A local businessman has claimed that customers of the Tesco petrol filling station in Bradley Stoke are being charged a premium compared to other Tesco garages in the Bristol area. The man, who does not wish to be named, claims that prices at the Tesco garage in Staple Hill are consistently up to to 3p a litre cheaper than Bradley
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Former Mayor of Bradley Stoke Cllr Robert Jones has wasted no time in countering another instance of ‘Bradley Stoke bashing’ that appeared yesterday on the letters page of a Hertfordshire newspaper. Stuart Scullion, opposing the construction of 1,200 new homes in the historic city of St Albans, had written: “If you want to see the impact of this scale of
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Most schools in Bradley Stoke are planning to re-open today (Friday) after being closed for two days following heavy snow falls on Tuesday night. Bradley Stoke Community School and five of the town’s six primary schools have indicated that they will open, although in most cases at a slightly later time than normal. St Mary’s RC Primary is yet to
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Just been down to Tesco Extra in Bradley Stoke and they’ve run out of salt! Anyone know of another local store where I can get some? I’ve already had one person fall heavily on my driveway and would rather there wasn’t a second.
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Broadband slowspot Bradley Stoke once again fails to feature in the latest list of BT exchanges scheduled for a fibre optic upgrade. The south-west has five exchanges in the list: Blunsdon, Chippenham, Portishead, Toothill and Worle. Many areas of Bradley Stoke have broadband speeds well below the Government’s Universal Service target of 2 Mbps. A recent campaign to get Virgin
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Heavy falls of snow overnight have closed schools and disrupted public transport in Bradley Stoke. Update at 7:50am: Five schools in the town have been declared closed First Group and Wessex Connect bus services are suspended For the latest information see our Snow Watch page and listen to BBC Radio Bristol.
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To end the year, we take a look back at some of the main Bradley Stoke news stories of 2009: January saw changes to the route of the 73 bus service, meaning that it would no longer visit the MOD complex at Abbey Wood or the Aztec West Business Park. Journey times to Bristol city centre became a few minutes
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Thornbury FM, which recently extended its broadcast area to include Bradley Stoke, has changed its name to GlosS FM in order to better reflect its wider coverage area. David Primrose of GlosS FM writes: GlosS FM will be broadcasting from 19th April to 16th May [2010], covering Bradley Stoke and neighbouring communities. With the studio facilities successfully used for Thornbury
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If you haven’t bought your Christmas tree yet (or just fancy an extra one to fill that empty space in your Bradley Stoke mansion), there are plenty going free at the town’s Willow Brook Centre. Hundreds of unsold “real” trees, mostly around 8ft tall, have been abandoned by a seller in the car park of the centre and a source
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Happy Christmas to all our readers from The Journal team! We hope to update the website as normal over the holiday period, so don’t forget to check back soon for all the latest Bradley Stoke news, including our Review of 2009. Our Bradley Stoke Christmas 2009 page has all the information you need to enjoy the Christmas and New Year
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