South Gloucestershire Council wants local residents and businesses to complete an online survey to demonstrate the demand for a better broadband service in Bradley Stoke and other parts of the district but seems to have forgotten to tell anybody about it! A consultation entitled “Improved broadband for South Gloucestershire – Resident’s survey” began on Monday 28th November and runs until
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Poo-powered car visits Holy Trinity Primary School
Pupils at Holy Trinity Primary School in Bradley Stoke were recently treated to an unusual assembly and a special visit by a poo-powered car. The ‘Bio-Bug’ was launched last year to national and international acclaim and is the brainchild of Wessex Water’s renewable energy company GENeco. It is a converted VW Beetle that runs on methane gas produced from sewage
Continue readingSchools and public services set to be hit by strikes
Schools and public services in Bradley Stoke look set to be affected by industrial action being taken tomorrow (Wednesday 30th November) by public sector workers protesting at pension reforms. Four of the town’s seven schools – Bradley Stoke Community School, Baileys Court Primary School, Meadowbrook Primary School and Wheatfield Primary School – look set to be fully closed for the
Continue readingSurvey proves demand for better post office services
A public consultation on the provision of post office services in Bradley Stoke has demonstrated an overwhelming demand for a larger post office in the town. The survey, conducted by the Town Council between August and October this year, saw 92.7% of the 273 respondents express the view that there is a need for a larger post office in Bradley
Continue readingSecond balcony leap inquest to start next week
An inquest to decide whether Bradley Stoke balcony leap father John Hogan unlawfully killed his son is expected to start next week. Mr Hogan plunged 50ft with daughter Mia, then two, after pushing six-year-old Liam to his death following an argument while on holiday in Crete in August 2006. Mia survived the fall. A Greek court cleared Hogan of murder
Continue reading[Forum] Street lamps turning off too early?
Has anyone else notice that the street lights are turning off earlier, at 23:40? I watched them this week in Wheatfield and Bradley Stoke Way. This isn’t even taking into account the 1 hour difference? Bit concerning for people walking back from pubs etc.
Continue reading[Forum] Power cuts in Bradley Stoke tonight
What on earth happened to the power tonight (Weds 16th Nov)? There’s been three power cuts in less than an hour so far. Have South Glos council decided to cut power to our houses as well as the street lights now?
Continue readingOpticians kit out primary school kids with hi-vis vests
Children at a Bradley Stoke primary school will be seen more clearly this winter thanks to a donation of high-visibility vests from their local opticians. The Bradley Stoke branch of Specsavers in the Willow Brook Centre has donated 300 hi-visibility vests to pupils at Meadowbrook Primary School. The vests will help to ensure the safety of children when walking to
Continue readingAldi store seeks to extend permitted working and delivery hours
The Aldi supermarket group has submitted a planning application to increase the permitted working and delivery hours at its Bradley Stoke store near the Patchway Brook Roundabout. The move is understood to be in response to an enforcement order issued by South Gloucestershire Council that accuses the store of being in breach of two conditions attached to the original planning
Continue readingConstruction traffic creates town centre mud and rock hazard
Motorists and pedestrians accessing the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke yesterday afternoon had to negotiate roads plastered with mud and littered with rocks. The debris, thought to have been deposited by lorries leaving the McCarthy & Stone construction site adjacent to the Three Brooks pub, covered the exit road from the Tesco filling station, the access road between the
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