Police are investigating an assault that occurred in in North Road, Stoke Gifford in the early hours of Sunday morning (16th October). The victim, a 19-year-old man, was walking home along North Road at around 2am when a vehicle pulled up alongside him and several people got out. One assaulted the victim, knocking him to the floor, at which point
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Everyone had great fun on the Stokes Cycling Club’s first mountain bike ride last month, and after requests for more, they are running another on Saturday 22nd October, starting at 2pm from Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. It will be about 12 miles long, goes to Tockington and Old Down, and is mainly on tracks and bridleways, so a mountain bike
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Filton and Bradley Stoke MP Jack Lopresti has spoken in the House of Commons in a debate on the response to the summer riots. Mr Lopresti argued that strong role models and an improvement in social mobility are just as important as prosecution and appropriate sentencing. In the debate Mr Lopresti said: “Young people tend to be drawn to gang
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A formal petition calling on South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to implement a series of road safety improvement measures on Bradley Stoke Way is to be officially launched tomorrow (Saturday 15th). The move comes after an accident on Friday 30th September at a recognised crossing point on the busy road, in which a 13-year-old boy, believed to have been riding a
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Bradley Stoke Netball Club has been awarded the Bronze CAPS Clubmark Award. The prestigious recognition from England Netball is given to clubs who can demonstrate that they offer a good quality netball provision within their community. The Club Action Planning Scheme (CAPS) is part of the Sport England Clubmark accreditation system, the only national cross-sports acknowledgement for clubs with junior
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Community groups in and around Bradley Stoke are asking residents to vote for them in a nationwide competition that is offering £6,000 grants for local projects. NatWest CommunityForce has been set up by the banking group to act as a platform to help local projects and charities raise awareness of their work. In the North Bristol area, around 30 organisations
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A charity that offers rent-free space to community groups is to open a new ‘hub’ on the Almondsbury Business Park in the north of Bradley Stoke. Care 4 Community, a registered charity which currently runs projects at a number of venues in the West Midlands, plans to open the hub later this year at Unit 11, Apex Court [map]. The
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The Hilton Hotel in Bradley Stoke has been named the most popular destination in the south west for couples having affairs. The Bath Chronicle says the Woodlands Lane hotel heads the results of a survey carried out by what is claimed to be the biggest online dating website for married people and those already in a relationship. Convenient links to
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An article in Bradley Stoke Town Council’s latest newsletter reports a worrying increase in incidents of vandalism directed at Council-owned facilities in the town. The Council says it spent over £7,000 to repair vandalised property during the last financial year (2010/2011) and a similar sum (£6,750) has already been spent in the first half of this year. The figures do
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Dave Baker, headteacher at Bradley Stoke Community School, is to take on the leadership of a second school in the North Bristol area. Following an announcement on Monday 3rd October that Abbeywood Community School’s headteacher Ann Duff had resigned from her post with immediate effect “for personal reasons”, Mr Baker has now been appointed Executive Headteacher of both schools for
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