Frustrated broadband users in Bradley Stoke have been given new hope of an improvement in connection speeds after BT launched a scheme whereby residents can vote for their neighbourhood to be fast-tracked for the installation of superfast broadband. The Race to Infinity Scheme invites residents to vote online for their area to become one of the first to enjoy fibre
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Last Saturday’s Community Showcase event in the Town Square has been hailed a success by organisers and stall holders. The event, now in its second year, saw over 30 local businesses and organisations promoting their activities to shoppers at Bradley Stoke’s popular Willow Brook shopping centre. The event got underway at 11am with a colourful flag-waving display from the South
Continue readingA group of finance managers from across the country are the latest to have climbed Kilimanjaro in a bid to raise funds for charity. A team from the international company Bibby Line Group undertook this amazing challenge in Tanzania this month to raise money for various causes. Leanne Green and Lee Trego, from Bibby Financial Services in Bradley Stoke, were
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Entries have opened for the 2011 Outstanding Women’s Awards, organised by Southern Brooks Community Partnership. Awards will be made in the following categories: Community Award Personal Achievement Award Young Woman Award Winners will receive a certificate and a prize. Persons nominated must live in: Bradley Stoke, Patchway, Filton or Stoke Gifford For nomination forms and further information please visit your
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Budget chain Poundstretcher has been revealed as the “value retailer” that will be opening soon in Bradley Stoke’s new town centre. A press release put out today (Friday) by the Willow Brook Centre says the “UK’s original value store” is due to open on Friday 10th December. The Journal understands that the firm will be occupying unit 6 of the
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A Bradley Stoke man has been jailed for nearly three years after exposing himself via a webcam to what he thought was a 13-year-old girl. In fact, his obscene act was being watched by Australian police officers, who had posed as children on a social networking site. A raid on the 42-year-old’s Lavender Way home uncovered 3,000 child pornography images
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The second annual Community Showcase event for the Severnvale locality is being staged in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square at the Willow Brook Centre tomorrow (Saturday 2nd October). Organised by Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), the event gives the local community an opportunity to meet local groups and businesses as well as representatives from the local police, churches and schools. Up
Continue readingJack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, went to Washington DC last week as part of his duty as an Executive Officer of the British and American Parliamentary Group. Jack was part of a delegation of Members of Parliament who flew to the USA on a trip to promote friendly relations and mutual understanding between MPs and Members of
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A bike versus car rush hour challenge, which saw a cyclist race a driver between the Willow Brook Centre and the Aztec West Business Park on Tuesday last week, was won in convincing style by the two-wheeled competitor. Rider Craig Denning of Dream Cycling Club took on Jack fm driver Martin Hiscox over the 1.2 mile route, with the pair
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Athletes from Bradley Stoke Judo Club proved they were amongst the best in the country by winning two silver and one bronze medals at the British National Judo Championships on Sunday 19th September. The event, held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, saw the best 10 and 11-year-olds in Britain compete for Judo medals in their respective
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