National telecoms firm BT has been chosen as the preferred bidder for South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) state-aided broadband improvement project which promises to bring superfast connection speeds to 90% of the district by 2015. BT was selected in preference to the only other bidder, Fujitsu, a firm which has yet to win any of the contracts being offered by Councils
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Carol Baker, Chairperson of Bradley Stoke Community Singers, has written to tell us about the successful first meeting of a new community choir in Bradley Stoke. A great big THANK YOU to those of you who attended the first-ever rehearsal of the Bradley Stoke Community Singers! What a fantastic evening with 53 people attending! The dream became a reality! Many
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APRIL UK, one of the UK’s leading providers of income protection and health insurance policies has confirmed its commitment to Bradley Stoke by moving its headquarters to a larger building on the Almondsbury Business Park in the north of the town. Previously based in a 2,000 sqft unit at Apex Court, the company this week moved into April House, a
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First Group has introduced additional late night bus journeys on the number 73 Bristol City Centre to Cribbs Causeway route but passengers heading for Bradley Stoke aren’t seeing the full benefit because the buses terminate at Bristol Parkway Station. From the beginning of this week, buses are leaving Rupert Street in the city centre at midnight, 1am and 2am –
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Bradley Stoke Town FC’s First Team travelled to Downend to face Downend Foresters in the Junior South Cup. The game was tense but ended 5-3 to Downend. It was, however, Bradley Stoke who scored first, a magnificent through ball from midfielder Brad Clarke played in Lukas Entoundi who was able to beat the keeper, slotting the ball into the bottom
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Town Councillors have voted unanimously to replace “No Dogs Allowed” signs at sports grounds in Bradley Stoke after residents claimed the wording was contradictory to the Council’s longstanding official policy of allowing responsible owners to exercise their pets at the sites. New signs reading “Responsible Dog Owners Welcomed” will now be installed in their place. The matter came to the
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Time is running out for fans hoping to get free tickets to see JLS perform at The Mall’s Christmas charity concert this Thursday (8th November). A crowd of 10,000 is expected at the ticket-only event to see the band turn on the Christmas lights and officially open The Mall’s Winter Wonderland. The Mall will be giving away a limited number
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Bradley Stoke’s ever-popular Town Council Fireworks Display takes place this year on Sunday (4th November 2012) at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road [BS32 8HL, map]. As in previous years, entrance to the display is free but there will an entry point collection for the Mayor’s charities, which this year are the Alzheimer’s Society Bradley Stoke Sports & Social Club
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Princess Anne visited Bradley Stoke yesterday (Wednesday 31st October), to officially open the the new West of England Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre that has been constructed on land between Wheatfield Primary School and Bradley Stoke Way (near Primrose Bridge). The bespoke therapy centre for people with MS and other illnesses with similar symptoms opened its doors to patients earlier this
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Bristol Aztec Rotary Club, the local branch of Rotary International, recently staged an awareness day at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke and Journal reporter Kieran Hyland went along to find out more about their work in the local community and beyond. Rotary International is a worldwide organisation that aims to bring together business and professional leaders in order
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