The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and April UK are the latest local firms to support the West of England MS Therapy Centre, located in Wheatfield Drive, Bradley Stoke. The two firms recently released some of their employees from their regular working duties to spend time at the centre, helping out with some gardening, painting and decorating. Workers from the
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By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. All Alun Griffiths works at Aztec West, Bradley Stoke Way north of Patchway Brook Roundabout (near Aldi) and around Webbs Wood Roundabout are complete. South Gloucestershire Council continues to work in the vicinity of Aztec West on the separate (i.e. non-MetroBus) A38 southbound widening and roundabout improvement scheme. South of Patchway Brook
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Thirty-six Scouts and volunteer leaders from the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group recently returned from an action-packed activity week in France. Staying at a campsite in Hauteville-sur-Mer, Normandy, they spent the week engaged in a number of activities, including climbing, rafting, kayaking, high ropes, crate stacking, archery and fencing. For many, this was the first time they had encountered the opportunity
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Local Rainbow leader Catherine Dixon writes: 1st Bradley Stoke Rainbows have had a busy summer term working on their ‘World’ badge finding out about the world around us. We made bug homes, explored the local area and made an edible wormery. As well as our usual weekly meetings, we have visited Brownsea Island, the birthplace of Scouting and Guiding, and
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Advertising Feature: A local motor trade company is celebrating the opening of a new MOT and Service Centre in north Bristol. LCM Automotive, well known for selling quality used cars and commercial vehicles in the local area, has recently opened the centre at a site on Golf Course Lane, Filton BS34 7QS. Business owner Nick Malpas, who established LCM Automotive in 2013, says
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An update from Jenny Thompson of Bradley Stoke Woodcraft Folk. Camping trips are often the highlight of the year for many of our young members and this one was no exception. Fifty campers set off for a week by the sea in Wales. Being close to to sea meant sandcastles, body boarding and exploring the coast. Back at camp there was
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On Saturday 24th June, Bradley Stoke Netball Club (BSNC) celebrated over 15 years of the club with a charity fundraising evening in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, BSNC’s chosen charity for 2016/17. The event was a year in the planning and nearly 80 past and present BSNC members and their families attended the fun-packed night in the Heineken Lounge at
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Local police are appealing for information after a fire at the home of a woman and her two young children, which they believe was started deliberately. The fire at a property in Ellicks Close, Bradley Stoke caused extensive damage to the garage, including a number of appliances and garden tools, as well as a car parked on the driveway. The incident happened at about 3.45am on
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Work to build a new sewer pipe beneath the M4 motorway has reached an important milestone, with tunnel boring now fully under way at the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve in Bradley Stoke. As part of its work to complete the final phase of the £15 million Frome Valley Relief Sewer scheme, Wessex Water is tunnelling beneath the motorway from a site adjacent
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An update from Andy Ward, Bradley Stoke Carnival Committee. Bradley Stoke Carnival takes place this year on Saturday 26th August, from 11am to 6pm, on Jubilee Green, Savages Wood Road BS32 8HL. The aim of the carnival has always been to bring the community of our town together for a great day of family entertainment that doesn’t have to cost the
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