Entrants in this year’s Bradley Stoke in Bloom ‘Best Front Garden’ competition were presented with prizes and certificates at a ceremony staged on Saturday 13th August as part of the Scarecrow Trail launch event. The competition, now in its tenth year, attracted 15 entrants across its two (large and small garden) categories.
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Alive Activities, a local charity supporting older people, is pleased to announce the official opening of its newest Dementia Meeting Centre, at Bradley Stoke Evangelical Church. The meeting centre is the first to open in South Gloucestershire and the third one for Alive, following on from the success of its two other meeting centres in North Somerset and Bristol.
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South Glos Council is running a public consultation on a proposed change to the number of town council wards in Bradley Stoke. In order to avoid the need for “long ballot papers” at elections and the potential for “expensive by-elections” (due to the large number of voters in each of the current wards), it is proposed to increase the number of town wards from three to five.
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Police say they are carrying out extra patrols in Bradley Stoke after a woman reported that she’d been sexually assaulted while out walking in a local nature reserve. The incident took place in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve at around 8.30pm on Thursday 4th August 2022.
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South Gloucestershire Council has postponed a planned four-week closure of Stoke Lane that was due to start today (Monday 8th August). The road closure, which was announced barely a week ago, on Thursday 28th July, is needed to install additional traffic calming measures that include a new speed table and two new sets of speed cushions.
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Residents of the Stokes are being urged to attend a public meeting in Bradley Stoke this Thursday (4th August) at which possible strategies to address the “toxic mix” of challenges facing local bus services will be discussed. The meeting has been called by West of England mayor Dan Norris ahead of a major review…
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A Bradley Stoke town councillor has resigned from the Conservative Party in response to what he describes as “bullying and targeting” of council officers by fellow councillors within the majority Conservative group. The Journal understands that the councillor initially submitted a letter of outright resignation, but was persuaded to stay on as an independent.
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Giuseppe Dell’Anno, 2021 winner of TV’s ‘The Great British Bake Off’, was the star guest at this year’s ‘Wheatfest’ summer fair held at Wheatfield Primary School, where he acted as judge for ‘The Great Wheatfest Bake Off’ competition. The fair was blessed with glorious weather and it raised an astounding £6,468 for the organising PTA.
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Ticketless ‘Tap On, Tap Off’ (Toto) fare payment is now available on all MetroBus and First Bus services in the West of England. Using Toto, passengers simply tap their credit/debit card or payment-enabled smartphone device against the reader when they get on the bus and again just before they get off.
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The Bradley Stoke in Bloom group has announced details of its Best Front Garden competition for 2022. The competition entry form is available to download from the Bradley Stoke Town Council website. Paper copies may be picked up from the town council office. Entries close at 4pm on Thursday 21st July.
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