The Family Hope Center, an organisation that works with families whose children have a range of neurological conditions and brain injury, is holding “an interactive presentation for parents and professionals” in Bradley Stoke on Thursday 9th June. The event will take place from 1pm to 4pm at The West of England MS Therapy Centre (on Wheatfield Drive). The event has
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A field of 548 runners contested Sunday’s Bradley Stoke 10k, organised by Sole Sisters, on the final day of the 2016 Bradley Stoke Community Festival. Entries for the popular event, which has its start and finish at the Jubilee Centre, had sold out on 31st March, more than two months ahead of raceday. Local residents turned out in force on a bright
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The 2016 Bradley Stoke Community Festival got under way yesterday (Friday 3rd June) with a well-attended Picnic in the Park, at which children were entertained in the Big Top by Professor Panic and took part in fun activities organised by the Friends of Jubilee Green. Saturday (4th June) sees a packed programme of music and dance events at the Jubilee
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4th/5th June: Overnight closure of A4174 The A4174 is being widened to create a new bus lane for the MetroBus network. The road widening means that the bus lane can be installed without taking away space from other road users. The existing Church Lane bridge over the A4174 has been removed and will be replaced with a bridge that has
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The zebra crossing at Patchway Brook Roundabout was reopened on 25th April, following a wait for South Gloucestershire Council’s StreetCare service to connect the electrical supply for the Belisha beacons. As planned, the temporary pedestrian crossing at Orchard Gate was then closed, to allow the construction area to be extended on the north side of Bradley Stoke Way. Newly-authorised extended
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An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. May has been a rollercoaster month of highs and lows for us on the reserve. The highs have included watching the mallard guide her ten tiny ducklings through the weir and onto the lake and the glorious bluebells that are carpeting our woodlands, enjoying, like us, the
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The Willow Brook Centre is celebrating the release of the new ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ film with an Alice themed spectacular on Tuesday 31st May. Bradley Stoke youngsters are in for a wonderful day of free craft with lots of amazing Alice characters appearing in the shopping centre throughout the day. There will be fun and slapstick from a
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At Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 11th May, Cllr Elaine Hardwick was elected to the position of mayor of Bradley Stoke. The outgoing mayor, Cllr Roger Avenin, welcomed everyone to the meeting and explained that it was his pleasure, as his last action in the role of mayor of the town, to present cheques to the two recipients of
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The Five Stokes Fundraising Group is hosting a ‘Blooming Great Tea Party’ to raise funds for Marie Curie on Saturday 21st May. The event, which runs from 2pm to 4pm at Stoke Gifford Baptist Church, Rock Lane (BS34 8PF), will include teas/coffees and a assortment of cakes. All the money raised will help Marie Curie provide more free care to
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A new Holland & Barrett store is to open this Wednesday (18th May) at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The store is located within the mall unit previously occupied by Excellence Spa, between Vodafone and Carphone Warehouse. The unit has been closed since the Excellence Spa business suddenly ceased trading in mid-August 2015, leaving some customers with unredeemed gift vouchers. It was repossessed by the
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