From Abi Hutchinson, Helen O’Grady Drama Academy, Bristol. “Put your money where your mouth is!” was the message from the students of the Helen O’Grady Drama Academy again this year when they raised money for BBC Children In Need by taking part in a National Talking Day (10th November). The Academy, renowned for helping children develop confidence, self esteem and
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Two local MPs were in town recently to take part in a debate about the Big Society with representatives from South Gloucestershire’s voluntary and community sector. MPs Jack Lopresti (Filton & Bradley Stoke) and Steve Webb (Thornbury & Yate) heard about the diversity and value of the work which is already being done in local communities by the voluntary and
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Bradley Stoke Community Radio Association has been awarded a grant of £5,000 from the Quartet Community Foundation’s Grassroots Grants Programme towards setting up a community radio station in the town. The money comes on top of the £2,500 awarded to the group in August by South Gloucestershire Council’s Southern Brooks Area Forum, £1,500 from the same source in 2009, £1,000
Continue readingA new agency branch of Santander Bank has opened in Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. It occupies the same mall unit as the former Nationwide Building Society branch, which closed in mysterious circumstances in February. The new agency is operated by 1st Equity (part of financial services company 1st Group UK of Thornbury), who also ran the Nationwide branch
Continue readingResidents in Bradley Stoke are being asked to be on the look out for a cat that has been missing from the Kings Drive area of Stoke Gifford for over three weeks. The owner writes: She is microchipped, black and white, small to medium build. She is distinctive looking because she is black on her head, nose and around the
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Adverts for vacancies at the new Boots store and regional office in Bradley Stoke have begun appearing on the Boots jobs website. A press release put out by the Willow Brook Centre in August stated there would be at least 30 jobs at the new store, while a planning application seeking to install a mezzanine floor in the unit suggested
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An action day by Filton and Bradley Conservatives last Saturday has given a further boost to the voting figures for our local telephone exchanges in BT’s Race to Infinity broadband upgrade competition. The Almondsbury exchange has now passed the 900 mark and remains on target to meet the qualifying level of 1,000 votes by the end of the competition on
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With The Journal’s ‘Cable my Street‘ campaign well underway, albeit playing second fiddle to the BT Race to Infinity competition until the end of the year, we’d like to hear exactly how good Virgin’s broadband service is in the town, for those that are lucky enough to live in a cabled street. Take our speed test and let us know
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Police are appealing for the public’s help to find 13-year-old Jade Evans. Jade has been missing from her home in Bradley Stoke since the early hours of today (Monday 13th December 2010). Her disappearance is said to be very out of character and officers are very concerned for her welfare. It is thought she may be in the Pilning or
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No you haven’t slept through winter and woken up on 1st April, that really is a question to be considered by Town Councillors at a meeting of the Leisure, Youth and Amenities (LYA) Committee this evening (Monday 13th December). Following the launch, earlier this month, of a government competition to choose a town in the UK which will be bestowed
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