The first meeting of the Lakeside Residents’ Association takes place this evening (Monday 20th April) at Baileys Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Road (7pm start). The group was formed after Local Conservative Councillor Ben Walker contacted anti-porn protesters who had staged a protest outside sex film producer James Edwards’ house in The Coppice. Cllr Walker encouraged the protesters and other
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Police have arrested two 17-year-old men in connection with a series of car and property blazes in Bradley Stoke during the early hours of Friday morning. The incidents began at 1:40am when a wheelie bin was set on fire in Saxon Way. Within the next hour three cars were set alight and other smaller fires started. Police declined to issue
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The new police inspector for the Filton Neighbourhood Area, which includes Bradley Stoke, is expected to address a meeting of the Safer and Stronger Community Group on Tuesday evening. Inspector Bob Evely recently replaced Inspector Simon Ellis, who has taken up a post at police HQ. Other recent changes on the Bradley Stoke Beat saw PC Steven Palmer taking over
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PC Steven Palmer has been appointed the new Neighbourhood Beat Manager for Bradley Stoke, replacing PC Claire Fletcher. PC Palmer has been on the beat in Bradley Stoke since December 2008, and has already been very busy working with community partners. He is already involved in working with security staff at the new Willow Brook Centre, to identify offenders and
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New crime maps published by Avon and Somerset Police show Bradley Stoke to be an island of low crime incidence within South Gloucestershire. The town’s crime figures fall into the ‘below average’ category, meaning that the crime rate is between 12.5% and 37.4% of the national average. Neighbouring areas Stoke Gifford, Winterbourne and Severnside all fall into the ‘average’ category
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Scott Lahive, manager of the Willow Brook Centre, is set to address a meeting of Bradley Stoke’s Safer & Stronger Community Group this Tuesday evening. Local residents are expected to quiz Mr Lahive about parking facilities at the new town centre site following a flood of negative comments in the Bradley Stoke Examiner’s forums. Also due to attend the meeting
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Police officers yesterday (Tuesday) raided a four-bedroom detached house in Bradley Stoke’s Juniper Way, following tip-offs from the local community that the property was being used as a cannabis “factory”. A search led to the recovery of around 450 well-grown cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of £180,000, growing in five rooms of the house. A 48-year-old man has
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Bradley Stoke Police have introduced a ‘Three Strikes’ scheme to combat inconsiderate parking around the town’s Meadowbrook Primary School in Three Brooks Lane. The move comes after the problem was agreed as a priority issue at the Safer & Stronger Community Group meeting on 30th September. Neighbours of the school told the meeting that parents/carers dropping children off at the school
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Residents of Manor Farm Crescent and neighbouring streets, concerned about an increase in crime and anti-social behaviour in the area, have called a meeting to consider the formation of a Neighbourhood Watch group. The move follows a “walk through” meeting held last month at which local police and representatives of South Gloucestershire Council’s Anti-Social Behaviour Team discussed residents’ concerns and
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Residents of Bradley Stoke are invited to join local police on a cycle trek around the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve, stopping at relevant points and identifying any issues or problems that require the attention of the community / partner agencies and discussing any probable solutions. The ride takes place this Sunday (28th September), starting from the Three Brooks Lakes
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