After an amazing 13 years, Stoke Gifford’s most popular community news website has come to the end of a remarkable journey. Read our review of how a personal news blog evolved into a respected news website and a monthly print magazine.
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Two men from Stoke Gifford have been jailed for a combined four years for their involvement in the violent disorder in Bristol last month. Lee Gilpin, 43, and Michael Tarling, 42, were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on 12th September having been part of groups which used or threatened violence and caused others to fear for their safety during the disorder on Saturday 3rd August.
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Abbeywood Community School has reported “excellent” results in this year’s GCSE examinations, with Grades 7-9 across a wide range of subjects as well as many Grades 5-9 in English and Mathematics. The proportion of students achieving both English and Mathematics at Grade 4 or above was 67 percent (compared to 63 percent in 2023).
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A major programme of expansion and improvements to buildings and facilities at Abbeywood Community School in Stoke Gifford is now under way. The £12 million project will deliver new classrooms and extend the dance studio and changing rooms over the next 18 months. The work is being paid for using South Glos Council capital funding and S106 contributions from developers.
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Students at Abbeywood Community School are celebrating their achievements in A-level, vocational and engineering qualifications following the publication of assessment results earlier this week. A press release put out by the school describes the results as “excellent” and reports that 50 percent of all A-level grades awarded were within the range A*-B, with 85 percent at A*-C.
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More than 700 new homes could be built on the site of the Aviva Centre and within the footprint of a neighbouring retail park in Stoke Gifford, according the latest draft of a planning blueprint being prepared by South Gloucestershire Council. The local authority’s emerging Local Plan for the period 2025 to 2040 has recently had 17 extra housing sites added to it…
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A new Beefeater restaurant has opened within the new mixed-use development at Fox Den Road, Stoke Gifford (behind Sainsbury’s). Branded as ‘The Gifford, Bristol’, the new eatery officially opened to the public on Monday 17th June, although local residents had been offered the opportunity to sample the menu at selected staff training sessions during the preceding week…
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Aldi opened its tenth store in Bristol today, Thursday 13th June 2024, with the launch of its Stoke Gifford branch within the new mixed-use development on Fox Den Road (behind Sainsbury’s). The store opened at 8am with ParalympicsGB swimming gold medallist Stephanie Millward cutting the ribbon alongside pupils from St Michael’s CofE Primary School.
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Little Stoke Primary School has been recognised as ‘outstanding’ in its support of cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable travel. Over a period of two years, the school has been working towards achieving a progression of awards available through the Modeshift STARS scheme and its efforts have now been recognised as meeting the highest possible ‘Platinum’ standard.
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A public consultation has opened on plans to upgrade a pedestrian crossing on New Road, Stoke Gifford, in the vicinity of a number of education establishments. The proposed scheme is to provide a parallel crossing on the existing raised platform across New Road and widen the existing pedestrian/cyclist route between Brierly Furlong and New Road.
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