The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is recruiting for a range of full and part time temporary positions to help carry out the next UK census, which will take place on Sunday 27th March 2011. Full application details are available via www.censusjobs.co.uk and also at local job and community centres. Working within the local community, census recruits will engage with
Continue readingSouth Gloucestershire Council is encouraging people who want to get involved in their local community and help get things done to join a network of Safer Stronger Community Organisers. Cllr Heather Goddard, executive member for communities, said: “There are many benefits to signing up, ranging from improving your skills and knowledge to get on at work and in life, to
Continue readingResidents in and around Wheatfield Drive, Bradley Stoke, are being asked to check garages, sheds and bins for a missing cat. Milly, a one-year-old brown tabby, wears a red collar with metal paw prints. She has been missing for over a week and is said to be very timid. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact 07864
Continue reading
South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has begun delivering new recycling containers and bags to households in preparation for its new food waste and plastic bottle collections. Delivery of container packs began on Monday (25th October) and all households should have received them by the time the new collections begin in the week commencing Monday 22nd November. The Council says that the
Continue reading
The Journal’s campaign for better broadband speeds in Bradley Stoke and the surrounding area has got off to a flying start with more than 270 residents registering votes to have the Almondsbury telephone exchange fast-tracked for upgrading to fibre optic broadband. The Better Broadband for Filton, Almondsbury & Bradley Stoke (BB4FABS) campaign was launched a fortnight ago and began by
Continue reading
A group from Bradley Stoke has visited Champs-sur-Marne (France) to mark the tenth anniversary of the signing of the twinning agreement between the two towns. The French trip follows the visit of a party from Champs to Bradley Stoke over the Community Festival weekend in June. The 15 British visitors were welcomed with a informal ‘soirée’ at a local dance
Continue reading
Local MP Jack Lopresti has voted in favour of allowing people to smoke in pubs again – but the bid to overturn the ban was defeated. Wednesday night’s motion, put forward by Tory MP David Nuttall, was lost by 141 votes to 86. Read more: Bristol Evening Post
Continue reading
Members of Bradley Stoke Radio Station attended a Radio Academy event at BBC Bristol earlier this week. The function was hosted by BCfm (the local station’s community radio mentors) and the Heart Bristol breakfast team of Bush, Troy and Paulina. The group took part in a quiz night and had a chance to question the controller of BBC Radio 1
Continue reading
A new monthly farmers’ market that starts on Wednesday this week at the Willow Brook Centre will “bring the countryside back into Bradley Stoke” says Market Manager Jim Wilkie. The proposed market looked doomed earlier this year after a number of businesses at the shopping centre raised objections to its introduction, leading to one Town Councillor labelling the stores “narrow
Continue reading
Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) says its joint tidy up with the McDonald’s community team was a success, despite having to cancel part of the event due to bad weather. The combined team of 25 McDonald’s helpers, four BSTC members/staff and local MP Jack Lopresti had to abandon plans to paint bus shelters in the town. Instead, they tidied the
Continue reading