Bradley Stoke Town Council’s 7th annual firework display has been hailed a tremendous success by both organisers and residents after record crowds braved the cold to watch the event at the Jubilee Centre on Sunday. Official estimates put the attendance at between five and six thousand and organisers confirmed this as a new record for the event. The 6pm start
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Two candidates have been declared to contest a by-election for a vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council. The vacancy arose when Cllr David Skeet (Conservative) resigned his position as a representative of the Meadowbank parish ward, following “criticism of his poor attendance record [at Council meetings] due to illness”. The Liberal Democrat candidate is Sachin Singhal of Ormonds Close,
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Today (Friday 30th October) is the last day for public comment on Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Draft Forward Plan for 2009/2014. Copies of the document have been circulated to all households in the town; it may also be viewed here on the Council’s website [PDF, 378KB]. Last minute comments may be emailed to: forwardplan@bradleystoke.gov.uk
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The recent relocation of all Bradley Stoke youth clubs to the Brook Way Activity Centre has led to a “confrontation” between youth workers and members of a local netball club (believed to be The Black and Blues), according to Bradley Stoke Town Council. The news is revealed in the recently published ‘draft’ minutes of a meeting of the Council’s Finance
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The Journal has learned that the Returning Officer at South Gloucestershire Council has received a valid request for an election to contest the vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council created by the resignation of Cllr David Skeet (Conservative). The request is understood to have been made by local Liberal Democrat supporters. Voters in Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbank parish ward could
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Conservative-led Bradley Stoke Town Council is considering going green by purchasing an electric vehicle for use by its maintenance staff. The Council currently operates a red two-stroke pickup van from its Brook Way Activity centre. The van can often be seen on the town’s roads en route to the Council’s other centres at Savages Wood Road and Baileys Court Road.
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Volunteers from the Bradley Stoke community joined the Town Council’s litter picker Dave Dace in an end of summer ‘clean up’ last Saturday. Mr Dace, whose cumbersome official title is ‘Mobile Cleansing Operative’ (MCO), was joined by a number of high profile volunteers including Mayor Mark Forsyth, Town Clerk David Chandler and the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Filton and
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Residents of Bradley Stoke have two opportunities to get involved in improving the local environment over the coming weekend. Saturday (10th October) sees the Big Clean Up, an end of summer clear up in Bradley Stoke and the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve. Volunteers are asked to meet at 10am at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road, BS32 8HL [map].
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A former member of the Bradley Stoke Neighbourhood Policing Team is now back on the beat thanks in part to funding from Bradley Stoke Town Council. PC Claire Fletcher has returned to the beat after having nine months off on maternity leave. The Town Council agreed in July to become the first town/parish authority in South Gloucestershire to contribute towards
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Liberal Democrats in Bradley Stoke look set to force a by-election for a seat on the Town Council left vacant by the resignation of a Conservative Councillor. A meeting of Full Council on 16th September was told that Cllr David Skeet, who represented the Meadowbank parish ward, had resigned his seat “at the back end of July”. This was accompanied
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