Forecasters are predicting fine weather for two family-friendly events taking place at Bradley Stoke’s Jubilee Green this weekend. The fun gets under way at 7:30pm on Friday (7th September) with FREE live music and screenings of “fun, family-friendly short films” by a solar-power outdoor cinema. The event is being staged by the organisation behind the Encounters Short Film and Animation
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Bradley Stoke Town FC hosted their first league game of the season on Tuesday evening (4th September) at the Jubilee Centre but eventually lost the game 1-0. The game started brightly with chances at either end of the pitch, the majority of them going to Bradley Stoke. Manager Jon Welsh making the most of the agile Adam Hay up front
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The members, staff and Committee of the West of England MS Therapy Centre have announced that their new centre in Bradley Stoke will be officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal on Wednesday 31st October 2012. The West of England MS Therapy Centre is a centre of excellence for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to receive therapies and support from
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A meeting of the Southern Brooks Area Forum in Patchway this evening (Tuesday 4th September) will discuss grant applications from two Bradley Stoke organisations. Area Forums, organised by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), give local people the opportunity to talk about issues and concerns that affect their neighbourhoods. They champion local needs and aspirations and gather the views of residents about
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There were massive celebrations at Bradley Stoke Cricket Club on Saturday as both the first and the second teams won promotion to the Senior Divisions of the Bristol and District league for next season (2013). The first team secured a victory over Whitchurch Cricket Club on Saturday afternoon. An outstanding 75 not out from overseas player Bhushan Mankar, who has
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A minor by-election for a vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council seems to have taken on an unprecedented significance for two of the contesting political parties. The vacancy, resulting from the resignation of Barry Mitchell, is being contested by candidates from the Conservatives, Labour and UKIP, with the latter party hoping to increase its representation on the Council following
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The south of Bradley Stoke will get a much improved daytime bus service from Sunday (2nd September), when First Group introduces the new 74 service, but other parts of the town will see services reduced. The new service, which replaces the U7 and U8 services currently run by Wessex Connect and the 73B run by First Group, will serve Bradley
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A Bradley Stoke woman is preparing to compete in her fourth Paralympic Games, twenty years after making her debut in Barcelona (1992). Karen Butler, who has lived in Bradley Stoke for 19 years, will be representing Great Britain in three shooting disciplines: Women’s R2-10m Air Rifle Standing-SH1, Women’s R8-50m Rifle 3 Positions-SH1 and Mixed R6-50m Rifle Prone-SH1. Her previous best
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On Monday 13th August 2012, Bradley Stoke Bowls Club hosted a Men’s City & County of Bristol Bowling Association match versus Monmouthshire Bowling Association, the first county match to be played at Bradley Stoke Bowls Club since its establishment in 2010. Monmouthshire won the match by 124 – 113. Photo 1: Local rink from Bradley Stoke BC. left to right:
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The cost to local taxpayers of the unexplained incident in which weedkiller was applied to the town’s Baileys Court cricket square has risen to £15k after Councillors agreed to reduce the rent charged to Bradley Stoke Cricket Club for next season. Damage to the cricket square first came to light in March, when staff noticed the grass was starting to
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