Bradley Stoke Town Council has admitted that its latest newsletter understates the cost of building its new office at the Jubilee Centre. The latest edition of the glossy 8-page newsletter, delivered to all homes in the area over the last few weeks, puts the “total expenditure to date” at £293,461 but enquiries by The Journal have revealed that this figure
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Bradley Stoke Town Councillors have been given a briefing about a proposed new use for the former Winterbourne View care home [map], which was the centre of a patient abuse scandal exposed by the BBC’s Panorama programme last year. Ten carers previously employed at the former secure hospital for adults with learning difficulties have since pleaded guilty to charges of
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A senior Post Office manager has reiterated the organisation’s stance that opening a branch at the Willow Brook Centre would affect the viability of other post offices in the area. The news was revealed at last week’s meeting of the Town Council’s Planning Committee, where the content of a letter from Tony Jones, Post Office Regional Network Manager (Wales &
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Hi Everyone, We are thinking about moving house soon to the Patchway area. Can anyone tell me what the traffic is normally like on the A38 between Patchway and Aztec West as the house we are looking at is along this stretch? I know it used to be bad in the evening but no idea about on a morning; not
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A by-election is looking increasingly likely for the seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council left vacant by the resignation of a Councillor last month. The Returning Officer at South Gloucestershire Council has today issued a notice of election for the vacant seat representing the Meadowbank parish ward, previously held by Barry Mitchell (Conservative). Mr Mitchell, elected in May 2011, quit
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Significant changes are to be made to bus services in Bradley Stoke from September, following the decision of Wessex Connect to discontinue the U7 and U8 that currently provide the only daytime services between the south of Bradley Stoke and Bristol city centre. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has announced the introduction of a new number 74 service, which will replace
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Young people aged 8 to 16 in Bradley Stoke are being invited to earn rewards by taking part in a community project over the summer holidays. The Dreamscheme programme is a youth volunteering scheme that gets young people involved in their community and rewards them with points that can be used for trips or rewards. WORK = POINTS = REWARDS
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Consumers in Bradley Stoke will be able to shop for longer on Sundays for the next seven weeks after the Government relaxed Sunday trading rules for the duration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The change was announced in the 2012 Budget and it means that shops with a relevant floor area of more than 280 square metres will not
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A third Bradley Stoke Town Councillor has switched allegiance from the Conservatives to the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Cllr Kim Harris, who lives in Kemperleye Way and represents the Meadowbank parish ward, has resigned with immediate effect and joins fellow UKIP Town Councillors Ben Walker and Ed Rose. The latter pair were welcomed into UKIP by party leader Nigel Farage
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With the London 2012 Games now just three days away, there’s a chance to have your photo taken with an Olympic torchbearer at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre this afternoon. Maggie Glastonbury, who carried the Olympic flame through Bristol on 23rd May, will be bringing her Olympic Torch along between 12pm and 2pm. People will be able to have their
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