The Almondsbury telephone exchange, which serves much of Bradley Stoke, has once again been overlooked in the latest round of superfast broadband upgrades announced by BT this week. Almondsbury failed to figure in a list of 98 exchanges that constitutes ‘phase 10’ of BT Openreach’s commercial rollout which promises to cover two thirds of the UK by 2014. With the
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Detailed plans for a multi-million pound ‘rapid transit system’ that will connect Bradley Stoke with the centre of Bristol are on show today (Thursday 31st) at the Willow Brook Centre, between 3pm and 7pm. The scheme aims to provide a “fast and reliable” bus service between north and south Bristol – with modern vehicles and, in places, its own right
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Two Bradley Stoke Councillors yesterday defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in what appears to be a consequence of some nasty in-fighting within the local Conservative Party. Cllr Ben Walker, a former Bradley Stoke Mayor and District Councillor for the Bradley Stoke North ward, and Cllr Ed Rose, elected to the Town Council in May 2011, were welcomed into
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Bradley Stoke Mayor Ben Walker has become the target of a smear campaign aimed at stopping him becoming the Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, a position he is due to take on next week after serving for the past year as Vice Chair. A letter alleging irregularities in the financial management of two construction companies of which Cllr Walker is
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A survey conducted by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has confirmed a high level of demand for improved broadband speeds in Bradley Stoke. A report analysing the results of the survey, which was carried out from November 2011 to Febraury 2012, shows that the number of Bradley Stoke residents responding was the third highest of all towns and parishes in the
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A youth centre to which young people from Bradley Stoke were directed after the Brook Way youth club was closed down last year is facing closure from April 2013 as part of cost-cutting plans proposed by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Interim measures put in place following Bradley Stoke Town Council’s decision to terminate its youth provision contract with Southern Brooks
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The future of Bradley Stoke’s Sure Start Children’s Centre appears uncertain after South Gloucestershire Council announced that it is to cut funding for nine of the 15 centres it currently runs across the district. The Council says it needs to save £1.65m from its spending on children, young people and families over the next three years as part of a
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BT Openreach has announced that subscribers served by the Filton telephone exchange are now able to place orders for superfast fibre broaband but there remains doubt as to how many homes in Bradley Stoke on 0117 lines will be able to benefit from the new technology. The company announced in April last year that Filton would be upgraded in 2012
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Five Bradley Stoke organisations will be hoping to win a share of a £36,036 grant fund at this Tuesday’s meeting of the Southern Brooks Area Forum in Winterbourne. A total of 42 applications totalling £59,611 have been received from organisations in the Bradley Stoke, Filton, Patchway, Stoke Gifford, Winterbourne, Frenchay and Stoke Park areas covered by the Forum. Sticky Fingers
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Help bring faster broadband to Bradley Stoke – complete the online surveys by Wednesday! Local residents have just a few more days to complete two crucial surveys that could determine whether Government and Council money will be used to improve the notoriously slow broadband speeds experienced by many residents and businesses in Bradley Stoke. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has agreed
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