The past fortnight has seen two further Liberal Democrat campaign leaflets dropping on the doormats of homes in Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbank parish ward, where a by-election takes place this coming Thursday (2nd October). The first leaflet describes the Liberal Democrat candidate, Jon Williams, as a ‘local champion’ and leads on a promise to “fight hard on behalf of the Bowls
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Tesco plc has announced the appointment of Oliver Hill as manager of the new Tesco Extra store that is set to open on Monday 13th October at Bradley Stoke’s new Willow Brook Centre. Mr Hill has been with Tesco for eleven years and hails from Surrey. He now lives locally and has recently been running the recruitment centre for the
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Residents of Bradley Stoke are invited to join local police on a cycle trek around the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve, stopping at relevant points and identifying any issues or problems that require the attention of the community / partner agencies and discussing any probable solutions. The ride takes place this Sunday (28th September), starting from the Three Brooks Lakes
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The Journal has learned that a Special Meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council is to be held next Tuesday, 30th September, at 6pm. The meeting, which will be conducted in closed session on the grounds of “commercial sensitivity”, is said to have a single topic on the agenda: “To consider the Town Centre Development”. Mayor Robert Jones told us: “I
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With the opening of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre now less than three weeks away, more job vacancies have been advertised by tenants of the new development. 1st Equity, who will be opening an agency for the Nationwide Building Society, is looking for a part-time Customer Sales Adviser. The firm is part of 1st Group UK, a financial services company
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Plans for extensions to Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) have received approval from South Gloucestershire Council. The plans include a new sixth form centre (A) at the south-western end of the school’s curved frontage plus the addition of a dance studio (B) and further changing rooms (C) at the rear and side of the existing sports hall. Approval of the
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Budget footwear retailer Shoe Zone is the latest company to reveal it will be opening a store in the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke’s new town centre development. Although there has been no official statement by the centre management, the Shoe Zone store was today added to the store guide shown on the official Willow Brook Centre website, where the
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Residents along pedestrian access routes into Bradley Stoke’s soon-to-open Willow Brook Centre have called a meeting to discuss the increased amount of anti-social behaviour that has been experienced since new access points into the site were opened earlier in the year. The move follows an article that appeared on 27th August in the Bristol Evening Post, in which a resident
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Last Wednesday’s meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council saw local wheelchair footballer Ryan Abrahams’ equipment fund boosted by £500. The Examiner reported in July that Ryan’s mother, Mary, was appealing to local businesses to help buy Ryan a new £4,000 powered wheelchair. The twelve year old, who plays for the Birmingham-based Villa Rockets team, was finding himself outpaced by players
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Friday night sees a brace of “star” events competing for attention at the Town Council’s activity centres. At the Baileys Court Activity Centre (Baileys Court Road), local darts professional Mark ‘Flash’ Dudbridge will be showing the skills that took him to being the 2002 Winmau World Masters champion and answering questions about his career. Nine lucky winners of a raffle
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