An attack which saw a group of youths force a snake to bite their 14-year-old victim in Bradley Stoke has hit the national headlines. The story was broken by the Bristol Evening Post (BEP) at 10am on Sunday. Their report, titled “Teen attacked by Bristol gang ‘brandishing snake’“, said the incident had occurred in Merryweather Close, Bradley Stoke, on Saturday
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Cable company Virgin Media is laying new fibre optic broadband cable in Bradley Stoke but it seems that homeowners are unlikely to benefit from the work. Contractors have been digging trenches to take a spur off the Virgin Media network from a point on Bradley Stoke Way close to the pedestrian crossing south of the Savages Wood Roundabout. The new
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Construction of the new post-16 (sixth form) centre at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is now underway, with completion expected by May next year. Contractors Thomas Vale Construction moved onto the site just days after the school term finished at the end of July and they have now fenced off an area at the southern end of the existing school
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An ice cream vendor’s application to be allowed to trade at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre has failed to impress Town Councillors. G & J Ices has applied for street trading consent to operate from a pitch alongside the town’s new shopping centre. When the application came before the July meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Planning Committee, Councillors voted
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Local football club Bradley Stoke Youth FC is to start three girls’ teams in the new season that starts in September. The club says it is looking for female players for three new teams covering the U9, U10 and U11 age groups. Training for all teams will start on August 11th and all interested girls are welcome to attend. The
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Three further stores could open next month (August) at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke’s new town centre shopping development. The town’s first cycle shop, branded “Giant Cycles“, is set to open on Wednesday 15th August according to a source within the owning company, ZeroG. The sizeable store, on the corner of the main mall building at the Bradley Stoke
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The Governors of Wheatfield Primary School and a number of residents of Wheatfield Drive have registered concerns over the proposed construction of a new MS Therapy Centre on land off Bradley Stoke Way. An organisation known as The Moonstone Appeal submitted plans for the new centre to South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) in June. Those plans showed access to the site
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The Journal has learned that local charity Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP) has been successful in its bid to retain the contract for youth work provision in Bradley Stoke. Youth work in the town was thrown into confusion late last year when Bradley Stoke Town Council decided to terminate its direct relationship with SBCP and instead work “in partnership with
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Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has issued a statement confirming that the recently-opened play park on Jubilee Green has been temporarily closed “to allow completion of the site”. The move confirms a comment left by a reader on this website yesterday (Monday 27th July), which claimed that the park had already been closed just days after the grand opening last
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A 29-year-old man is fighting for his life in hospital after being assaulted in a Bradley Stoke street, according to a report from the Bristol Evening Post. The report says the attack happened at around 11pm on Saturday night (25th July) near the junction of Pye Croft [map] and Westfield Way in the north of the town. The paper quotes
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