A local man has posted a video of “Bradley Stoke from the air“, filmed from a radio-controlled (R/C) glider, on YouTube. Greg Willis, of Diana Gardens, launched the aircraft from the area known as “The Tump” in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve and the three-minute film shows views of Bradley Stoke Community School, the Leisure Centre, The Lakes and
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The Conservatives are this morning celebrating a remarkable clean sweep of all the District and Town Council seats in Bradley Stoke. The town’s five seats on South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) are now held by Conservatives after Ben Walker beat Jon Williams (Liberal Democrat) by a comfortable margin of 139 votes in Bradley Stoke North. Bradley Stoke Central & Stoke Lodge
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Bradley Stoke has seven polling stations open today for voting in the 2011 District & Town Elections and the national AV Referendum. The local polling stations (open until 10pm) are: Brook Way Activity Centre Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road Holy Trinity Church, Broad Croft Baileys Court Activity Centre Evangelical Church, Baileys Court Road St Joseph’s Centre, Juniper Way Church of
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Supporters of the NO to AV campaign have been shouting the loudest in Bradley Stoke in an effort see off the possible introduction of the Alternative Vote method for selecting Westminster MPs. Local MP Jack Lopresti and Conservative activists manned a stall in the Willow Brook Centre on Saturday 16th April, where they distributed leaflets describing AV as a “Lib
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With 29 candidates contesting 15 seats, this week’s Town Council election could potentially throw up a few changes on the local political scene. The Conservatives have the greatest number of candidates (15, the same as in 2007) and are the only party with the potential to make a clean sweep. The Labour Party, not currently represented on the Town Council,
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A Fun Dog Show is to to take place this Sunday (8th May) in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square. Organised by the Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG) and sponsored by the Willow Brook Centre, the show includes a total of 14 classes, ranging from “best puppy” to “dog the judge would most like to take home”. The show runs from
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A colourful Royal Wedding street party held in Bradley Stoke’s Garrett Drive has raised over £250 for a local breast cancer charity. Around 70 residents and friends attended the party on the afternoon of the Royal Wedding (Friday 29th) and the money was raised from a tombola stall and competitions such as “guess the number of sweets in the jar”
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The Bristol Evening Post reports that an Ormonds Close man helped save a youngster injured in a Bradley Stoke play park by plugging a hole in the child’s head with his finger, in order to stop blood spurting from a wound. The child is said to have struck his head when doing a back flip from the top of a
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Local elections on Thursday this week (5th May) see all the seats on South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) up for grabs. Electors will also be asked to vote yes or no to the introduction of the Alternative Vote system for choosing MPs. Most residents will by now have had a fair few election leaflets through
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A report in the Bristol Evening Post claiming that Town Councillors are looking into the possibility of providing a shelter outside Bradley Stoke Surgery “so that people queuing to see a doctor don’t have to stand in the rain” has been rubbished by Town Mayor Ben Walker. Cllr Walker told a meeting of the Town Council’s Finance Committee that the
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