At Wednesday night’s meeting, Bradley Stoke Town Council proposed spending some £3,500 of council tax payers’ money (possibly rising to £4,500) on celebrating the forthcoming Royal Wedding. This will take the form of a large TV screen, stalls and bunting etc. Personally I am against this proposal, especially in the light of our current financial and economic conditions but I
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Local police have revealed that a murder suspect was arrested at a property in Bradley Stoke’s Wheatfield Drive just hours after a fatal stabbing in nearby Patchway. Speaking at the Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community Group meeting on Tuesday night, Inspector Bob Evely said a man was detained at around 5:30am on Sunday 9th January, three hours after the
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is staging a meeting for parents/carers this evening to communicate the latest results of research into the possibility of the school converting to academy status. The school first registered its interest in becoming an academy in June 2010, following an invitation from Education Secretary Michael Gove issued shortly after the General Election. The school Governors
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) gets a mention in an article in today’s Guardian that claims school uniforms do not improve learning results. The article quotes American academic David Brunsma, who has concluded, after eight years of research, that “uniforms do not make our schools better”. BSCS headteacher Dave Baker is mentioned in connection with the school’s clampdown on ‘Miss
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The Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community Group (SSCG) meets on Tuesday (18th January) at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road (7pm start). Items scheduled for this month’s SSCG meeting include: A presentation on the 2011 Census Updates on the possible closure of pedestrian entrances to the Willow Brook Centre from the Manor Farm Crescent area A presentation by Bradley
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A Bradley Stoke woman has written a book that she feels will give hope and ideas to other parents who are trying to connect with an autistic child. Renitha Tutin, who has lived locally since 1997, has written the book to share the experiences and strategies she and her husband have used to help their autistic son develop, understand and
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Roadworks to to install a new northbound bus lane on the A38 Gloucester Road in the vicinity of the Aztec West Roundabout are likely to continue until the end of January, according to South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The works, which have involved frequent lane closes on the busy route, began in early April 2010. The completion date was originally given
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I have decided to shop elsewhere (Aldi) as I feel that Tesco’s are taking us for mugs with their increasing prices. Even their “Sale” prices have been increased before the sale price has been added. I have heard from numerous other people who are now beginning to shop at Aldi and it is quite easy to save £30 on a
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This really is getting beyond a joke: http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4531-bt-announce-41-market-towns-to-benefit-from-super-fast-broadband.html How on Earth, in the South West, can they justify giving fibre to the cabinet to places like Westbury, Devizes, Dartmouth and Wimbourne before they properly complete the cities? Jack Lopresti should be asking some very serious questions about this now as it looks as if we’re not even likely to get
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As part of the events programme to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, South Gloucestershire Council is piloting an event at Bradley Stoke Library called the Human Library. A Human Library is where the public take out a book in the form of a person who can provide first hand experience of an issue, belief or experience. Over a period of about
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