As lockdown begins easing across the country, 1st Little Stoke Scouts have begun to resume face-to-face meetings. This is a particularly exciting time for the Beaver section, who will be meeting face-to-face at the Scout hut for the first time in July…
Continue readingMonth: June 2021
Troubled technical college set to join Olympus Trust
A Stoke Gifford college that provides specialist education for 14 to 18 year-olds in the engineering and environmental technology sectors looks set to join the Olympus Academy Trust after running into academic and financial difficulties.
Continue readingExtra patrols planned after 12-year-old girl approached in Little Stoke
Police officers are currently investigating a suspicious incident that happened in Little Stoke on Wednesday 16th June. At approximately 6pm, a man driving a work van approached a 12-year-old girl in the Hawkesley Drive area. The girl immediately returned home and informed her family who reported it to the police.
Continue readingGipsy Patch Lane: Highway works intensify east of railway bridge
Following the frustrating news revealed in our May magazine that the railway bridge at Gipsy Patch Lane may not reopen to motorised traffic until December (and then only one way), the last month has seen a slew of announcements relating to highway works east of the bridge.
Continue readingStoke Gifford to get Aldi and Costa by 2023
Stoke Gifford residents look set to have a new Aldi supermarket and a Costa drive-through on the doorstep within two years after plans for a new mixed-use development were given the green light. The development site is on a large vacant plot of land behind the existing Sainsbury’s store at Fox Den Road.
Continue readingExplained: Military helicopters over the Stokes
The frequency at which military helicopter are seen flying low over Stoke Gifford and the surrounding areas seems to have increased over the last year or so, although this may be because we have had more opportunities to spot them as a consequence of Covid-19. But where are the helicopters going and what are they up to?
Continue readingBook review: ‘A Long and Winding Beat!’
Adrian Kerton reviews Stoke Gifford councillor Brian Allinson’s new book about his fascinating career in the police … and a lot more besides. We are all used to seeing the police helicopters flying over us but probably don’t realise the early adoption of this valuable resource in our area was due to the efforts of Stoke Gifford councillor…
Continue readingMaintenance work costed at £250k programmed for two local schools
Primary schools in Stoke Gifford and Little Stoke are to benefit from a £2.6 million package of maintenance and improvement works that has recently been agreed by South Gloucestershire Council. The money will be spent on re-roofing, replacing high-level windowsills and flat roof repairs.
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