Police investigating a series of tyre slashing incidents in Saxon Way have been told that students from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) were seen loitering around one of the vehicles that was later discovered to have been damaged. The news is revealed in the latest issue of the BSCS school newsletter, in which headmaster Dave Baker appeals to parents and/or
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Bradley Stoke police say they have caught around 40 motorists breaking the speed limit in Woodlands Lane after a resident raised concerns at a Safer & Stronger Community Group (SSCG) meeting in April. The meeting actioned the local beat team to carry out speed checks in the area, which were subsequently implemented during the last two weeks in May. Police
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Police are seeking witnesses after a teenager was assaulted in a incident on the footpath between the Willow Brook Centre and Dewfalls Drive. Avon and Somerset Police issued the following statement yesterday (Wednesday 3rd June): The incident happened at about 9:55pm on Thursday 2nd May when two groups of teenagers met up on the path that runs between Savages Wood
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Police in Bradley Stoke are appealing for witnesses after reports of vandals putting lives at risk by damaging car tyres. Between 23rd April and 4th May, police say they have had four reports of car tyres being damaged by having screws deliberately driven into them in the Saxon Way area. One family is said to have had five tyres damaged
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Tesco Extra manager Oliver Hill is scheduled to address this week’s meeting of the Bradley Stoke Safer & Stronger Community Group to be held at Baileys Court Activity Centre on Tuesday evening (7pm start). Meeting chair Julie Snelling of Southern Brooks Community Partnership says Mr Hill, who has managed the store since it opened in October last year, will pick
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The first meeting of the Lakeside Residents’ Association takes place this evening (Monday 20th April) at Baileys Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Road (7pm start). The group was formed after Local Conservative Councillor Ben Walker contacted anti-porn protesters who had staged a protest outside sex film producer James Edwards’ house in The Coppice. Cllr Walker encouraged the protesters and other
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Police have arrested two 17-year-old men in connection with a series of car and property blazes in Bradley Stoke during the early hours of Friday morning. The incidents began at 1:40am when a wheelie bin was set on fire in Saxon Way. Within the next hour three cars were set alight and other smaller fires started. Police declined to issue
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The new police inspector for the Filton Neighbourhood Area, which includes Bradley Stoke, is expected to address a meeting of the Safer and Stronger Community Group on Tuesday evening. Inspector Bob Evely recently replaced Inspector Simon Ellis, who has taken up a post at police HQ. Other recent changes on the Bradley Stoke Beat saw PC Steven Palmer taking over
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PC Steven Palmer has been appointed the new Neighbourhood Beat Manager for Bradley Stoke, replacing PC Claire Fletcher. PC Palmer has been on the beat in Bradley Stoke since December 2008, and has already been very busy working with community partners. He is already involved in working with security staff at the new Willow Brook Centre, to identify offenders and
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New crime maps published by Avon and Somerset Police show Bradley Stoke to be an island of low crime incidence within South Gloucestershire. The town’s crime figures fall into the ‘below average’ category, meaning that the crime rate is between 12.5% and 37.4% of the national average. Neighbouring areas Stoke Gifford, Winterbourne and Severnside all fall into the ‘average’ category
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