Police have arrested three adults after a drugs raid on a property in Ormonds Close, Bradley Stoke. Officers found 25 cannabis plants being cultivated in a bedroom of a semi-detached house during the execution of a search warrant on Thursday 7th April. The raid is said to have followed information supplied via the independent charity Crimestoppers. Related story: In December
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a knifepoint robbery in Stoke Gifford. Two teenage boys were in Mead Park on Hatchet Road at 3:50pm on Thursday (14th April) when they were approached by another four boys. One of the four boys demanded a gold chain and mobile phones after threatening them with a knife. Police would now like
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The Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community Group meets on Tuesday (12th April) at Baileys Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Road (7pm start). The group allows residents to work together with the police, fire service, health service and councils to improve the local community and have a say about the services they receive. This month’s meeting will review progress on
Continue readingA speed reminder sign positioned in Woodlands Road, Bradley Stoke, has shown that 85% of traffic travels faster than 35mph – in an area where the legal speed limit is 30mph. The ‘Speedvisor’ sign was set up to measure the speed of east bound vehicles between 3rd February and 14th March, after repeated complaints about speeding had been made at
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Following on from a planning application to fit a gate to the pedestrian access point between Manor Farm Crescent and the Willow Brook Centre, a site inspection is to be carried out on Friday 1st April at 10:50am by the South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) Development Control (West) Committee. This will then inform the full Planning Meeting to be held on
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Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision between a BMW car and a bike in Bradley Stoke in which a 10-year-old boy suffered serious leg injuries. It happened at around 12.30pm on Saturday 19th February outside Tesco Extra on Bradley Stoke Way. Anyone who saw the incident is asked to contact the Collision Investigation Unit on 0845 456 7000.
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An eight-year-old boy had to be cut free by firefighters from underneath a vehicle in the grounds of Bradley Stoke Lesiure Centre on Monday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 4pm following reports of a “road traffic collision” in the car park. Avon Fire & Rescue Service says that, on arrival, its crews found the boy
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Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre (WBC) has submitted a planning application to install a lockable gate on the pedestrian access route from Manor Farm Crescent in an effort to stem late night anti-social behaviour (ASB) in neighbouring streets. The move comes seven months after Bradley Stoke Mayor Ben Walker called a multi-agency meeting to discuss ways of tackling the rise
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Police in Bradley Stoke have once again appealed for residents to volunteer to take part in a Community Speed Watch scheme. The move follows the recent decision of the Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community Group to once again designate “speeding in the Woodlands Lane area” to be a priority issue. The police say they need at least six people
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Bradley Stoke residents should find it easier to speak to a police officer in person following the official opening of a ‘beat post’ at the Willow Brook shopping centre earlier this month. The new office, accessed from the shopping mall via a short passage between the Santander bank agency and Reflections hairdressers, gives police a local base meaning that they
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