Stoke Gifford Taekwondo (TKD) student Phoebe Grandfield, 19, has been awarded the Bristol Young Sporting Hero title for 2016. Phoebe was nominated by her tutors at SGS College and her instructor at Stoke Gifford TKD, Miss Kerry Burridge. She has been training in taekwondo since the age of 5 and has faced many difficulties and obstacles including severe epilepsy, autism,
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Local man’s fight to keep World War II pillbox
Local resident, Brian Hawkins, told us of his struggle to keep the World War II pillbox that is likely to be demolished under the council’s Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) plan. The pillbox is a brick structure that was constructed for defence purposes during the Second World War; there were two near the railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, and
Continue readingParkrun vote sparks national media frenzy
A decision by Stoke Gifford Parish Council to insist on a financial contribution from the organisers of a popular free weekly run held in Little Stoke Park sparked a media frenzy last month, with the story featuring for several days in national newspapers and on TV news bulletins. One of hundreds of similar events that take place around the country
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