The next meeting of Safer, Stronger Bradley Stoke takes place on Tuesday with residents given a chance to talk to police and local councillors.

The meeting, at Bradley Stoke Community School, will also discuss the school’s sixth form plans.

Earlier this week we revealed that builders would move onto the site in the next few weeks to begin work on the centre due to open in 2010.

Also on the agenda is how the Aztec Hotel contributes to the community, local problems and issues and an update on street pastors.

The meeting, on 21 July 2009, gets under way from 7pm – more information from 01454 868760.

A working party looking at where Bradley Stoke Town Council’s offices should be have been told to look exclusively at options for the Jubilee Centre.

At a full town council meeting on Wednesday the working group was directed by councillors to look at the centre.

It means that any move to the Willow Brook Centre – as originally planned – is now very unlikely.

We revealed in January that the move to the town centre site was almost certainly dead.

It is thought the renovation of the Jubilee Centre would work out less expensive than the move to the Willow Brook Centre.

The group will look at either building next to, on top of or out from the Jubilee Centre to house the council’s admin staff.

Contractors are due on site “in the next few weeks” to begin work on Bradley Stoke’s new post-16 education centre.

Community school headteacher Dave Baker told parents that work would begin on the sixth form and the new dance studio soon.

He said: “There will be more pressure than ever on the school car parking facilities so please avoid coming into the school car park unless absolutely necessary.

“We will also have a full school for the first time in September with over 920 students and 130+ staff so it is going to be busier than ever but an exciting time for us!”

Permission to build the new block, which will also feature a new dance hall, was granted by South Gloucestershire Council in 2008.

The £5m centre is due to open in September 2010.

A proposed extension to a house in Juniper Way, Bradley Stoke, is likely to be given the green light despite objections from neighbours.

The owners of number 283 want to expand their home over half of their two-car garage.

But neighbours are citing a loss of light among their concerns which could see the home eventually become a seven bedroom dwelling.

Bradley Stoke Town Council, in its submission to the district, said the proposal would result in “over development”.

They added: “It will have detrimental affect on the local amenities and overlook neighbouring properties.”

In total, four residents complained and a row erupted on the South Gloucestershire Council planning website with the agent acting for the development replying in detail to each complaint.

One of the main concerns raised was loss of light which planners rejected claiming summer loss would be minimal.

Although, they said, light would be lost in winter months the gardens were less likely to be used then so the impact would be less.

Planners added: “In terms of overbearing impact, the massing and scale of 283 Juniper Way is already established.

“The modest width of the proposed extension at 2.5 m is not considered would have an overall overbearing impact on neighbouring properties.”

South Gloucestershire councillors will now have the final say on the scheme.

More photos from the Red Arrows visit to Filton and their flyover of Bradley Stoke on Sunday.

Graham Bloomfield’s photos also include images of the Battle of Britain memorial flight.

The Red Arrows display team flew over Bradley Stoke on Saturday en-route to Filton for a pitstop.

The world-famous RAF aerobatic team performed at the Yeovilton Air Day and an air show in Swansea.

They used Filton as their base for the day, thrilling those who had stopped to watch on the A38.

The team flew in formation several times over Bradley Stoke at lunchtime.

Graham Bloomfield took these fantastic photographs.

A 62-year-old woman was injured when she was kicked during a dispute in Bradley Stoke.

The incident took place in the Willow Brook Centre car park on Sunday afternoon.

Avon and Somerset Police say the two motorists were arguing and the man lashed out at the woman.

She was taken to nearby Frenchay Hospital but did not require treatment.

The suspect is described as a white man in his thirties, about 5ft 6ins tall with brown hair

Officers say he was wearing a yellow shirt and blue trousers and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.