Local charity The Brightwell has announced that its fundraising Easter Egg Hunt is returning to Bradley Stoke for 2022, with a start date of Monday 11th April. Like last year, families will follow trails around the Bradley Stoke area to search for hidden letters displayed on decorated Easter eggs…
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The path around the north side of the lake in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve has been closed for seven weeks, starting Monday 7th March, for surfacing works. The footpath improvement is part of a £250,000 lake desilting and improvement scheme, the main body of which was carried out in late 2021.
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A popular mobile butcher’s van and other market traders are expected to return to the town square at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre in the coming days following a near-six-month break caused by a licensing issue. The hiatus came after a routine inspection by the local authority found that the site’s block street trading consent had expired in 2017.
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The Labour Party has won a second seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council in a controversial by-election that is likely to have cost ratepayers upwards of £8,000 to stage. The seat, one of seven representing the South ward on the 15-seat town council, became vacant on the sad passing of mayor Michael Hill (Conservative) in November last year.
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A local secondary school has acted to clarify the circumstances of an incident in which a member of staff is alleged to have failed to offer assistance as a student was being assaulted in the school’s reception area after normal school hours on the afternoon of Tuesday 15th March.
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South Gloucestershire Council’s element of the council tax levied on local households is to increase by 2.99 percent from April 2022. The latest rise follows an uplift of 4.99 percent in 2021/22 and 3.99 percent in 2020/21. This year’s increase once again includes a ring-fenced social care levy, this time 1 percent
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The path around the north side of the lake in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve is set to be closed for seven weeks from Monday (7th March 2022), for surfacing works. The work forms part of a £250,000 lake desilting and improvement scheme, the main part of which was carried out in November and December last year.
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This week’s by-election for a single seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council is a two-way contest between candidates representing the Conservative and Labour parties. The vacancy arose following the sad passing of mayor Michael Hill last November. Conservative councillors have criticised Labour for (allegedly) forcing a by-election over the alternative of co-option.
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Writing your will has just got easier as The Willwriting Partnership has a recruited a new consultant in Bristol. Daniel Castle, 52, from Bristol, has now trained as a willwriter and has become an affiliated member of the Society of Will Writers. Daniel will be presenting a series of FREE information talks on Tuesday 1st March at Little Stoke Community Hall.
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South Gloucestershire Council is encouraging people to have their say on a raft of proposals to improve walking, cycling and travelling by bus along Bradley Stoke Way. The scheme includes new bus lanes, upgraded crossings and segregated foot/cycle ways. If approved, the works could be implemented from “late 2023” and take up to two years to complete.
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