The petrol filling station at Tesco Bradley Stoke has been closed since early this afternoon (Friday) following a leakage of fuel. Two fire engines attended the scene and the whole forecourt was closed off as a precautionary measure. A spokesperson for Avon Fire & Rescue told The Journal that residual fuel from one of the pumps had leaked onto the
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I have decided to shop elsewhere (Aldi) as I feel that Tesco’s are taking us for mugs with their increasing prices. Even their “Sale” prices have been increased before the sale price has been added. I have heard from numerous other people who are now beginning to shop at Aldi and it is quite easy to save £30 on a
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The Bristol Evening Post reports that a man was arrested after stealing two bottles of Champagne (concealed down his trousers), a frozen chicken and roast potatoes from Tesco Extra in Bradley Stoke. The offence occurred on Saturday 18th December and the 41-year-old, from Easton, appeared at Bristol Magistrates Court on Wednesday (29th December), where he also admitted stealing two bottles
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An Olveston couple have complained to Tesco after allegedly finding a four-inch metal screw inside a pre-cooked chicken purchased from the firm’s Bradley Stoke superstore. “There was no way the chicken could have swallowed it so we want to know how it got inside” said Tom Ryan. Read more: Bristol Evening Post
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Tesco Extra manager Oliver Hill is scheduled to address this week’s meeting of the Bradley Stoke Safer & Stronger Community Group to be held at Baileys Court Activity Centre on Tuesday evening (7pm start). Meeting chair Julie Snelling of Southern Brooks Community Partnership says Mr Hill, who has managed the store since it opened in October last year, will pick
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Hundreds of defective shopping trolleys at the Tesco Extra store in Bradley Stoke are due to be replaced over the weekend, according to Customer Services Manager Matt Hill. Wheel locking devices on the faulty ‘shallow’ trolleys have been spontaneously seizing up ever since they were introduced when the new store opened last October. Over the last week, most of the
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In our PicasaWeb gallery: Bradley Stoke Christmas Lights [album; slideshow] Bradley Stoke Christmas 2008 [album; slideshow] Useful holiday information: Christmas opening hours at our local shopping centres
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The coming week sees a full programme of Christmas-themed events in Bradley Stoke. Tuesday (16th December) sees Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) hosting a European Christmas Market from 5pm to 7:30pm. The event has been organised to celebrate the school’s designation as a specialist Performing Arts and Languages College (effective since September 2008). Students will plan, run and produce stock
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Less than two weeks after the opening of Bradley Stoke’s new Tesco Extra store in the Willow Brook Centre, the town’s old Tesco store is quickly being reduced to rubble. Local firm Bath Demolition has the contract to tear down the redundant store, a task that is expected to take six weeks according to a source on site. Once the
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The Nationwide Building Society agency, operated by 1st Equity, opened its doors on Monday (20th October) in Bradley Stoke’s new Willow Brook Centre. This means that all tenants of the Centre that were initially intending to be trading on the official opening day of Monday 13th October are now open for business. Elsewhere in the Centre, a press release put
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