But have you received your new bins and recycling bags? South Gloucestershire Council’s new kerbside recycling collection service for plastic bottles and food waste begins next week (Monday 22nd November) but not all households have received their new bins. A package of two grey bins for food waste and a white bag for plastic bottles should have been delivered to
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A new electrical store, trading under the world-famous Panasonic brand, is set to open at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre on Saturday 4th December. The shop, occupying mall unit 1b (between Subway and Carphone Warehouse), will be operated by Pana Stores (South West) Limited, bringing the company’ s portfolio to a total of six stores, including one in Clifton, Bristol.
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The former Curves ladies-only Gym at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre looks set to re-open as a financial services office. Brookmaker (GP) Ltd, which appears to be a private subsidiary of Tesco, has applied to South Gloucestershire Council to change the use of mall unit 12 from “Gymnasium (Class D2)” to “Financial and Professional Services (Class A2)”. Curves gym, which
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People in Bradley Stoke are being given the chance to attend an exclusive preview event at the town’s new Harvester restaurant, which is due to open at the Willow Brook Centre on Tuesday 23rd November. Manager Adam Giles said: “We want to invite 100 volunteers to sample the freshly prepared dishes on our Salad & Grill menu for free on
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The Friends of Jubilee Green (FoJG) group has announced that it has been unsuccessful in a grant application for further equipment at the play park on the green. A message on the group’s website reads: “Unfortunately, we were not successful in our first ever grant application to Biffa to raise £50,000 for the Youth Structure and flying carpet.” Biffa’s feedback
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Plans to install an “enhanced crossing point” on Brook Way, between the junction of Courtlands and Wheatfield Drive [street view], have received minor modifications following a public consultation. The proposed works include widening and extending the central pedestrian refuge island and installing a 75mm high, 6m long, raised table across both carriageways. South Gloucestershire Council says there were six responses
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The Bradley Stoke Journal is seeking volunteers to help promote its campaign for better broadband in the area after receiving sponsorship of £500 from two local businesses. The money will be used to print banners, posters and leaflets for display and distribution around Filton, Almondsbury & Bradley Stoke. The initial focus of the campaign will be to encourage residents and
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Staff at the Hilton Hotel in Woodlands Lane, Bradley Stoke, have raised £952 towards the Cots for Tots charity appeal. Employees raised the money through two 5km sponsored walks. The Cots for Tots appeal is raising £1 million to provide four life-saving cots and a new intensive care suite at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St Michael’s Hospital Bristol.
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A pre-school in Bradley Stoke has been rated “satisfactory” by an Ofsted inspector, who visited the ‘early years’ care provider in October. The family-run Covey Pre-School, based at Baileys Court (opposite the Beijing restaurant), has a capacity for 26 children between the ages of two and five and it currently has 43 on roll. The inspector wrote: “Covey Pre-School environment
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Roadworks on the A38 Gloucester Road (south of the Aztec West Roundabout) that were due be completed by the end of October could disrupt traffic for a further month, according to South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The work to install a new northbound bus lane on the approach to the roundabout began in April and was scheduled to be completed by
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