Bradley Stoke’s first-ever cycle shop – known as “The Giant Store – Bristol” – staged a belated official celebration of its opening last Saturday (7th November) with a stunt show in the Town Square. Shoppers were treated to a day of shows courtesy of British trials rider and multiple World Record holder Andrei Burton, who is currently ranked number five
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A Bradley Stoke company has denied any connection with misleading slimming trial offers being offered over the internet. South Gloucestershire Council has received over 250 complaints, some from as far away as Australia and Canada, concerning two companies that use an Arden Close address as the location of their registered office. The complaints centre around signing-up with internet businesses using
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Local police have announced that a Pubwatch scheme is now up and running in Bradley Stoke. Three pubs in Bradley Stoke -The Bradley Stoke, The Three Brooks and Baileys Court Inn – have joined The Travellers Rest in Patchway and Stoke Gifford’s Parkway Tavern and Beaufort Arms as founder members. Neighbourhood Beat Manager PC Steve Palmer was instrumental in setting
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Residents of Bradley Stoke and beyond are being asked for their views on the town’s Jubilee Green play park, adjacent to the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The park was officially opened in July 2009 following two months of construction funded by the Big Lottery Fund, South Gloucestershire Council and Bradley Stoke Town Council. The Friends of Jubilee Green,
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A Bradley Stoke man, convicted of money laundering and controlling prostitution at Swansea Crown Court in November 2007, has been ordered to pay back a six figure sum or face two more years in prison. Nicholas Tredgett has been given four months to pay £138,987 after the same court refused to accept his defence that a large portion of the
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Bradley Stoke Town Council’s 7th annual firework display has been hailed a tremendous success by both organisers and residents after record crowds braved the cold to watch the event at the Jubilee Centre on Sunday. Official estimates put the attendance at between five and six thousand and organisers confirmed this as a new record for the event. The 6pm start
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St Mary’s RC Primary School in Bradley Stoke is one of six schools in South Gloucestershire to have been awarded grants totalling nearly £37,000 to encourage safer, greener routes to school. The money will be used to encourage safer walking to school, introduce road markings to improve safety near school buildings, erect bike storage and teach pupils about sustainable transport
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Businesses, staff and shoppers at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre have come together in an early expression of Christmas spirit to collect around 300 shoeboxes for needy families in Eastern Europe. Kumon Educational UK, which has a regional office in the town centre complex, has teamed up with Link Romania as part of its corporate social responsibility programme, and students
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Trials rider Andrei Burton will be appearing in the Town Square of the Willow Brook Centre on Saturday (7th November) between 11am and 3pm to celebrate the official launch of the Giant cycle store. Andrei, one of the world’s top ten mountain bike trials riders and current world record holder will perform a jaw-dropping stunt show on his Giant Trials
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Bradley Stoke’s new Pets at Home superstore will open its doors at 9am today (Friday) at the Willow Brook Centre, followed later by an opening ceremony, when the winner of The Journal’s Pet Idol 2009 competition will make a star appearance. VIP (Very Important Pet) ‘Albert’, an eleven week old Jack Russell puppy, will join store manager Russell Hardiman-Richards to
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