Little Stoke Youth Centre, Little Stoke Lane, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Future of Little Stoke Youth Centre remains uncertain

The future of a local Council-run youth centre threatened by budget cuts remains uncertain, despite several “expressions of interest” being received from organisations interested in taking over its operations. Little Stoke Youth Club, in Little Stoke Lane, is under threat of closure from South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) as part of its plans to slash spending on “universal access” youth services

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Buildings at Abbeywood Community School, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Improved A-level results for Abbeywood School

Students at Abbeywood Community School have achieved good results in their A-level examinations, despite the school being placed into ‘special measures’ by Ofsted last year. Dave Baker, Executive Headteacher, today described the results as being “even better than last year’s best ever”. From the 126 examinations entries, 25% were award A* or A grades, an improvement on the 21% achieved

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Traffic calming chicane on Little Stoke Lane, Little Stoke, Bristol.

Consultation on Little Stoke Lane traffic calming proposals

Traffic calming chicanes in Little Stoke Lane could be replaced with raised table crossings if a £150,000 scheme being proposed by South Gloucestershire Council gets the thumbs up from local residents. The Council has recently launched a public consultation on the plans, which foresee five ‘priority narrowings’ being replaced with two-way raised table crossings. A new raised table crossing will

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Artist's impression of a proposed new multi-storey car park at Bristol Parkway.

Additional multi-storey car park planned for Bristol Parkway

Bristol Parkway railway station could get a new multi-storey car park providing an additional 710 bays after officials at South Gloucestershire Council cleared the way for a formal planning application to be made by Network Rail. Funding for the project has already been approved by the Government, in the second tranche of its £100M Station Commercial Projects Improvement Fund announced

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Number 18 bus service pictured in Little Stoke, Bristol.

Mixed news for Little Stoke bus users

Bus passengers in Little Stoke have received mixed news about the future of local services. The good news is that First Group has reversed its proposed withdrawal of the Council-subsidised number 18, which runs between Emersons Green and Southmead Hospital, via Frenchay Hospital. In Little Stoke, the number 18 runs along Gipsy Patch Lane, Little Stoke Lane and Kingsway. The

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