The April 2014 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This month’s feature story concerns the submission of a planning application for the North Fringe to Hengrove Package (NFHP) MetroBus scheme, which will see major changes to the road network within Bradley Stoke including a new bus-only left turn lane from Bradley Stoke
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The March 2014 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. The headline story concerns South Gloucestershire Council’s implementation of charges for garden waste collection from 31st March. Residents who wish to continue to have their green bin emptied from that date can subscribe now via the council’s website. The optional service costs £36 per
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The February 2014 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This month’s 40-page issue includes news about three public consultations that have recently opened on matters that could have a significant impact on Bradley Stoke: The town council is asking for views on the future of the Brook Way Activity Centre site (you’ll
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The January 2014 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. The lead story reports on South Gloucestershire Council’s adoption of a new long-term planning blueprint that will see more than 12,000 new homes built within three miles of Bradley Stoke over the next 13 years. The council’s officers say they are confident the
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The December 2013 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This issue includes a four-page Christmas special, with articles on the recent Willow Brook Centre Christmas lights switch-on event and a fantastic charity Christmas lights display on a house in Watch Elm Close (have you seen it yet?). The centre spread contains a
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The Bradley Stoke Journal’s Facebook page reached a new milestone this week when it sailed through the 2,000 ‘likes’ mark. The achievement is the latest recognition of The Journal’s popularity and represents a two-fold increase in ‘fans’ since we launched our monthly print magazine in May. The Journal’s Twitter feed has also seen a big increase in followers, breaching the
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The November 2013 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This issue has a special four-page feature on traffic congestion in Bradley Stoke and how our local councils are proposing to deal with it, particularly in view of all the new development planned for the North Fringe of Bristol over the coming years.
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The October 2013 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This issue features the news that around 3,500 homes in Bradley Stoke look set to get faster broadband from next summer, thanks to investment from central government, South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and BT. Households on 01454 telephone numbers in areas of the town
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The September 2013 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This issue features the Bradley Stoke Carnival that took place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. We have a two page report with contributions from Mayor Brian Hopkinson and our regular columnist Becky Ward plus lots of photos from the carnival parade and
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The August 2013 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This issue contains an update on the ‘death at the duck pond‘ incident of 2nd July, including a couple of new statements from the local police. There’s also an update on the Scout’s plans for a Bradley Stoke war memorial, which received a
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