Broadband Minister Ed Vaizey, in town last week to help launch the Conservatives’ local election manifesto, met officials at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to “discuss options” for improving the area’s broadband speeds. The talks came just a day after BT had announced that it is to upgrade the Filton exchange (0117 numbers) to its Infinity superfast broadband technology in 2012.
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A popular car boot sale that takes place near Bradley Stoke is to re-open for the 2011 season at the beginning of May. The Trench Lane Boot Sale, held on Sundays on a farmland site opposite the entrance to Woodlands Golf Club [map], will open for the first time this year on Sunday 1st May 2011. Despite concerns about “heavy
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a knifepoint robbery in Stoke Gifford. Two teenage boys were in Mead Park on Hatchet Road at 3:50pm on Thursday (14th April) when they were approached by another four boys. One of the four boys demanded a gold chain and mobile phones after threatening them with a knife. Police would now like
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Dear Editor, I have lived in The Culvert for just over two years and have been looking at the lack of flowers/plant life around Bradley Stoke in the residential areas. I’m from Shropshire and the town I’m from has won Britain in Bloom on numerous occasions. The main area focused on in Shropshire are the roundabouts. They get local businesses
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In reaction to today’s announcement by BAE Systems of the closure of Filton airfield, Jack Lopresti MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke said: “I am disappointed about today’s news; I live within sight of the runway, and the closure effectively means the end to over 100 years of Filton’s use as an aerodrome, a huge part of our aviation history.
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A local arts development group is staging a day of free music, dance and drama workshops on Saturday 30th April. The workshops, which are suitable for all ages, include rock ‘n roll, guitar, disco, salsa, jazz and street dance, drama, flag spinning, pre-school drama and puppet making. Included is a workshop and performance by the Bristol Concert Orchestra of Prokofiev’s
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Bradley Stoke Town FC (BSTFC) have run out winners of the Gloucestershire FA Intermediate Cup with a 2-1 victory over Mendip United FC. Last night’s match at Oakland Park, Almomdsbury, saw the local team fight back strongly after going 1-0 down 15 minutes into the game. Two goals from central defender Ben Osborne (in the 42nd and 51st minutes) turned
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South Gloucestershire Conservatives promise more police on the beat, the roll-out of superfast broadband and a recycling reward scheme if they win next month’s local elections. The party’s manifesto was launched in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square on Friday, in the presence of local MP Jack Lopresti and the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey. The document, entitled
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The driver of a bus heading for Bradley Stoke stopped his vehicle at Parkway Station and refused to continue his journey, according to a report in the Bristol Evening Post. Ten passengers on the last number 73 bus from Bristol City Centre to Patchway (via Bradley Stoke) on Friday night were told to get off the bus and find their
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The refurbished softplay area at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre re-opens on Wednesday (13th April), complete with a fun day and free sessions for children. Under the new name ‘Labyrinth’, the concept for the new room has been designed to create a fantasy world of dragons, knights and princesses. Young children and their families are invited to attend the day from
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