Members of Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) have been debating a way forward for the mayoral chain, now that it has now reached its maximum capacity for medals (the last one having now been engraved). Officers reported that it is not feasible to merely add more medals in the main body of the chain, as it would make it too
Continue reading
South Gloucestershire Council has announced that Bradley Stoke is to be the next residential area in the district to have its street lights converted to low-emission LED technology, as part of district-wide measures to reduce street lighting-related energy costs and carbon emissions. LED lights are fast becoming the norm for local authority street lights as they consume about 60 percent
Continue reading
Volunteers from the local offices of a national banking firm have created several unique pieces of learning and play equipment for a Bradley Stoke pre-school. Each year, Lloyds Banking Group supports its staff to spend a day out of the office volunteering on projects to benefit the community. The scheme is known as ‘A Day to Make a Difference’. The
Continue reading
Four months after the sexual assault of a young woman at the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve, a group of four students from Bradley Stoke Community School have set up a campaign to place more lighting in this area. The student-led campaign addresses the need for more street lights around the nature reserve which currently has minimal lighting during the
Continue reading
Since widespread civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, refugees have been fleeing the country at an increasing rate. The ongoing Syrian refugee crisis has seen millions of refugees displaced across different parts of the world and it is now estimated that 500,000 Syrian migrants and refugees have entered the EU in 2015. As the crisis worsens, many communities
Continue reading
Year 6 pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbrook Primary School are celebrating after winning the ‘School Award’ category in the prestigious British Wildlife Photography Awards 2015. The children’s portfolio of six photographs, taken last June in the town’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve, beat all competition from across the UK, including primary and secondary pupils up to age 18. A small
Continue reading
A Bradley Stoke resident is asking local businesses if they can donate prizes for a charity auction that will raise funds for a hospital unit that is close to his heart. Craig John, of Cooks Close, is hoping to stage the auction on 1st December, to raise money to fund research and treatment at the Bristol Centre of Reproductive Medicine
Continue reading
A popular fruit & veg stall that has been trading for up to four days a week in the town square at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre since last summer has announced that it has ceased operating until at least Christmas. A message placed on the stall’s Facebook page on 28th August stated: “As we creep into the autumn
Continue reading
A report by Sara Messenger of TBNCG. The Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group (TBNCG) was ten years old in September and celebrated by downing tools early and having a bit of a party by the lake. The picnic kicked off with the shortest introduction by the Chair (his words not mine!) followed by our birthday cake being cut by the Chair of
Continue reading
Contractors working for Virgin Media have laid hundreds of metres of cable ducting along streets in Bradley Stoke over the last two months (as predicted in our August magazine), but the telecoms giant is still refusing to publicly confirm that the work is part of a massive expansion of its cable network to reach thousands more homes in the town.
Continue reading