Pictured (L-R): Town clerk David Chandler, Willow Brook Centre manager Scott Lahive, Georgie Bigg from the NACC, Mayor Robert Jones and Councillor Julian Barge.
The laptop and a further £50 was donated by supermarket Tesco and the management of the new town centre.
Georgie Bigg from the NACC said the new laptop would be “worth more than the cash value” as it would allow the group, and invited guests at meetings, to show Powerpoint presentations.
Written by Chris (editor) on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
A meeting to discuss proposals to increase housing in South Gloucestershire by 33,000 will be held next Tuesday.
The Southern Brooks Area Forum, which covers Bradley Stoke and neighbouring district wards, will be held at the Greenfield Centre in Winterbourne on 2 September.
The meeting is billed as “giving local people the opportunity to quiz council members and officers about issues and concerns that affect their area”.
Baroness Andrews’ proposed modifications to the South West Regional Spatial Strategy would place an “intolerable strain” on the county’s infrastructure according to the council.
The meeting gets under way at 7pm with doors open from 6.15pm.
Written by Chris (editor) on Tuesday August 26th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Bradley Stoke Town Council could change its policy over advertising councillor vacancies after a position was only advertised in the ward rather than online.
The Bradley Stoke Journal has reported that Caroline Charlton has stood down from her Meadowband seat but the vacancy has yet to appear on the council’s website.
Press spokesman John Ashe has told the Examiner: “The legal requirement is only to advertise the vacancy on notice boards throughout the parish which was done, so no notice was posted on our website.
“However I do think that we should in future advertise vacancies on the website as the parish notice board ruling has obviously been around for decades before the invention of the web.”
Written by Chris (editor) on Sunday August 24th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Bradley Stokers have the chance to win free fish and chips at Deep Blue over the next month - with a Mini car also up for grabs.
The company wants customers to vote for Britain’s Greatest Icon with - inevitably - fish and chips one of the choices.
Also in the vote are super spy James Bond, timelord Dr Who, red phoneboxes and the miniskirt.
Locally, Deep Blue is giving away 20 meals of fish and chips and 50 portions of chips while the Mini competition is open to other restaurants in the country.
Written by Chris (editor) on Thursday August 21st, 2008 at 6:00 am
As the Olympic games close in Beijing, budding swimmers in Bradley Stoke are being offered the chance to enjoy a free session at the town’s leisure centre.
South Gloucestershire Council are due to hoist an official Olympic handover flag in Kingswood on Sunday and various activities are taking place across the district.
Church bells are due to ring and libraries will be playing world music to mark the event ahead on the games coming to London in 2012.
In Bradley Stoke, the free swimming session will take place between 4pm and 6pm on Sunday, 24 August 2008.
Hogan is still being held in a psychiatric unit in Greece but could be released soon and the move is thought to be a bid to avoid a murder trial should he return to the UK.
