A military veteran from Bradley Stoke is taking part in a gruelling 3,000-mile charity fundraising challenge to row across the Atlantic from Gran Canaria to Barbados. Jason Gardiner is part of a team of four who are making the unsupported voyage to raise money and awareness for The Royal Marines Charity.
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A trial of rental e-scooters across the West of England has been extended into 2022. Voi Technology Ltd, which operates the rental scheme, says almost 2.5 million e-scooter rides have been taken across Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire – making the service “one of the most well-used in Europe”.
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Scouts from the 1st Bradley Stoke group experienced “biblical” weather on a recent camp held at Woodhouse Park, near Almondsbury. It rained overnight on the day of arrival (Friday), and that became the theme until they left on Sunday, reports Nick Nelson, group chair, “Very quickly, the ground turned to mud, and the mud then just got deeper…”
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Wheatfield Primary School held one of its ‘Grounds Days’ on Saturday 6th November, after having to take a break for the last 18 months due to the pandemic. Sixty-six people came together, made up of children, parents, staff and governors, to help improve and maintain the school grounds.
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Staff, parents and children at a Bradley Stoke after-school and holiday club are celebrating a recent positive Ofsted inspection report. Bradley Stoke Wise Owls Club, based at Baileys Court Activity Centre, has been rewarded with the highest rating now possible from Ofsted for this type of setting: ‘Met’.
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Bradley Stoke WI members are back enjoying our group meetings and clubs and we have been really delighted to welcome several new members in the last couple of months, writes Janet Hunt. A really popular activity is our table tennis club that meets every Monday at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre.
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Motorists using the A38 between Almondsbury and Thornbury are set to face long delays in the new year when temporary traffic lights with single-lane running will be in operation for several months on a bridge over the M4 motorway. The reliability of bus services is also expected to suffer, particularly at peak times.
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The mayor of Bradley Stoke, Cllr Michael Hill, has passed away following a “very short illness”, the town council has announced. Cllr Hill was elected mayor for the civic year 2021/22 at the council’s annual general meeting in May. He previously lived in Northampton, where he served as a local councillor for many years.
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Bradley Stoke Town Council’s first-ever ‘low noise’ fireworks display, held in fine weather conditions at the Jubilee Centre on Sunday 7th November, received a mixed reaction from the public, both at the event itself and afterwards on social media. A decision on the way forward for the 2022 display has since been made by councillors…
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A planning application to build 21 affordable new homes on one of the last remaining building plots in Bradley Stoke has been recommended for approval by officers at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). However, a committee of councillors will now determine the application after it was ‘called in’.
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