South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on the statutory notice required to allow off-street parking at a new park and ride facility near Bristol Parkway station. The car park will comprise 200 spaces and be available between 5:30am and midnight. The maximum stay duration will be 18.5 hours. There will be a fixed fee for use of the
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A new monthly farmers’ market that starts on Wednesday this week at the Willow Brook Centre will “bring the countryside back into Bradley Stoke” says Market Manager Jim Wilkie. The proposed market looked doomed earlier this year after a number of businesses at the shopping centre raised objections to its introduction, leading to one Town Councillor labelling the stores “narrow
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Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) says its joint tidy up with the McDonald’s community team was a success, despite having to cancel part of the event due to bad weather. The combined team of 25 McDonald’s helpers, four BSTC members/staff and local MP Jack Lopresti had to abandon plans to paint bus shelters in the town. Instead, they tidied the
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The quest for staff at Bradley Stoke’s soon-to-open Harvester restaurant gets under way in earnest next week with a local recruitment event. An advert placed on the ‘jobsite.co.uk’ within the last few days says the company is looking for: “… enthusiastic, well-motivated and sociable individuals with personality and who enjoy meeting and mixing with people.” The positions available are listed
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South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on plans for an “enhanced crossing point” on Brook Way, between the junction of Courtlands and Wheatfield Drive [street view]. The existing crossing point is to be improved by widening and extending the central pedestrian refuge island and installing a 75mm high, 6m long, raised table. A pair of ‘Children going to
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Advertisements for jobs at the Poundstretcher store due to open soon in Bradley Stoke have appeared online. A press release put out last week by the Willow Brook Centre stated that “over 15 jobs” would be available at the new store when it opens in December. The positions so far advertised include: Store Manager [job reference: BHF/26277] Deputy Manager [BHF/26278]
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Four drivers have been fined for speeding on roads frequented by Bradley Stoke drivers. Police officers from the Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford Neighbourhood Team carried out the speed checks in New Road and Great Stoke Way, Stoke Gifford, and Orpheus Avenue, Little Stoke, on Tuesday 28th September 2010. As well as issuing on-the-spot fines to four drivers, they pulled
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The Stokes Pub Watch scheme, which covers licensed premises in Bradley Stoke, little Stoke, Stoke Gifford and Patchway, is being hailed a success by local police on the first anniversary of its introduction. According to the Bradley Stoke Beat Team’s winter 2010 newsletter, a total of 28 people have been banned under the scheme in the past year and the
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A Bradley Stoke Town Councillor has branded the town’s Mayor “dictatorial” after he failed to invite other Councillors to a meeting with a senior official at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Mayor Ben Walker met alone with SGC’s Director of Children and Young People to find out why Bradley Stoke receives significantly less from SGC than other towns in the district
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Ticket sales for a big top circus performance at a Bradley Stoke school this coming weekend are said to be going well but people are being advised to book in advance to guarantee entry. The grounds of Bowsland Green Primary School in Ellicks Close will be open from 1.15pm on Saturday (9th October) with the performance starting at 2pm and
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