South Gloucestershire Council is offering to remove graffiti free of charge from private property in Bradley Stoke. The initiative, which starts today (Monday 6th), was announced at last week’s meeting of the Bradley Stoke Safer & Stronger Community Group. The Council normally charges £15 to remove graffiti from private property, but the fee is being waived for the next fortnight.
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Liberal Democrat Jon Williams was last night celebrating his return to Bradley Stoke Town Council after a narrow victory in the Meadowbank parish ward by-election. Following a recount requested by the Conservative agent, the margin of victory was confirmed at just nine votes from the 458 cast. Mr Williams was a member of the Town Council from 1992 to 2007,
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Sandwich outlet Subway has finally given official confirmation that it is to open a new store in Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The Subway shop will occupy unit 1 in the main mall building, giving it a frontage onto the new Town Square. The shop is set to open on Monday 13th October, along with the new Tesco Extra store
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Bradley Stoke Conservatives have made an embarrassing public retraction of a statement made in a recent election campaign leaflet. The apology, made in a leaflet delivered to homes in the Meadowbank parish ward yesterday evening, concerns an accusation that Liberal Democrat candidate Jon Williams had “attempted to oppose” plans for a sixth form at Bradley Stoke Community School. Mr Williams
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Plans circulated at yesterday’s meeting of the Bradley Stoke Safer & Stronger Community Group revealed previously unannounced tenants of the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke’s new town centre development. UK mobile phone group O2 is shown as occupying a store in the Centre’s shopping mall, while sandwich maker Subway (already advertising for staff) is seen to occupy the mall unit
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has revealed plans to relocate its office to the shopping mall of the town’s new Willow Brook Centre. The announcement was made at this evening’s meeting of the Safer & Stronger Community Group at Bradley Stoke Community School following a Special Meeting of the Council earlier in the day. Mayor Robert Jones reported that the Council
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Costa Coffee is the latest organisation to advertise for jobs at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke’s new town centre development. The company is looking for Assistant Managers and Team Members to staff its new store that is due to open later this month in the new Town Square. Working hours are said to be flexible, with “full and part-time
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The seasonal park and ride service (984) from the Frenchay campus of the University of the West of England (UWE) into Bristol city centre started last weekend (27th September) and will run until 28th December. The service starts and finishes at UWE’s car park 20 [map], off Coldharbour Lane. It runs every 15 minutes and the journey takes 15-20 minutes.
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The latest Meadowbank by-election campaign leaflet from local Conservatives has appeared today. Under the headline ‘Positive Campaigning Locally’, Cllrs Rob Jones and John Ashe tell voters: “So many local people [we] have spoken to tell us how badly they feel Labour has let down our area.” The Councillors go on to highlight local issues on which they claim the Conservatives
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The past fortnight has seen two further Liberal Democrat campaign leaflets dropping on the doormats of homes in Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbank parish ward, where a by-election takes place this coming Thursday (2nd October). The first leaflet describes the Liberal Democrat candidate, Jon Williams, as a ‘local champion’ and leads on a promise to “fight hard on behalf of the Bowls
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