Streams of soil-laden tipper trucks passing through Bradley Stoke and construction activity at Parkway North Roundabout at the northern end of the Stoke Gifford By-Pass are signs that work has now begun in earnest on a 327-home development site on the borders of Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford.
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The projected date for reopening the road under the new railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane looks likely to be further delayed after engineers decided a larger pumping station will be required to prevent flooding.
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Two Stoke Gifford Scout leaders have received awards for good and long service to Scouting. Sue Baker, a Beaver Scout leader, and Michele Grattidge, a Scout and Explorer Scout leader, were presented with awards in December for their dedication and support to Scouting in Stoke Gifford.
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A school in Stoke Gifford has been judged to have the best club in the South West in the annual Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards. Abbeywood Community School has received a cash prize of £1,000 to spend on its breakfast club as well as a special party pack for the students to celebrate in the coming months.
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A further restriction on traffic flow along Gipsy Patch Lane, Little Stoke, is due to come into force on Monday (8th March 2021) with the closure of a section of the westbound carriageway just west of the Little Stoke Lane junction.
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Police are warning Stoke Gifford residents to make sure their cars and vans are locked when unattended following a spate of vehicle crime in the area. Several CCTV clips posted on social media show two or three individuals walking along roads, usually around midnight, “trying the doors” of parked vehicles.
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Police have issued a CCTV image in an appeal for witnesses and information following a knifepoint robbery at the McColl’s convenience store in Kingsway, Little Stoke. It happened at about 7.45am on Wednesday 3rd February 2021.
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Officers at South Gloucestershire Council have recommended approval of a planning application for the creation of a new vehicular access point directly off Hatchet Road into the site of the former Co-operative food store near Parkway Station. However, a local councillor has now ‘called in’ the application…
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A controversial programme of work to fell a row of 20 semi-mature trees along Gipsy Patch Lane, Little Stoke, to create space for a new bus lane, is due to get under way next Monday (25th January 2021). A petition opposing the tree felling has attracted more than 300 signatures.
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Police are investigating a burglary in which three ferrets were stolen from a rescue sanctuary run out of private premises in Stoke Gifford. The ferrets, two males and one female, were taken from an outbuilding at the back of a property in Balmoral Close.
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