Heroes from across the local area were honoured at a glittering presentation evening held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol North Hotel on Friday 16th June. Hosted by ‘Voice of the Balls’ and Strictly Come Dancing announcer Alan Dedicoat, the event recognised the outstanding community engagement and/or personal achievements of 18 finalists who had been nominated for the 2017 Stars
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An update from PC Claire Fletcher of the Bradley Stoke beat team. We’ve recently seen an increase in thefts of tools from vans across South Gloucestershire. Please tell us if you see anyone acting suspiciously. This crime really does impact on tradespeople’s livelihoods. We know it’s not always possible to empty a work van overnight, but we’d recommend it if
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Bradley Stoke Youth FC’s Martin Lee has stepped down from organising the annual Bradley Stoke Schools’ Festival of Football after eleven incredibly successful years. The event has become a highlight in the local sporting calendar and this year’s renewal attracted 130 Year 1 children from 13 different local primary schools. To mark the occasion, club sponsor McDonald’s presented Martin with
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By Graham Baker, town council youth development worker This year’s Bradley Stoke Community Festival saw the return of two days of action-packed activity, organised by local young people and volunteers with the support of the town council’s youth worker. On Saturday, the queues soon built up as children and young people awaited their turn to create their own bespoke piece of
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Drivers attempting to leave Aztec West this evening faced delays of up to an hour due to badly configured traffic lights. Here are two photos showing some of the queue in Aztec West: I walked out of the business park and discovered that the huge queues were caused by the phasing of the traffic lights. Here’s the traffic on
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The annual FREE summer play scheme for children aged 5 to 11 gets under way at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) on Monday 31st July 2017. Running Monday through Friday until 25th August, the play scheme is run by the Four Towns Play Association, which receives financial assistance from Bradley Stoke Town Council. The aim of the play scheme is
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The local police beat team in Bradley Stoke has taken action against a number of moped riders believed to be responsible for incidents of late-night anti-social behaviour that have occurred across the town over the past few weeks. Local residents are also being urged to help the police by calling 101 at the time of any future incidents. Beat team
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The Journal is pleased to announce that Emma Tibbott is the lucky winner of our exclusive prize draw to win a year’s free membership at the Anytime Fitness gym at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The free prize draw was featured in the May 2017 issue of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine, and the winner’s name was independently drawn out
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Commuters in north Bristol are being warned to expect significant additional delays on roads throughout the area when South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) commences repairs to the Bromley Heath Viaduct in the final week of July. The A4174 Ring Road near Hambrook is to be reduced to 50 percent capacity (one lane each way instead of two) for an estimated 33
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has been dealt a further body blow to its finances with the news that construction of the North Fringe to Hengrove Package (NFHP) MetroBus scheme is now projected to come in nearly £16m over budget, an increase of £4.6m since the last figures were released in November 2016. The latest numbers, originating from the MetroBus Project
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