A family could win a dream trip to Disneyland Paris worth up to £2,000 simply by enjoying a game of bowling at Hollywood Bowl, Cribbs Causeway. The bowling centre is taking part in a nationwide ‘Strike It Lucky’ campaign which will see scratch cards handed out for every booking – with each card guaranteeing players a prize. It will see
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An aspiring fashion student at Patchway Community College has hit the national headlines after designing a dress made from old copies of the Daily Mail. Chloe Wright produced the dress as part of her A-level textiles exam, which asked pupils to create a dress from recycled materials. Fortunately, her grandfather had stored enough Mails to help her out after she
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Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, last week visited the TNT Post delivery depot on Patchway Industrial Estate to congratulate the company on creating over 160 jobs in the past five years. During the visit Mr Lopresti met members of the TNT Post team in Bristol and heard how the company created jobs in its distribution depot and
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A two-day makeover challenge by 32 Airbus graduates has given a new lease of life to Patchway Community Centre and Coniston Primary School. Graduates were at Patchway Community Centre and put to work redecorating the main and small halls as the interior had become dilapidated through many years of use. It is hoped that the smart new interior will prove
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The 2012 edition of Patchway’s annual Festival drew to a close last weekend after a fortnight-long programme of events that began with the Fusion Festival at Patchway Community College on Friday 13th July and ended with a quiz night at the Royal British Legion club on Sunday 29th July. Appropriately for the year in which the Olympics returned to the
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The future of two sheltered housing schemes for the elderly in Patchway has been secured following months of uncertainty after they were classified “at risk” because they needed “significant investment to remain open”. Merlin Housing Society had previously named Charlton Court and Langdale Court in a list of ten properties that might have to close, following a review of all
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A petition calling on South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to amend its long-term plan to convert Patchway’s Highwood Road into a bus and cycle-only route and instead allow access to general traffic has been rejected at a meeting of Full Council. The decision confirms the outcome of a debate at last month’s meeting of the Council’s Planning, Transport & Strategic Environment
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The lucky winner of a prize draw held to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of Patchway Post Office has been presented with a £100 Spar hamper, packed with groceries and goodies including a bottle of champagne and a set of Royal Mail’s stunning Diamond Jubilee stamps. Julie Jarvis, a homecare assistant from Horfield, had been given a free
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The petition to keep Patchway’s Highwood Road open to general traffic suffered a setback at last month’s meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Planning, Transportation and Strategic Environment (PTSE) Committee, which decided to endorse an officer recommendation to close the road, albeit for a trial period of 18 months. However, there remains hope amongst the petition’s proponents that it may
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Police arrested a 16-year-old man following an incident of race hate crime in Patchway last night (Tuesday 3rd July). Officers were called to a shop at The Parade, Coniston Road, at about 7pm, following reports that a group of young men were being abusive towards a female Asian worker. The suspects had made off when officers arrived and a search
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