Parents of children attending Holy Trinity School in Bradley Stoke are calling for a safer pedestrian crossing on busy Pear Tree Road after several “near misses”. The road is a main access route in the town, but despite having a zebra crossing [Google Streetview], parents claim that cars are still exceeding the speed limit and putting children’s lives at risk.
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A controversial planning application for the construction of a respite care centre on land off Wheatfield Drive has gone to appeal after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) failed to determine the case within the required eight week period. The application, registered with SGC on 26th February, angered local residents and Town Councillors because it altered access arrangements established in an earlier
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The turnout for voting in the Filton and Bradley Stoke Constituency has been provisionally announced as 70.1%. With 69,008 eligible voters, that suggests that over 48,400 votes were cast. We are hearing (unofficially) that Jack Lopresti (Conservative) has already reached 16,000 counted votes with the Lib Dem and Labour candidates having about 9,000 each. Now that Conservative Jack Lopresti has
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Staff at Bradley Stoke’s Deep Blue fish and chip shop were busy cleaning up today (Friday) after a fire broke out in the premises overnight. Two pumps from Patchway Fire Station were called out after fire alarms in the nearby Aldi supermarket were activated. On arrival at the scene, firefighters gained entry to the supermarket thanks to a keyholder, but
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Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) is inviting everyone to join in a tidy up of the town on Friday 30th April, from 10am to 4pm. Residents are encouraged to “join in the fun” by forming litter picking groups for their local streets or helping out at organised clear ups around the Council’s activity centres at Brook Way, Baileys Court and
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A Bristol man who recently changed his name by deed poll to ‘None of the Above Zero’ says he plans to stand as a candidate in the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) constituency at the General Election. Bristol 24-7 reported last week that Mr Zero, formerly known as Eric Mutch, intended to stand as a candidate in Bristol South, where
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Plans for an MS therapy centre and an associated respite care centre on land between Wheatfield Drive and Bradley Stoke Way have attracted more than twenty consultation replies from individuals and organisations concerned about the proposed vehicular access arrangements for the two facilities. An earlier planning application for the MS therapy centre stated that access would be off Bradley Stoke
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Terrestrial TV viewers in Bradley Stoke who haven’t yet “gone digital” have less than 24 hours to make the switch. Analogue signals from the Mendip transmitter are set to be turned off at 6am tomorrow (Wednesday 7th April). Digital viewers will once again have to re-tune their set top boxes and other equipment in order to continue to receive the
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Children from Wheatfield Primary School were joined by members of the Bradley Stoke neighbourhood police team on a mile-long run on Sport Relief day (19th March). Police and parents acted as marshals for the event, which took place partly on public roads around the school. Read more: Avon and Somerset Police
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GLOSS FM will be broadcasting on 87.7 FM from Monday 19th April to Sunday 16th May, covering Bradley Stoke and neighbouring communities. You can also listen on line via our website www.glossfm.org where you can get full details of our varied programme, which includes something for everyone. Run entirely by volunteers, we want to promote local events and activities and
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