The 1st Bradley Stoke Scout troop has applied for planning permission to site a steel shipping container at Brook Way Activity Centre. The container will be used to store equipment belonging to the troop, which meets at Holy Trinity Church. Bradley Stoke Town Council says it will charge the Scouts a peppercorn rent of £52/year. Related Link: Youth Organisations in
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Panoramic photographs of virtually every street in Bradley Stoke have today been made available on the Google Street View website. The search engine and mapping giant has extended its controversial street scene recording service to cover 95% of the homes in the UK. Launched in the UK in March 2009, the service previously covered the central Bristol conurbation, but didn’t
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Bradley Stoke Elfins have places available for boys and girls aged 6 to 9 years old: “We have weekly meetings (6 -7 on Wednesday Evenings). Our group nights are divided into a games session and a craft or other activity which is chosen by the children. Recent favourites were a night walk in the local woods and cake decorating.” ”
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Local residents are being encouraged by South Gloucestershire Council to report road potholes brought on by the severe weather. The Council has allocated an extra £350,000 to its highways maintenance budget to tackle the problem. The number of staff dedicated to tackling potholes is said to have been increased by 50 per cent and maintenance teams are “working longer hours
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A charity looking to build an MS Therapy Centre on land off Bradley Stoke Way has made a U-turn over the proposed arrangements for vehicular access into the site. In plans approved last year, the Moonstone Appeal said it would construct a new ‘left in, left out’ access road into the site from Bradley Stoke Way. This arrangement was consistent
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Students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) have been paying tribute to year 9 pupil Ryan Abrahams, who passed away last Tuesday. Ryan, who was born with a rare muscular disorder and relied on a motorized wheelchair to get around, was active in a number of sports (including wheelchair football and table top cricket) and was awarded the South Gloucestershire
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Cllr Robert Jones, arch-defender of Bradley Stoke’s media image, has replied to a critical letter that appeared last week in the Bristol Evening Post. In a letter headed “Scrap these Councils“, an unnamed reader had questioned the need for a Town Council in Bradley Stoke and called for “[Councillors’] pay and expense details [to be] published under the Freedom of
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Two Muslim women from Bradley Stoke feature in a innovative photographic exhibition that opens today (Monday 15th) at Bristol Central Library. The Building the Bridge project, which aims to to build understanding between the city’s Muslims and the wider community, celebrates ordinary Muslims living in Bristol. Each of the twelve subjects is photographed beside a city landmark or in a
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Head to Bradley Stoke Library and get to grips with the latest technology – the digital audioplayer. The Playaway audioplayer is a pre-loaded, ready-to-listen-to device similar to an MP3 player which stores all your favourite fiction and is a great way to catch up on your reading while travelling to work. They can also be plugged into car MP3 systems
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Enrolment for Radio Workshops is now open – all ages welcome Bradley Stoke Community Radio Association (BSCRA), under the guidance of Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), has announced that it has been successful in securing grant funding to provide radio workshops for the residents of Bradley Stoke. The workshops are seen as the first step towards establishing a community radio
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