Mobile takeaway vans could soon be trading again in the car park of the Baileys Court Activity Centre in Bradley Stoke. Prior to the recent redevelopment of the site, The Chinese Wok van was a regular visitor, but construction activity meant the business had to move elsewhere and the van did not return on completion of the work. It is now
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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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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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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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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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The Journal has learned that a Special Meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council is to be held next Tuesday, 30th September, at 6pm. The meeting, which will be conducted in closed session on the grounds of “commercial sensitivity”, is said to have a single topic on the agenda: “To consider the Town Centre Development”. Mayor Robert Jones told us: “I
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Campaigning for the upcoming by-election in Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbank parish ward has got under way, with the first party political leaflets being delivered to homes in the area. The by-election, now officially confirmed for Thursday 2nd October 2008, sees one candidate from each of the local Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties battling for the seat that became vacant after Caroline
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A by-election for the vacant seat in Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Meadowbank parish ward looks set to take place on Thursday 2nd October, after the local Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties announced they had each nominated a candidate. A Bristol and South Gloucestershire Conservatives press release named Paul Turner, “a local man from Bradley Stoke and local businessman” as the
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A notice of election for the Town Councillor vacancy in Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbank parish ward has been posted on the Town Council’s noticeboards around the town. Should the vacancy be “contested”, i.e. should there be more than one candidate, the election will take place on Thursday 2nd October. Nominations papers must be submitted to the Returning Officer at South Gloucestershire
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