Year: 2016

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Stoke Gifford Sort It! Centre, Station Road, Little Stoke.

Council’s compulsory vehicle pre-registration system for Sort It centres goes live

South Gloucestershire residents who want to use local authority Sort It waste disposal and recycling centres, such as the one in Station Road, Little Stoke, must now register their vehicle to access the sites. A spokesperson for South Gloucestershire Council said: “You don’t need to sign up straight away, just make sure you register at least 24 hours before your

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Alzheimer’s Society activity group for people with dementia, which meets in Little Stoke.

Alzheimer’s Society launches local activity group for people with dementia

A new ‘friendship & activity group’ for people with dementia is being launched by Alzheimer’s Society in Little Stoke. The club will take place on Monday mornings from 10am to 12noon. Exact dates, and details about the location, are available from the charity’s South Gloucestershire office on 0117 961 0693. The friendship & activity group will provide a social atmosphere

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Ethan Martin, the first-ever student at Abbeywood Community School to receive an offer of a place a Oxbridge.

First Oxbridge offer for Abbeywood Post-16

Stoke Gifford’s Abbeywood Community School is celebrating the first-ever offer of an Oxbridge place to one of its Post-16 students. The news represents another important milestone in the school’s improvement journey, which began three years ago when Abbeywood became part of the Olympus Academy Trust following a disappointing Ofsted inspection in December 2011. Ethan Martin joined the school (then known

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