A Portuguese man has pleaded guilty to arranging a “sham” marriage between a Nigerian man living in Bradley Stoke and a Leicester-based Portuguese woman. José Castanheira, who admitted accepting cash for arranging the wedding, pleaded guilty to the crime at Bristol Crown Court on 10th September. Investigators from the UK Border Agency (UKBA) said that they had found no evidence
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CCTV cameras installed without warning at three roundabouts on Bradley Stoke Way on Monday are counting traffic, according to South Gloucestershire Council [SGC]. Two cameras were installed on each of the Patchway Brook, Webbs Wood and Baileys Court roundabouts, along with equipment boxes belonging to a company called Count on Us. A number of curious Journal readers contacted us on
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Anybody got any ideas what the CCTV cameras are for that have appeared on roundabouts up and down Bradley Stoke Way? I’m guessing it’s traffic survey stuff but just wondering if anyone has any knowledge what they’re surveying for – or if they’re for something more sinister? Cheers! Chris
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A childcare provider near Bradley Stoke has been issued a “notice to improve” by Ofsted following a complaint. Play Station Nursery in Station Road, Patchway, was told to improve its record keeping, take steps to ensure that hazards to children are kept to a minimum and review aspects of its risk assessment. Ofsted says it is now satisfied that the
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A Family Fun Dog Show is being held on Sunday (5th September) in the car park of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre, close to the Pets at Home store. The charity fund-raising event runs from 11:30am to 3:30pm, with registration open from 10.30am. Show categories are: Best Puppy (Under 1 Year Old) Best Pedigree (Bitch) Best Pedigree (Dog) Most Handsome
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A charity looking to build an MS therapy centre and respite care facility on land adjacent to Wheatfield Primary School has won its appeal against South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) decision to refuse planning permission. Permission to build the therapy centre was granted in November 2009, subject to a condition that the site be accessed exclusively from Bradley Stoke Way –
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An unnamed store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre has vetoed the Town Council’s plan to establish a monthly farmers’ market in the Town Square. July’s meeting of Full Council had been told that Council staff were keen to set up a regular farmers’ and artisans’ market in the Town Square and that initial discussions with the Willow Brook
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Two young people from Bradley Stoke have made the last 16 in a competition to find ‘Bristol’s next top model’. An 18-year-old woman [name withheld] and Lee Matthews, 21, were chosen from 40 semi-finalists when they took to the catwalk at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway. The two will now be treated to their own photo shoot before taking part in
Continue readingBradley Stoke Town Councillors visited Westminster on Wednesday to step up the campaign for faster broadband connections in the Town. Town Mayor Cllr Ben Walker and Councillors John Ashe, Brian Hopkinson, Robert Jones and Sarah Pomfret attended a meeting at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with Communications Minister Ed Vaizey MP. The meeting, which was organised by newly
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Bradley Stoke’s newly-elected Conservative MP Jack Lopresti has vowed to make the fight to secure faster, more reliable, broadband coverage across his constituency one of his top priorities. The pledge came after Mr Lopresti organised a meeting with the new Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey MP, to highlight the long-standing issues with broadband connections in the Bradley Stoke area. As a
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