A local community organisation is seeking nominations for the first ever Outstanding Women’s Awards open to women and girls living in Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke, Stoke Lodge, Stoke Gifford, Patchway and Filton. Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP) is running the competition as part of its celebrations for International Women’s Day. The winners will be honoured at a presentation evening on
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A medical practice serving a large part of Bradley Stoke has submitted plans for a major expansion. The Stokes Medical Centre in Braydon Avenue, Little Stoke, has made a planning application to South Gloucestershire Council that would see the surgery increase its floorspace by 125%. Also featured in the plans are an opticians’ unit, a dental unit and a “diagnostic
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Fashion store New Look looks likely to feature as a key component in Phase 2 of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The news is revealed in an updated version of the Willow Brook Centre marketing brochure, available on the Alder King website, which shows unit three of the retail terrace being ‘under offer’ to the fashion group. The Journal understands
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NHS South Gloucestershire has confirmed that two new NHS dentists are expected to be operational in Bradley Stoke from April 2009. The news confirms an exclusive story carried in The Journal last August. The two chair dental surgery will be based in ‘mall office unit #1’ (shown red in the plan below) on the first floor of the Willow Brook
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New crime maps published by Avon and Somerset Police show Bradley Stoke to be an island of low crime incidence within South Gloucestershire. The town’s crime figures fall into the ‘below average’ category, meaning that the crime rate is between 12.5% and 37.4% of the national average. Neighbouring areas Stoke Gifford, Winterbourne and Severnside all fall into the ‘average’ category
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At the end of the Journal’s first calendar year of publishing, we take a look back at the main events of 2008 in Bradley Stoke. Check out the Bradley Stoke Review of 2008 album in our Photo Gallery. January saw the first concrete poured for the new town centre site. Foundations were laid for the new petrol filling station and
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A Bradley Stoke skydiver is appealing to local businesses for help in funding her participation in a world record skydive attempt that will take place next September in California. Sarah Churchill, a 24 year old nurse, took up the sport whilst studying for a nursing degree at the University of the West of England. She trained at Frenchay and Southmead
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In our Photo Gallery: Bradley Stoke Christmas Lights [album; slideshow] Bradley Stoke Christmas 2008 [album; slideshow] Useful holiday information: Christmas opening hours at our local shopping centres
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A new Sure Start family support centre looks set to be established at Bradley Stoke’s Bowsland Green Primary School following a decision by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Sure Start centres provide a range of services such as advice and information for parents on a whole range of issues, health visitor support, training for parents on issues such as parenting, breastfeeding
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A public meeting has been called to discuss proposals for a major new play park on the Jubilee Green at Savages Wood Road, following complaints that there has been insufficient public consultation over the project. News of the project first surfaced back in February, with the Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) newsletter announcing the award of £55,00 for a “Beacon
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