A “visionary principal” has been appointed to lead a new primary school that is due to open in Cheswick Village next September. The Cabot Learning Federation has announced the appointment of Miss Susie Weaver to the role of headteacher of the brand new Wallscourt Farm Primary Academy. Building work on the new school is due to start early next year
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Building work has started on the Bristol Technology and Engineering (BTE) Academy in New Road, Stoke Gifford, the first of its kind in the south west. The academy will open in September 2013 to educate young people who are interested in a career in the engineering or environmental technology sectors. As a University Technical College (UTC), the academy will give
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The UWE Exhibition and Conference Centre will be the focus of the media this Friday (16th November) when it hosts the count for two important elections taking place the previous day. Despite being outside the City boundary, the Centre has been chosen by Bristol City Council to accommodate the counts for both the Bristol Mayor election and the Avon and
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A new bus-only road constructed between the UWE Frenchay Campus and MOD Abbey Wood is estimated to have cost nearly half a million pounds more than originally planned. Built by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), the 1km-long Cheswick Bus Link opened on 17th September and was said at the time to have cost £1.5 million, with £1.2 million of that coming
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Building work has started on City of Bristol College’s newest building, on the site of the former Filton High School in New Road, Stoke Gifford. The £12 million Advanced Engineering Centre will bring together the college’s automotive and aeronautical engineering into one state-of-the-art building creating one of the largest engineering centres in the UK. The new facility will include several
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The award winning Stoke Gifford branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) launched its 2012 Poppy Appeal on Friday (26th October) at Parkway Station. The branch has been raising record amounts for the Poppy Appeal in recent years. In 2010/11, it raised £30,500 and then in 2011/12 it broke even that record with £37,500. In 2010/11, the Stoke Gifford branch
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A police investigation is underway following a robbery in which shop staff were threatened with a knife. The robbery occurred at around 9:20pm last night (Thursday 25th October) at McColl’s in Little Stoke. A man entered the shop armed with a knife and demanded money. He was given money and cigarettes and left the shop. Avon and Somerset Police say
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A new weekly ‘Parkrun’ for local runners and joggers is to begin in Little Stoke Park on Saturday 3rd November. Parkrun is a free, weekly 5k timed run, which takes place all over the UK and beyond, every Saturday at 9am, all year round. News of the start of the regular weekly session follows a successful trial event in the
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A planning application has been submitted for a new primary school that is due to open next September in Cheswick Village, Stoke Gifford. The proposed school, which will be an academy operated by the Cabot Learning Federation, is to be constructed on land between Long Down Avenue and the new Cheswick Bus Link – in the centre of the new
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A 28-year-old man from Bristol has been charged with two burglaries in Little Stoke. Both burglaries happened on Sunday 30th September. A suspect was arrested on Wednesday 10th October. The man is charged with one dwelling burglary and a break-in at a pub where cash was taken. He appeared before Northavon Magistrates earlier today (Thursday 11th October). Avon and Somerset
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