Plans announced last week to turn two granite gate posts in the Town Square at the Willow Brook shopping centre into a war memorial for Bradley Stoke have attracted ridicule in the national press because no resident of the town has been killed in military action. The project, promoted by the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group and Cllr Ben Walker,
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Bradley Stoke is once again looking forward to its annual Bliss Buggy Push event, where parents take buggies and prams out on a walk through the town in order to raise money for babies born prematurely. The event was started off in this area for the first time last year by Kerry Robinson, mum of two. Kerry’s inspiration for drawing
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Bradley Stoke Cricket Club’s First XI, who play in the Bristol & District Senior Division, beat second in the table Hanham by 32 runs on Saturday afternoon at the Baileys Court cricket ground in Bradley Stoke. Bradley Stoke lost the toss and were put into bat, and, with Joe Coles only making 38 and his partner Adam Davis only scoring
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A planning application for the construction of a Tesco ‘Click & Collect’ unit in the car park of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre has been withdrawn following objections about its proximity to nearby residential properties. The supermarket giant had wanted to build the customer collection ‘pod’ at a site on the northern boundary of the car park, immediately behind
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Staff and students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) are appealing for girls and women from the local community to join them in a local ‘Race for Life’ that takes place on Thursday 27th June at 4pm. Local people are being asked to “jog, dance or run” 1-mile around the perimeter of the school to raise money for Cancer Research.
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Hi there, We’re currently looking to move from Kent to Bradley Stoke, but have a problem with primary school admissions. Our eldest starts reception in September 2013, but it seems that most (if not all) of the primary schools are now full, so he may be sent to a school outside the immediate area. Does anyone know where that might
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A manager based at the Bradley Stoke branch of CJ Hole estate agents has won a prestigious national award that recognises the dedication and hard work of the industry’s lettings professionals. Karen Rupprecht was named Best Lettings Manager at a glittering awards ceremony hosted at the Lancaster London Hotel on 24th May, in association with The Times and Sunday Times
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Year 1 children from schools around the Bradley Stoke area entered teams into the Football Festival at the Bradley Stoke Community Festival over the weekend – organised by Martin Lee and other Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) coaches. A total of 13 different schools took part, with 10-minute matches throughout the day, which were enjoyed by everyone who was there.
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Police are asking van drivers to take extra security precautions after seizing a haul of suspected stolen catalytic converters hidden under bushes in a Bradley Stoke business park. The ‘cats’ were discovered in Ash Ridge Road, off Woodlands Lane, in north Bradley Stoke. A member of the public found the hidden items last Wednesday morning (5th June) and police are
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I regularly walk up the pedestrian footpath parallel to the Tesco filling station and outside the Tesco staff entrance with my young children. The children complain about the smoke that they inhale as they walk past the Tesco employee smokers on the corner, where the delivery lorries pass. There has recently been a lot of press coverage of ‘second hand’
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