Bradley Stoke Town FC’s First Team, who hadn’t played since 17th November last year, finally got their first game of 2013 on Saturday when they travelled to play Seymour United in a hard fought game that saw the sides draw 2-2. Seymour, who had played some excellent football during the first half, were the ones who took the lead as
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Bradley Stoke Town Council could still increase its precept (share of the Council Tax) for 2013/14 after six Councillors called an emergency meeting to reconsider a decision, made only two weeks ago, to freeze it. A Council press release put out on 17th January boasted of the precept being frozen “for a historic fourth year in a row” following a
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Residents of Stoke Gifford have woken up to the fact that 3,800 new homes are likely to be built on land to the east of the village by 2027 and many of them aren’t happy about it. A packed meeting at Little Stoke Community Hall last week saw planning officials heckled by angry residents who expressed fears about the impact
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Pupils at Bradley Stoke Community School have been engaged in numerous extracurricular activities in this academic year, and one of these has involved volunteering with the Forest of Avon Trust. A group of Year 9 students from the school went into the woodlands near Wick, just before their Christmas school holidays, in order to help the organisation with its work.
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Cable company Virgin Media has confirmed that it has no current plans to extend its network in Bradley Stoke, claiming that demand for its services is “well below” the level required to justify investment. The news is revealed in a letter to the Town Council, which had asked the company for an update on it plans after rival telecoms operator
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The snow and ice put an end to most local sport last weekend but it failed to deter a hardy group from local ladies’ running club Sole Sisters, who took part in a 12-mile training run near Bitton Station on Saturday. Club member Karen Gaman said: “A huge well done to the Sole Sisters who turned up on Saturday to
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A Council Committee is to examine the licence of a popular Bradley Stoke pub after two people living in a neighbouring residential property lodged an application for review under the Licensing Act 2003. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is currently running a public consultation on the application, which it says has been made on the grounds of “prevention of crime &
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Council seeks views on plans to build 5,700 homes on and around the Filton Airfield site South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has extended the deadline for comments on its draft Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the proposed Cribbs/Patchway New Neighbourhood, which could see 5,700 new dwellings built in the area by 2027. The area covered by the new neighbourhood
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Heavy falls of snow have led to the closure of all schools in Bradley Stoke today (Friday 18th) and disrupted travel throughout the area. The snow arrived, as predicted, in the early hours and continued throughout the morning rush hour. The Met Office reported that 7cm of snow had been recorded at Filton Airfield by 9am. News about which schools
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Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) is a local FA Charter Standard Community Football Club working in association with the Gloucestershire FA to develop youth football in the area. They have been in operation for over 14 years. The club currently caters for U5 to U18 mixed football teams and U9 to U14 girls’ football teams. The club has school link
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