The proposed closure of the historic Filton Airfield by the end of 2012 is to be discussed at a public meeting this Monday evening (19th September) at the Filton Community Centre, Elm Park, Filton, commencing at 7pm. The Journal understands that the meeting will be attended by Andrew Cheesman of BAE Aviation Services, South Gloucestershire Council’s Chief Executive Amanda Deeks,
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I had an email from Plusnet (my ISP – I moved when they offered broadband for £6.49) this week advising me that the Almondsbury exchange has now been upgraded to 21CN and they can now offer an “Upto 20Mb” service from this exchange, and that anyone currently on the “upto 8Mb” service will be upgraded for free. Previously on BT
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A Bradley Stoke motorist is claiming that police and community volunteers carrying out speed checks in the area have been improperly “hiding” behind road signs and bushes during their monitoring operations. Mark Setterfield, 26, claims that members of the recently formed Community Speed Watch team and assisting PCSOs are violating police guidelines that require speed traps to be clearly visible
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Bradley Stoke Town Football Club is delighted to announce that on Saturday 17th September 2011, their new clubhouse location at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road, will be officially launched. The club’s nickname is “The Hornets”, so it is fitting that the clubhouse will be called “The Hornets Nest”. Club Secretary Nick Potter said: “We are very proud to be
Continue readingA girl from Bradley Stoke has made it through to the final of a popular Bristol talent contest. Emily Baker, 11, took part in a heat of Junior Search For a Star 2011 at the Fry Club in Keynsham last Sunday and was selected to progress to the final of the competition on 9th October, when there will be cash
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The Stokes Cycling Club stages its first-ever mountain bike ride, ten miles long, this Saturday (17th September), leaving at 12 noon from Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. Anyone reasonably fit, with a mountain bike, is welcome to join in. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. The event leader, highly experienced rough stuff rider and qualified coach Andy Parker, will
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The parliamentary constituency of Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) could be renamed Thornbury and Filton if changes proposed by the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) remain unchanged after a public consultation period that starts today. A recent Act of Parliament called for the total number of constituencies in England to be reduced from from 533 to 502 and deemed that
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South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on proposed casualty reduction measures for the Patchway Brook Roundabout on Bradley Stoke Way (adjacent to the Aldi store). The purpose of the scheme is to reduce the number of personal injury accidents involving cyclists and motorcyclists at the roundabout, which joins Bradley Stoke Way, Pear Tree Road, Brook Way and Bowsland
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Two Bradley Stoke residents have featured in a series of articles published by the Bristol Evening Post to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the USA. Sara Jones was visiting New York en route to Atlanta on the day of the attacks. She was walking in Battery Park, just a few hundred metres away from the Twin
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South Gloucestershire’s three-day Heritage Open Days event may be coming to an end but there’s still chance to visit a number of local places of interest this Sunday (11th September). Winterbourne Medieval Barn, just the other side of the M4 from Bradley Stoke, will be open to the public from 2pm – 5pm. Demonstrations of a 200-year-old cider press will
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