Wednesday’s meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s (BSTC’s) Finance & Leisure Committee was told that the cost of the new Jubilee Green play park is likely to be £50k more than had been originally estimated. The March meeting of Full Council had been told that tenders for the project would be opened on 3rd April and that work should start
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Patient registrations for Bradley Stoke’s soon to open NHS dental practice have begun with the launch of a new website. Phoenix Dental Ltd, which already operates practices in Almondsbury, Kingswood and Yate, has announced that Bradley Stoke’s first-ever NHS dentist will open on Monday 18th May. Patients can now book check-up appointments online at: http://www.phoenixdental.co.uk/bradley_s/ Bookings are also being taken
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A new litter picker, recruited by Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC), was officially welcomed to his role by Mayor Robert Jones and other Councillors at a photo call on Thursday morning at the Brook Way Activity Centre. Dave Dace, whose official job title is ‘Mobile Cleansing Operative’ (MCO), started work this week and has already begun to make an impression
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Popular mobile takeaway outfit Papas Pizzas has been granted a licence to trade from the car park of Baileys Court Activity Centre in Bradley Stoke on Thursday and Friday nights. South Gloucestershire Council approved the licence application at today’s meeting of its Licensing Sub-Committee, despite “representations” from seven property owners living within 100m of the site. Papas proprietor Santiago Pablo
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Familiar green bus shelters on the 73 bus route through Bradley Stoke are being replaced with shiny silver ones funded by the Greater Bristol Bus Network (GBBN). The old green shelters, owned and maintained by Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC), are beginning to show their age and the Council has sruggled to keep them free of graffiti. Lib Dem Councillor Jon
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Bradley Stoke has plenty of events to keep the children occupied this Easter holiday, with activities on offer at the Leisure Centre, Library and Willow Brook Centre. Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre’s Easter Holiday Programme (for children aged four to sixteen) runs from Monday 6th to Friday 17th April and includes activities ranging from trampolining to karate. Bradley Stoke Library has a
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Pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Holy Trinity Primary School achieved some of the best marks in the country in recent Key Stage 2 (KS2) tests. All Year 6 pupils at the school achieved at least a ‘Level 4’ grade in each of the three subjects tested (English, maths and science), leading to an overall AGG (aggregate) score of 300. The maximum
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The Journal has introduced two new sections in the information section of our website to highlight the successes of local businesses and community groups. First up in the Business Showcase section is The Kudos Group of Stoke Lodge, which offers leadership and management training courses. The company also offers a ‘rent a desk’ facility for small businesses. The Community Showcase
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The Stokes Medical Centre in Braydon Avenue, Little Stoke, has submitted a second application for its planned extension after the initial plans were rejected by South Gloucestershire Council. The earlier application, made in January, was withdrawn after planning officials indicated that they were minded to refuse it “on design grounds and non contribution to transport measures”. A new application was
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Bradley Stoke Community School has had its funding application for a post-16 centre approved by the Learning and Skills Council. Plans for a two-storey sixth form centre, dance studio/gym and single-storey changing rooms were submitted to South Gloucestershire Council in July 2008 and received approval from planning officials in September 2008. Writing in today’s school newsletter, headteacher Dave Baker says:
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