Scott Lahive, manager of the Willow Brook Centre, is set to address a meeting of Bradley Stoke’s Safer & Stronger Community Group this Tuesday evening. Local residents are expected to quiz Mr Lahive about parking facilities at the new town centre site following a flood of negative comments in the Bradley Stoke Examiner’s forums. Also due to attend the meeting
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The work of two local Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) has led to a man being detained on suspicion of thefts from cars in Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford. PCSOs Kirsty Flicker and John Hitchings were on a routine patrol on Tuesday (25th November) when they were given details of a man who had been seen acting suspiciously around cars. The
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Bradley Stoke Police have introduced a ‘Three Strikes’ scheme to combat inconsiderate parking around the town’s Meadowbrook Primary School in Three Brooks Lane. The move comes after the problem was agreed as a priority issue at the Safer & Stronger Community Group meeting on 30th September. Neighbours of the school told the meeting that parents/carers dropping children off at the school
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Residents of Manor Farm Crescent and neighbouring streets, concerned about an increase in crime and anti-social behaviour in the area, have called a meeting to consider the formation of a Neighbourhood Watch group. The move follows a “walk through” meeting held last month at which local police and representatives of South Gloucestershire Council’s Anti-Social Behaviour Team discussed residents’ concerns and
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Residents of Bradley Stoke are invited to join local police on a cycle trek around the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve, stopping at relevant points and identifying any issues or problems that require the attention of the community / partner agencies and discussing any probable solutions. The ride takes place this Sunday (28th September), starting from the Three Brooks Lakes
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The Neighbourhood Policing Team in Bradley Stoke has announced a clampdown on the illegal riding of mopeds, motorcycles and mini-mopeds in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve. The move follows complaints about the nuisance from families, dog walkers and people living nearby. Signs positioned at entrances to the reserve, which have been in place for many years, clearly state that
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The helicopter of the Western Counties Air Operations Unit was seen hovering over Bradley Stoke’s new town centre at around 9pm on Monday night, supported by five police vehicles on the ground. A Journal reporter saw a man being detained by Police officers in the car park of the Tesco store, while other officers (supported by a dog handler) searched
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Avon and Somerset Police have today issued a news bulletin appealing for witnesses to an unprovoked attack that occurred at The Common (East), Bradley Stoke at about 5:45pm on Friday 20th June 2008. A Police spokesperson confirmed that the arrests made in Campion Drive on Saturday 21st June were in connection with Friday’s incident at The Common (East) and that
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The helicopter of the Western Counties Air Operations Unit was called in this afternoon (Saturday 21st June) to help in the search for four suspected robbers on the run in Bradley Stoke. The “eye in the sky” was seen hovering over the town at around 5pm, whilst on the ground Police vehicles were seen in action at The Common (East) and,
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The pond at Jubilee Green, Savages Wood Road has been cleared of rubbish by a team of volunteers from the local community. As The Journal reported last week, the pond had become polluted with shopping trolleys, bicycles, tyres, plastic seats and other debris, making it dangerous for people and wildlife. The community action, inspired by two members (Mikey and Keith)
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