A police officer has told a court he is living in fear of having contracted hepatitis C following an incident that started in Bradley Stoke. Police were called to Stanshaws Close in the early hours of Sunday 18th September 2011, where they encountered a 32-year-old man who swore at them and threatened them. The man was pepper sprayed by officers
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The highlight of a busy weekend in Bradley Stoke will be Sunday’s annual renewal of the Bradley Stoke Fireworks Display organised by the Town Council. As in previous years, entrance to the display is free but there will be an entry point collection for the Mayor’s charities, which this year are the Bradley Stoke Scout Group and the Three Brooks
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[Advertising Feature] A new cycle repair business has just started in The Stokes, offering local cyclists efficient, affordable bike repairs when it suits them. Bike Fix Bradley Stoke is unique as it is not only mobile, but uses a Dutch cargo tricycle to visit the customers and fix their bikes when it’s convenient for them. The tricycle was specially imported
Continue readingA Bradley Stoke man has been jailed for a year after police discovered evidence that he had viewed images of child pornography on his laptop. The 46-year-old accountant, of Little Meadow (near Baileys Court), was caught after staff at a Tesco store where he had taken his laptop for repair notified police of their concerns that it had been used
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Is there a black market in cardboard recycling bags? I’ve come home mid afternoon to find my green cardboard recycling bag missing again. This is the second time. That’s following on from losing three blue IKEA bags which I was putting the cardboard out in. What the heck’s going on? Are they in such short supply that people are simply
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A public exhibition in Bradley Stoke later this week will provide more information about a major motorway upgrade scheme that is about to commence on the M4 and M5 near the Almondsbury Interchange. The £88.6m managed motorway scheme – the first of its kind in the South West – will involve the use of variable mandatory speed limits and use
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South Gloucestershire Council has started a second round of public consultation on its proposal to install a raised table road hump at a zebra crossing in Pear Tree Road, Bradley Stoke. The exercise, which runs until Wednesday 23rd November, relates to the statutory notice that the Council is required to publish before constructing the road hump. According to the notice,
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Local MP Jack Lopresti joined the Stoke Gifford Branch of The Royal British Legion (RBL) to launch their Poppy Appeal at Bristol Parkway Station last Friday (28th October). The station is one of the main sites for the branch’s fundraising efforts, along with Sainsbury’s supermarket in Stoke Gifford and the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke. The branch, which covers
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[Advertising Feature] The Fireworks Shop in Patchway, North Bristol, has opened again for business and will be trading through to Monday 7th November. Whether you are having a Guy Fawkes party at home or taking fireworks to your friends, don’t miss the opportunity to buy all your specialist, display-quality, fireworks from our store at Coniston Road (just off Patchway Roundabout)
Continue reading[Advertising Feature] Are you fed up with Zumba? Bored of the whole craze of dance ‘fitness’ classes, which has been sweeping the nation? Would you like to get back to a ‘proper’ workout ethic where exercise is exercise and not pretending to be something light and fluffy? Do you recognise that to get real results you have to put in
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