A fleet of tipper trucks is making hundreds of journeys a week through Bradley Stoke to remove 20,000 cubic metres of earth from a housing development area just south of the town, despite councillors being told that all excavated material would be reused ‘on site’.
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An unexplained problem with street lighting in South Gloucestershire is causing hundreds of lamps to repeatedly turn on and off at frequent intervals during the night and day. The issue has been observed all over Bradley Stoke and in some other parts of the local authority area.
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Members of Bradley Stoke Rotary Club have planted 2,000 tiny crocus bulbs in a roadside verge with the aim of creating an annual floral display to celebrate the success of a worldwide programme to eradicate polio.
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A Bradley Stoke primary school with just 420 children on roll saw a total of 43 pupils and 19 staff test positive for Covid-19 over the two-week period leading up to the end of the autumn term on Thursday 17th December.
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News on a purple bulb planting scheme put forward by Bradley Stoke Rotary Club and the town council’s purchase of a new ‘Debbie the calf’ figure to replace the one stolen from the BSiB display on Manor Farm Roundabout.
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Families on the recent Bradley Stoke ‘Famous Wizards and Witches’ scarecrow trail who visited Baileys Court Activity Centre in search of the Abacus Pre-School figure shown on the trail map may have been confused to find not one just scarecrow at the site, but THREE!
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Bradley Stoke’s first-ever charity scarecrow trail held over the half-term school holiday was a resounding success with an estimated 600 families taking on the challenge of visiting all 26 figures, each depicting a famous witch or wizard.
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Hello from us here at Bradley Stoke Zero Carbon Community Group. We have asked the Journal to give us a bit of space to tell you a little about our ‘newish’ group and what we do. The group was kick started by South Gloucestershire Council passing a climate emergency motion on 17th July 2019.
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A stone ‘happiness snake’ created during the coronavirus lockdown along the side of a popular footpath in Bradley Stoke has found a permanent home at the town’s Willow Brook shopping centre. It can be found in a small garden area near the bus entrance off Bradley Stoke Way.
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For the first time since March, members of the public are now able to drop into Bradley Stoke Library without an appointment and browse the books on offer. The number of people using the library at one time will be limited and IT users are encouraged to book in advance.
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