The new Peacocks clothing store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre is to open on Thursday (3rd June). Peacocks’ move to Bradley Stoke was first revealed in The Journal back in January when the budget fashion retailer began advertising for staff at a “Bradley Stoke, Bristol” location. Official confirmation came in April, when a press release stated that 15 new
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Students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) are to stage a quiz night on Friday 25th June to raise funds for their World Challenge project, which will see a group of year 10 & 11 students travel to South India in Summer 2011. World Challenge aims to provide educational expeditions to the developing world which teach life skills and expand
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A serious accident involving a cyclist and a car has led to the closing of Bradley Stoke Way between Patchway Brook Roundabout (Pear Tree Road, Bowsland Way, Brook Way) and the Aztec West Roundabout on the A38 Gloucester Road. BBC Radio Bristol reports that police have said that the road is unlikely to re-open before 10am. UPDATE at 9:30am: Bradley
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Vandals have struck again at the play park on Jubilee Green just days after a large number of trees and shrubs forming the final phase of the original Beacon Play Scheme project were planted. Two silver birch birch trees planted behind the staged seating area at the rear of the park were snapped off within a week of being planted
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A Bradley Stoke man has received a kidney from his daughter – despite the fact that they have different blood groups. Engineer Mark Trimby, 47, had the organ transplant from his daughter Carly, 24, in March using a new technique pioneered in Japan which potentially offers hope to more patients with advanced kidney failure. The operation was the first live
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The Bristol Evening Post is quoting Dave Baker, head of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), as saying he is “interested in the idea of [the school] becoming an academy”. The news follows the announcement in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech of plans to take thousands more schools out of local authority control, enabling them to decide how to spend their own budgets.
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Bradley Stoke Town Councillors have successfully fought off plans to install a ‘raised table’ cycle crossing on Baileys Court Road, which they claimed would have caused damage to vehicles and hindered emergency vehicles. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), which had proposed the feature as part of its Cycling City Route 3 scheme, has agreed to alter the crossing to use a
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Bradley Stoke Surgery has announced that it has introduced an online appointment booking system “following feedback from its Friends group”. The news follows criticism at the 2009 Annual Town Meeting, where one resident likened the surgery’s appointment system to something that might be found in a Third World country. Patients leaving feedback on an official NHS website have complained of
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Looking for Anne Taylor, of this area, maybe living in the area around 2001. Anne was a friend of the family. Have not heard from her in a few years. Her last post on Friends Reunited mentions the Bradley Stoke area. People may contact me at: rcms AT aol.com
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The next meeting of the Lakeside Residents’ Association will be held at The Orchard Room, Baileys Court Activity Centre, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm, on 14th June 2010. New members welcome. Area covered: Brake Close, Burden Close, Fennel Drive, Juniper Way, Lavender Way, Marjoram Place, Meadow Way, Sherbourne Ave, The Coppice and The Dell.
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