Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a missing man from Bradley Stoke. Paul Molton was reported missing on Friday 30th April 2010 but has not been seen since Tuesday 20th April 2010. He is described as a white man, around 5ft 10ins tall with receding grey straight hair. He has a leg brace and walks with a
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The closely-fought battle for the newly-created constituency of Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) has seen Jack Lopresti (Conservative) edge back into a small lead, according to the Electoral Calculus website. The political prediction website had previously given Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Tyzack a tiny 0.15% lead – on the back of the national ‘Clegg Effect’, which peaked after the second
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The new Bradley Stoke Bowls Clubs (BSBC) was officially opened on Saturday (1st May) by the legendary David Bryant CBE, three-times world champion and four-times Commonwealth Games champion. Club bowling has been absent from Bradley Stoke’s Baileys Court green for the past two seasons after the eviction (and subsequent demise) of the former Northavon Bowls Club following a rent dispute
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Dear editor so the truth is out. whoever the next government are, they will be making massive spending cuts to our public services brilliant eh (!) they give themselves a pay rise, massive expense accounts and a second home while we have to put up with savage cuts in funding to our public services (!) stuff that!!!! lets just kick
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Police in Bradley Stoke say they have taken action on drug misuse in the town following tip-offs from local residents. A statement in the recently-published April/May issue of the Bradley Stoke Police Newsletter reads: “Thanks to intelligence from members of our community. With the information we have received we have successfully carried out four drugs warrants over the last few
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Local Liberal Democrats have been buoyed by the news that a well-known election prediction website is forecasting a narrow victory for their candidate in the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) constituency. The Electoral Calculus website, which claims to incorporate regional as well as national swings in its modelling, is currently predicting that Peter Tyzack (Liberal Democrat) will take the seat
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One thousand balloons were launched from the Town Square on Saturday afternoon, in the latest event to raise funds to send a local boy to the USA for an operation that will help him walk. Five-year-old Toby Cox, who attends Holy Trinity Primary School, was born with cerebal palsy. He can only walk with the aid of a frame and
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Please can someone tell me if the times have changed for the Trench Lane Car Boot on Sundays. I think they start again next weekend? 2nd May. A few years ago they started at lunchtime with set up in the morning but no buyers till 1:00pm I think? Is this still the case or has it changed??? Thanks
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A new club for leisure cyclists in the ‘Five Stokes’ area is holding its inaugural meeting on Tuesday (27th April) at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, starting at 7:45pm. Local resident Brian Bingham, one of three founder members of the new club, says he was inspired to set up the ‘Stokes Cycling Club’ after taking part in last year’s Bristol’s Biggest
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Bradley Stoke’s Mayor Mark Forsyth has called an Extraordinary and Confidential Meeting of Full Council on Wednesday 28th April, starting at 7pm. The meeting will preceed the regular Planning Committee meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm. The main agenda topic is to “consider and action the recent Council Staff Pay Grading and Restructuring Review”. Due to employee/employer confidentiality
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