Bradley Stoke Netball Club’s (BSNC’s) Second Team headed to the Sir Bernard Lovell Sports Centre to face their local rivals Winterbourne on Saturday. In the first quarter, Winterbourne were out of the blocks fast but Bradley Stoke goal keeper Kim Sutton had an excellent five minutes when she blocked at least ten shots or passes denying the Winterbourne side goals.
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Town Councillors keen to see Bradley Stoke enter the Britain in Bloom competition have set aside a budget £18,000 to drive the project forward. The move follows the publication of a reader letter in The Journal in April 2011, in which a resident complained of the lack of flowers around Bradley Stoke and called on the community to get together
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A team from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has won the local stage tournament of the 2012/13 npower Football League Girls Cup, which took place at the Bristol North Goals Soccer Centre on Friday 23rd November – organised by Bristol Rovers Football in the Community. Nine local secondary schools competed in this year’s tournament, showcasing some wonderful football and highlighting
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Just as hedgehogs are preparing to go into hibernation for the coldest months of the year, local residents have reported numerous sightings of the harmless, prickly creatures. It’s not unusual to see these nocturnal animals foraging for food in your garden after dark, but recent reports made by residents to local wildlife organisations involve hedgehogs being spotted during daylight hours,
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Young master chefs of the future put their culinary skills to the test earlier this month at Bradley Stoke Community School as they competed in a hard-fought cooking competition. The three hopefuls, all pupils at the school, were taking part in the local round of the Young Chef of the Year competition, organised by Bristol Aztec Rotary Club. Each competitor
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With no local football surviving the weekend weather, Journal sport reporter Connor Summers turned his attention to important fencing and basketball events in Stoke Gifford. The WISE Campus, part of South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, was the host of a national fencing competition on Sunday (25th November). Competitors from all over the country came to compete for points which allowed
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Folks, There have been recent cases of burglaries in Bradley Stoke where Asian homes have been targeted. I know of four cases myself. This is just to make everyone aware so that any suspicious activities can be reported to police. Many thanks, Anupam Related link: Burglaries affecting Asian Households (a presentation from Avon and Somerset Police)
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A group of residents in south Bradley Stoke say they are outraged that their request for a pedestrian crossing facility on a busy section of Brook Way has been deleted from a list of projects under consideration by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Members of the Lakeside Residents’ Association have been campaigning for three years for the Council to install a
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The installation of speed humps on the approach road to the Willow Brook shopping centre in Bradley Stoke has completely eliminated accidents, according to the centre’s manager Scott Lahive. Traffic calming measures were installed on the road twelve months ago, following a series of accidents that the centre said were attributable to speeding. Mr Lahive reported in a written response
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Traffic in Bradley Stoke was gridlocked once again tonight, with a solid line of vehicles down the entire length of Bradley Stoke Way (southbound) and queues starting just before the Willow Brook Centre in the other direction. In contrast to previous days when the congestion resulted from road closures caused by flooding, tonight’s gridlock is understood to be a result
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