Specsavers’ new store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre is set to open on Monday 5th October, according to Centre Manager Scott Lahive. The opticians group, revealed as a new tenant in July, plans to open in mall unit 4 (to the left of the Carphone Warehouse outlet) on Monday 5th October. Shopfitters have been working on the inside of
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Plans for an extension of Bradley Stoke Library have been submitted for approval after funding for the project was announced in South Gloucestershire Council’s 2009/2010 budget earlier this year. Documents supporting the application justify the work on the grounds that Bradley Stoke Library currently provides just 13.7sqm of space per 1,000 residents compared to the value of 30sqm recommended by
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A new bowls club could take up residence at Bradley Stoke’s Baileys Court Activity Centre in 2010, following secret talks between Deputy Mayor Ben Walker and a former president of the now disbanded Northavon Bowls Club. The bowling green at Baileys Court has been virtually unused for the past two seasons after the old bowls club failed to come to
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A new Shopmobility facility is to open soon at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The move follows Shopmobility South Gloucestershire’s application for a grant towards the project, which gained approval at a recent meeting of the Southern Brooks Area Forum. The total cost of the project is said to be £8,000, which includes the purchase of four ‘Shoprider’ powered
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A number of youth football teams in Bradley Stoke are looking to recruit new players as the 2009/2010 season gets under way. Bradley Stoke Youth FC is recruiting players for its new Under-7s team. Contact Marlon on 07872 399053, or Gunnar on 01179 096557 if you are interested. Bradley Stoke Youth FC also needs players for its new Under-10s and
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Police are appealing for information after three cars were damaged and a female was assaulted in Bradley Stoke in the early hours of Sunday 13th September. The incidents occurred at about 1.30am in Stevens Walk (off Hawkins Crescent), when a male could be heard behaving in a loud and abusive manner in the street. Police say that three cars –
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A meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) on Wednesday (16th September) this week is to be told that one of the seats on the Town Council has become vacant. A spokesperson for BSTC declined to name the Councillor involved and said that no further details would be revealed until the vacancy was formally announced on Wednesday evening. The vacancy,
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Officials at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) have recommended that plans for the construction of a new Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre on land off Bradley Stoke Way be given the green light. The Moonstone Appeal wants to build the centre as a replacement for the existing West of England MS Therapy Centre in Nailsea, which it claims is poorly located and
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was assaulted at a pub in Bradley Stoke. The incident occurred on Friday 28th August 2009 at around 9.30pm at the Three Brooks Public House, Savages Wood Road (near Tesco Extra). Police say the victim heard a dispute at the bar and tried to intervene. He was then assaulted by
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Local Liberal Democrats have suffered a setback in their campaign to win the parliamentary seat of Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) at the next general election with the news that their prospective candidate has resigned. John Kiely was selected in April 2008 as the party’s prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) for the newly created FABS constituency. He wasted little time in
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