Construction of the new Beacon play park on the Jubilee Green, Savages Wood Road, finally got underway this week as contractors moved onto the site. The park was originally expected to be finished by Easter, with an official opening planned for the Community Festival in June, but delays and setbacks have seen the projected completion date slip to the end
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The 2009 Bradley Stoke Community Festival is to feature local bands and dance groups at the Jubilee Centre Arena on Saturday 13th June. Performances will start at 12:30pm and run through to a later than usual closing time of 8:30pm. Musical styles on offer range from samba through Afro beat and jazz to 50s and 60s covers, while dance groups
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Bradley Stoke’s first-ever betting shop is set to open its doors to the public this Wednesday at the town’s Willow Brook Centre. Fitting-out of the interior of the new Ladbrokes store is now complete and the all-important satellite TV equipment has been installed. Twenty flat screen TVs will bring live odds and sporting action to the punters of Bradley Stoke.
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Bradley Stoke has plenty of events to keep the children occupied this half term, with activities on offer at the Leisure Centre, Library and Willow Brook Centre. Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre’s May Half Term Holiday Programme (for children aged four to sixteen) runs from Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th May and includes activities ranging from rollerskating to basketball. Bradley Stoke Library
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Mark Forsyth (Conservative, pictured left) was appointed Chair of Council and Mayor of Bradley Stoke at last night’s Annual General Meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council. Cllr Forsyth was elected to the Town Council at the May 2007 election and represents the Primrose Bridge parish ward. At the time of his election, he lived in Saxon Way, but has since
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A new organisation which will allow members of the public to have a say on how health and social care services are run in South Gloucestershire has its inaugural meeting this Thursday (21st May). Local Involvement Networks (LINks) aim to give citizens a stronger voice in how their health and social care services are delivered. Run by local individuals and
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Bradley Stoke looks likely to have a new Mayor later this week after the current incumbent, Cllr Robert Jones (Conservative), indicated that he plans to step down at the Town Council’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). Cllr Jones, attending one of his last official duties at the start of a sponsored walk in aid of the NACC on Sunday afternoon, told
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Bradley Stoke’s first-ever dental surgery opened for business today on the first floor of the mall building at the town’s Willow Brook Centre. The opening marks the end of a long campaign to secure NHS dental provision in Bradley Stoke and follows years of frustration for residents, during which they have had to travel to practices in neighbouring towns. The
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Property owners in a wealthy neighbourhood of Bradley Stoke have been accused of an illegal land grab by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The owners of a number of executive properties in Champs Sur Marne are understood to have extended their rear gardens beyond the original boundary into a strip of woodland that separates them from the grounds of Bradley Stoke
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Bus services have been partially restored to Bradley Stoke’s town centre this week, after a break of over twelve months during building works. Services were suspended from April 2008, when construction of a new car park got underway, despite earlier plans to provide a temporary bus stop within the centre as building work progressed. Bus passengers using the centre have
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