Draft minutes of a recent Bradley Stoke Town Council meeting appear to expose a deceitful attitude to the public consultation process. A resident attending last week’s Full Council meeting queried why the agenda indicated that discussion of issues surrounding the relocation of the Council’s offices would be held in private. Draft minutes of the 17th March meeting, recently published on
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Town Councillors in Bradley Stoke have been discussing options for upgrading direction signs on roads leading to the town centre. The discussion was prompted by a request made to South Gloucestershire Council by the Willow Brook Centre, which wants to see the signs rationalised. At present, visitors looking for the centre face a confusing variety of descriptions on the town’s
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The Journal is pleased to announce that our Filton and Bradley Stoke 2010 General Election page is now carrying automatically updated news alerts from the local candidates of all three major party candidates. Following a request from The Journal, Conservative candidate Jack Lopresti has now fixed the RSS feed on his jacklopresti.com website, which enables us to automatically grab his
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Work on an extension to Bradley Stoke Library began last week, just days before the end of the financial year in which the Council promised to make the investment. Money for the extension was allocated in South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) 2009/2010 budget announced in February 2009 and a planning application was submitted in September. With the end of the financial
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The 1st Bradley Stoke Scout troop has applied for planning permission to site a steel shipping container at Brook Way Activity Centre. The container will be used to store equipment belonging to the troop, which meets at Holy Trinity Church. Bradley Stoke Town Council says it will charge the Scouts a peppercorn rent of £52/year. Related Link: Youth Organisations in
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Councillors on Bradley Stoke Town Council say they will consider supporting a scheme to reduce CO2 emissions and cut electricity bills by turning off some of the town’s streetlights overnight, but only if the financial savings are passed on to local residents. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has been trialing overnight switch-offs in the village of Charfield since June 2009 and
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Two local Brownie packs are to benefit from grants awarded by Bradley Stoke Town Council. The 2nd Little Stoke pack has been given £375 towards the cost of a trip and the 2nd Stoke Lodge pack, which meets at the Jubilee Centre, £500 towards running costs. Three-quarters of the Brownies attending the packs are said to be from Bradley Stoke.
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The Three Brooks Pub in Bradley Stoke is to host a series of sport-themed events to raise cash for Sport Relief. Wii Sports fans can enter a Round Robin Tournament on Wednesday 24th March, featuring bowling, tennis singles and tennis doubles. The tournament starts at 7pm and will run until approximately 10:30pm. The pub’s Wii console will be available for
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The British National Party (BNP) has announced that it is to contest the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) parliamentary seat at the upcoming General Election. The news, which the BNP claims will “shock the party’s opponents”, was revealed in a posting on the far-right party’s website on Saturday (13th March). The article names “lifelong Bristol resident” David Scott as the
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Thursday night’s International Women’s Day celebratory event organised by Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), once again attracted a large and enthusiastic crowd to Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). The evening kicked off with performances from the BSCS salsa band and a musical performance from local girl group ‘Raise Your Voice”. This was followed by an international fashion show, choreographed by
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