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Thursday 11th November 2010 SH (Editor)

Volunteers sought for Better Broadband campaign

The Bradley Stoke Journal is seeking volunteers to help promote its campaign for better broadband in the area after receiving sponsorship of £500 from two local businesses. The money will be used to print banners, posters and leaflets for display and distribution around Filton, Almondsbury & Bradley Stoke. The initial focus of the campaign will be to encourage residents and

Tuesday 26th October 2010 SH (Editor)

Better Broadband campaign off to a flying start

The Journal’s campaign for better broadband speeds in Bradley Stoke and the surrounding area has got off to a flying start with more than 270 residents registering votes to have the Almondsbury telephone exchange fast-tracked for upgrading to fibre optic broadband. The Better Broadband for Filton, Almondsbury & Bradley Stoke (BB4FABS) campaign was launched a fortnight ago and began by

Saturday 14th August 2010 SH (Editor)

Town Councillors report on Westminster broadband meeting

Bradley Stoke Town Councillors visited Westminster on Wednesday to step up the campaign for faster broadband connections in the Town. Town Mayor Cllr Ben Walker and Councillors John Ashe, Brian Hopkinson, Robert Jones and Sarah Pomfret attended a meeting at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with Communications Minister Ed Vaizey MP. The meeting, which was organised by newly

Friday 13th August 2010 SH (Editor)

MP joins the fight for faster broadband in Bradley Stoke

Bradley Stoke’s newly-elected Conservative MP Jack Lopresti has vowed to make the fight to secure faster, more reliable, broadband coverage across his constituency one of his top priorities. The pledge came after Mr Lopresti organised a meeting with the new Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey MP, to highlight the long-standing issues with broadband connections in the Bradley Stoke area. As a

Thursday 24th September 2009 SH (Editor)

Councils’ broadband demands fall on deaf ears

Bradley Stoke Town Council’s efforts to get utility companies to provide faster broadband connections in the town have come to nothing according to Town Clerk David Chandler. Back in February, the Council’s Planning Committee instructed the Clerk to write to telecommunications giants BT and Virgin Media demanding a “21st Century service for a 21st Century town”. The move was followed

Sunday 9th August 2009 SH (Editor)

Virgin Media laying new broadband cable in Bradley Stoke

Cable company Virgin Media is laying new fibre optic broadband cable in Bradley Stoke but it seems that homeowners are unlikely to benefit from the work. Contractors have been digging trenches to take a spur off the Virgin Media network from a point on Bradley Stoke Way close to the pedestrian crossing south of the Savages Wood Roundabout. The new