A 6-year-old Beaver Scout from Bradley Stoke has set himself the huge challenge of earning every one of the badges available to his age group and, at the same time, raising money for the homeless through sponsorship.
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A 6-year-old Beaver Scout from Bradley Stoke has set himself the huge challenge of earning every one of the badges available to his age group and, at the same time, raising money for the homeless through sponsorship.
Continue readingMcDonald’s Restaurants Ltd has submitted a third planning application for advertising signage at the site of its proposed new drive-through and sit-in restaurant at the Willow Brook shopping centre in Bradley Stoke.
Continue readingAn ageing play area at Bowsland Green Primary School has been transformed after parents and staff raised £19,000 towards installing exciting new equipment.
Continue readingSouth Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) element of the council tax levied on local households is to increase by 3.99 percent from April.
Continue readingPupils from Baileys Court Primary School are the latest local children to have visited Bristol’s Lifeskills Safety Education Centre, which receives grant funding support from Bradley Stoke Town Council.
Continue readingSouth Gloucestershire Council’s £2.9m scheme to improve to increase capacity and improve cyclist and pedestrian facilities at Great Stoke (Rabbit) Roundabout has seen 200 tonnes of material excavated from the verge on the north-west side of the roundabout during the first six weeks of construction activity. This work, combined with the laying of 60 metres of new kerb on the
Continue readingA by-election to fill a vacant seat representing the South ward on Bradley Stoke Town Council looks almost certain to take place in the last week of March. The vacancy arose after Nikki Hallur, a Conservative councillor elected just eight months ago in the May 2019 poll, handed in her resignation in mid-January, citing “personal reasons”. A notice of election
Continue readingCllr Roger Avenin asks: “How did such a down-market development such as McDonald’s and Starbucks come to be foisted upon our town?”
Continue readingLocal resident Alicia Chrysostomou and her son Sebastian were amazed to have become published authors on 28th January. Their book, ‘The Chronicles of Cerberus’, was published by Mogzilla, an independent company which specialises in historical stories for children. ‘The Chronicles of Cerberus’ is a children’s book targeted at 6- to 9-year-olds and is set in Ancient Greece. The book had
Continue readingA group of twelve Bradley Stoke residents have been wearing out their shoe leather at an alarming rate as they train for a marathon five-day charity walk in aid of cancer research. They are part of a team of 20 fundraisers, led by local man Matt Baggott, who are planning to walk the 110 miles from the British Gypsum works
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