The car parking situation at Bradley Stoke Surgery has improved significantly after staff at the doctors’ practice were told, in January, that it would become a “disciplinary offence” to park on the site, a meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Planning Committee has heard. Patients of the surgery had complained that they were finding it impossible to find a parking
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The police and ambulance services attended a road traffic collision in Savages Wood Road early this morning, after a vehicle travelling eastbound ploughed into a van parked in front of the Hornbeam Close flats. The incident (pictured above), which involved a green Vauxhall Corsa and a white Vauxhall van, occurred at around 6.40am, in foggy conditions. The owner of the
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Local police say they are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in the Bradley Stoke area last weekend. The incident happened between 10.30pm and 10.45pm outside 55-57 Oaktree Crescent on Saturday (8th March) when a man approached a number of Asian people and was racially abusive and threatening before asking them for money. When they refused, he threw the
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Robyn Hannan, a post-16 student at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) and Chloe Price, a former student at the school, both work for TK Maxx at Cribbs Causeway and are currently fundraising for Cancer Research UK to help save the lives of young children. The two A-level students have decided to reach out further to gain support for their campaign,
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Circadian Trust, the operator of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, has announced that it is to carry out work during March to create an additional 20 car parking spaces at the popular facility. A notice displayed at the centre explains: “You may be aware that the centre’s car park does not always have adequate spaces during busy times of the day.”
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There is a real buzz in the air at Bradley Stoke’s Bailey’s Court Primary School as they prepare for this year’s big musical production. Since early October, a group of dedicated teachers and around 50 children from across Key Stage 2 have been learning lines, practising over 25 songs and getting to know dance routines and stage directions ready for
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Bradley Stoke commuters could face long delays during a multi-million pound programme of roadworks that is due to get under way this spring, South Gloucestershire Council has warned. Over £8m is to be invested in a series of major road and cycle route improvements in the North Fringe areas of Filton, Patchway, Aztec West and Hambrook, with the work scheduled
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A war memorial, in the form of a “simple granite pillar”, has been installed in the town square at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. According to a press release issued by the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group, the structure is intended as “a generic memorial to remember all members of our armed forces (and civilians who support them) who
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A “considerable number” of Bradley Stoke homes that are due to be connected to superfast fibre broadband through a state-aided investment programme will have to wait longer to receive the new service because they are on ‘exchange only’ (EO) lines, The Journal has learned. The majority of phone lines are connected to a telephone exchange (in this case, Almondsbury) via
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The March 2014 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. The headline story concerns South Gloucestershire Council’s implementation of charges for garden waste collection from 31st March. Residents who wish to continue to have their green bin emptied from that date can subscribe now via the council’s website. The optional service costs £36 per
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