There are plently of opportunities to visit interesting properties in Bristol and South Gloucestershire this weekend – and it won’t cost you a penny. Heritage Open Days celebrate England’s fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission. Some 26 properties in South Gloucestershire are opening their
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Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), a community development charity that works with local people to help them identify issues that concern them and to find local answers to local issues, is seeking new trustees to join its governing board. The board meets at least quarterly to ensure that the staff team continue to meet their objectives and to set the
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A dog show staged on Sunday in the car park of Bradley’s Stoke Willow Brook Centre has raised more than £800 for a local rescue charity. The Family Fun Dog Show was organised by the Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG), which specialises in rescuing and re-homing greyhounds and lurchers. A total of 182 dogs attended the event, with many
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Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Planning Committee has objected to a planning application to extend a house in Ormonds Close. This application relates to the erection of a two storey side and rear extension and single storey side extension at 55 Ormonds Close. Committee members voted unanimously to object to the proposal on the following grounds: “over-development of the site” “not
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Local MP Jack Lopresti has opened his new constituency office in Bradley Stoke’s Almondsbury Business Park. The official opening took place on Friday (3rd September), attended by Cllr Janet Biggin, Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, and Cllr Ben Walker, Mayor of Bradley Stoke, along with other local councillors and supporters. The MP for the constituency of Filton and Bradley Stoke,
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The 73A bus route, which served Bradley Stoke and parts of Little Stoke, has been withdrawn by First Group. The service, which ran in the evenings and all-day on Sunday and Bank Holidays, has been replaced by extra journeys on service 73, which uses the more direct route along Orpheus Avenue instead of making a loop along Braydon Avenue, Little
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Toby Cox, the young cerebral palsy sufferer from Bradley Stoke who travelled to the USA for an operation to help him walk unaided, has become something of a local celebrity this week – featuring in the Bristol Evening Post (BEP) and on ITV’s The West Country Tonight news programme. Writing on the ‘helptobywalk’ blog, Toby’s Mum Donna said: “I was
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A Family Fun Dog Show is being held on Sunday (5th September) in the car park of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre, close to the Pets at Home store. The charity fund-raising event runs from 11:30am to 3:30pm, with registration open from 10.30am. Show categories are: Best Puppy (Under 1 Year Old) Best Pedigree (Bitch) Best Pedigree (Dog) Most Handsome
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The first tenant of retail terrace unit 6 at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre will probably be a “value retailer”, according to Centre Manager Scott Lahive. The statement would appear to end speculation that a prestige fashion retailer such as New Look might open at the centre, although one further unit remains unoccupied and could in theory still be taken
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A number of clubs and organisations that operate in Bradley Stoke will tonight (Tuesday 31st) learn the fate of grant applications made to South Gloucestershire Council’s Southern Brooks Area Forum. The Forum, which has £23k to allocate from its Capital Grant Funding scheme, has received 17 applications totalling £37k. Organisations with Bradley Stoke links that have applied for funding include
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