Bradley Stoke’s annual Community Festival attracted another big crowd to the Jubilee Centre today. Although not sunny, the weather was once again kind, with the forecast rain holding off until the last band had finished playing shortly after 6pm. The action got underway at 10:30am when the first matches in the Schools Football Tournament kicked off on the upper
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The 2012 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets underway at 9:30am today (Friday 1st) with children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. Traditionally held a week later, the festival has been moved, for this year only, to coincide with HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Today’s entertainment will be provided by the popular Professor Panic’s Circus and children will
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A Bradley Stoke girl who finished second in last year’s Junior Search For a Star competition at the Fry’s club in Keynsham has secured a number of solo roles in an upcoming performance of Les Misérables. Emily Baker is set to appear in the Bristol Amateur Operatic Society Youth production at Bristol’s Regdgrave Theatre next week. Also appearing in the
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The Mall at Cribbs Causeway is preparing to give away the last of the 10,000 FREE tickets available for its Bristol Jubilee Concert on Saturday 2nd June. The final weekend ticket giveaway will take place this Saturday and Sunday (26th/27th May) at 11am and 2pm from the Upper Level of The Mall, before the last batch of tickets goes on
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Local runners, joggers and walkers are being encouraged to get their entries in for the 2012 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 3rd June as part of the town’s Community Festival. Organising club Sole Sisters report that entries for the popular race have now passed the 300 mark, leaving fewer than 200 places available
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There are plenty of events going on in and around Bradley Stoke over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. Animal lovers have the choice of two pet shows being staged in the town over the weekend, with the prestigious Bristol Cat Show at the Leisure Centre on Saturday followed by a less-formal Fun Dog Show in the Town Square at
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A band formed of sixth form students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is preparing to launch its debut CD following a series of successful appearances at local music venues. Little Intentions, an alternative/pop-punk band, is formed of Jack Steer (vocals & guitar), Ben Monnox (bass & backing vocals) and Elliot Mason (drums & backing vocals). The band’s recent appearances
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Residents in three Bradley Stoke streets have applied to South Gloucestershire Council for road closure orders in order to hold street parties over the extended Diamond Jubilee weekend in June. Subject to approval, Hayley Drive, Tarragon Place (both cul-de-sacs) and a short section of Wheatfield Drive will be closed so that residents can celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s
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Saturday 5th May 2012 sees the 10th Annual Cat Show of the Bristol and District Cat Club which, this year, is being held at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. The show is booked to capacity and, as always, visitors will be able to see nearly 400 pedigree cats of many different breeds all ultimately competing for a ‘best in show’ prize.
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Bradley Stoke’s Council-owned cricket pitch at Baileys Court could be out of action for months following an unexplained incident in which weedkiller appears to have been applied across all ten wickets. The damage came to light just over four weeks ago, when staff noticed the grass was starting to die off, and experts brought in by the Council have since
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