A poetry and photography competition is to be run in conjunction with an event that celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD) in South Gloucestershire. Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), which organises the annual IWD event at Bradley Stoke Community School, says: We want to hear from you about one woman who has influenced your life; your mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend,
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Local party activists have been busy campaigning for the Meadowbank by-election, which takes place on Thursday this week (26th November). Liberal Democrat candidate Sachin Singhal attended last week’s meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council, where he made use of the “questions from the public” session to confront Councillors with a query about healthcare provision in the town. According to Mr
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Bliss Nails and Beauty, based at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, has opened a second outlet at the newly-refurbished Yate Leisure Centre. The new salon was officially opened by Heart FM breakfast presenters Paulina and Troy. Read more: Gazette Series
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A collection in aid of Many Tears Animal Rescue during 13th-15th November at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke, raised a total amount of £1,352.19. We are sincerely grateful to the Management at the Centre for allowing the collection and to the Bristol public for their amazing generosity. Thanks also go to all the volunteers who gave up their time
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Heart FM’s breakfast team of Bush, Troy and Paulina are to broadcast live from the Willow Brook Centre this Thursday (26th November) as part of the shopping centre’s Christmas lights switch on event. Family entertainment from 3pm in the Town Square will include Santa’s reindeer, children’s rides and a stilt walker. The centre is promising that “snow will be falling
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Bowsland Green Primary School has submitted a planning application to create eleven additional parking places within the school grounds despite having to withdraw a similar plan earlier this year because planning officials considered it “contentious”. South Gloucestershire Council’s Local Plan suggests a cap of one parking space for every two members of staff, but with 15 spaces already available for
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Phoenix Dental Bradley Stoke is offering free oral cancer screenings for all patients as part of their NHS check up. The action is in support of November’s Mouth Cancer Action Month organised by the British Dental Health Foundation and Denplan. The practice will also be manning a display stand at the Willow Brook Centre Bradley Stoke on Sunday 22nd November
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Former Liverpool and Zimbabwe goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar is to speak at a function in Bradley Stoke on Saturday 5th December. The ticket-only event will take place at Baileys Court Inn after the footballer has played for Winterbourne United in their their Gloucestershire FA Trophy clash with Patchway Town. Tickets are said to be available from the pub. Read more: BBC
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— Click a thumbnail image to view a larger version — Three teams from a Bradley Stoke street dance group were victorious in their respective classes at the recent 2009 UDO Welsh Street Dance Championships in Newport. Fahrenheit Dance Studio Bristol’s K Boom team (pictured above, left) came first in the under-10 newcomer category. The group’s Escape team (centre) were
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The Bradley Stoke branch of Curves, the worldwide ladies-only fitness and health group, has ceased trading at the town’s Willow Brook shopping centre. Staff at the branch were told three weeks ago that the franchise was in financial difficulty but management said they were hopeful that the situation would improve in the new year, when gyms traditionally see a surge
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