Tasha Mason (13) a student at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), has been selected from an initial 19,500 entrants into the semi-finals of the annual ‘Teen Queen UK‘ beauty pageant. Tasha was invited to enter the competition whilst visiting ‘The Clothes Show Live’ in Birmingham last year with her mother Vicky. She’s now battling for a place in the London
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A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being pinned between two vehicles on Bradley Stoke Way at around 6:45pm last night (Tuesday 15th January). The man, believed to be in his 20s, was taken to Frenchay Hospital with what were described as “life changing injuries” following the incident on the Savages Wood Roundabout, near Bradley Stoke Leisure
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On Saturday, Bradley Stoke Netball Club’s (BSNC) 2nd team took on Team Bath seconds in a hard fought game that saw Bradley Stoke come away with a 53-41 victory. Last time the two sides met, Bath came away winners, so Bradley Stoke looked to get off to a good start. They ran away with the lead in the first two
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A Bradley Stoke pub that closed for refurbishment last September is to re-open under a new name in early March. The former ‘Bradley Stoke’ pub in Brook Way (near the Aldi supermarket), which was recently sold to Marstons plc, is scheduled to re-open as ‘The Hollow Tree‘ on Monday 4th March. The pub ceased trading on 27th September 2012 and
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Temporary closure of Little Stoke tip The Sort It! civic amenity site in Station Road, Little Stoke, is to be closed for two weeks in February to allow essential maintenance work to be carried out. The site will be closed from Monday 4th February to Sunday 17th February inclusive, during which time work will undertaken to improve facilities and maintain
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A new bus service is to be introduced from next Monday (14th January), linking the Willow Brook Centre with Bristol city centre, via the Frenchay campus of the University of the West of England (UWE). Wessex Red’s number 13 service is being extended to serve Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke, Stoke Lodge and Filton, with a 20 minute frequency Monday through
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There is an increasing problem with travellers in the Bradley Stoke area. My son has told me on numerous occasions that they intimidate local children in the skate park and by the leisure centre. There are problems in and around Tesco’s. Are the Police aware of this and is there anything that can be done? If they were not so
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Police say they were called to three separate road traffic accidents in Bradley Stoke last night (Wednesday 9th), with two of them occurring on the same stretch of road. The first was just after 6pm, when a car was in collision with a cyclist in Great Meadow Road. Police and ambulance attended but there were not believed to be any
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The winners of our Bradley Stoke ‘Best Christmas Lights’ 2012 reader poll have nominated the British Lung Foundation (BLF) to receive the charity donation of £100 that was generously offered by local law firm Hutchinson Legal & Associates. Householders Ron and Penny Bidder of 1 Great Meadow Way, the house judged by Journal readers to have the best lights in
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There was some great youth football on show from two local girls’ teams at the weekend. The Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) Under-11 Girls played 2nd in the league Bristol Ladies Union Red and the BSYFC Under-10 Girls took on Longwell Green. In the Under-11’s game, Bradley Stoke made a great start to 2013, winning 3-1 It wasn’t long before
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