Gloucestershire to contribute towards
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