Up to 1,500 children and their families are expected to take part in an arts-themed treasure hunt in the Patchway and Bradley Stoke areas this week, as part of a project organised by Patchway Community College. The Great Art Hunt, a cross between a treasure hunt and an arts trail, takes its inspiration from the success of the Gorillas and Gromits across
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The HSBC branch on the Aztec West Business Park is to close in August, it has been announced. The facility, which currently opens 9.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday only, will close permanently at 3pm on Friday 29th August. Accounts currently held at Aztec West will be transferred to the bank’s Filton branch, three miles away. The next closest HSBC
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Local Labour councillors have expressed their excitement at ambitious long-term plans to give Patchway a 21st-century town centre. At the town council’s recent Annual Meeting, the new Mayor, and long-term Coniston councillor, Mike Grotzke, launched a consultation on the redevelopment of Patchway town centre that will integrate the new and existing communities of Patchway, bringing in some much needed investment
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The next community event in Charlton Hayes takes place on Thursday (22nd May) from 11am – 1pm at the Temporary Green on Ringsfield Lane (located off Wood Street in the Long Leaze part of the development). The event has been billed as a “picnic in the park – Charlton Hayes style”. As many people have moved to Charlton Hayes from all
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A pupil at a Patchway school has bagged a big prize in an art competition organised by the Bradley Stoke Tesco Extra store to tell customers about its Click & Collect online grocery shopping service. Halle Wardle, aged 10, who attends St Chad’s Primary School in Stoke Lodge, won £250 for the school plus a £25 Tesco gift card for
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A 22-year-old woman has been evicted from her Patchway flat after making her neighbours’ lives a misery. Zoe Gullick was evicted from her Merlin Housing Society home in Willow Close in March following reports of drug taking, verbal abuse and physical threats towards her neighbours from her and visitors to her flat. She had also built up more than £800
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Have you ever thought about volunteering but don’t know how to get involved? Discover local volunteering opportunities in a speed-matching event to find your perfect match! The Volunteer Centre Patchway, Filton and The Stokes is holding an event for everyone who would like to hear about volunteering opportunities. The Volunteer Speed-Match event will take place at Coniston Community Centre in
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Patchway Fire Station looks set to close by 2018, as part of major organisational shake-up announced by Avon Fire & Rescue. The Patchway station, on the corner of Durban Road and Rodway Road, will be replaced by a new station that will be built “somewhere on the site of the former Filton Airfield”. Southmead Fire Station will also close within
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Thousands of excited fans crowded from 4pm at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway earlier today (Thursday 7th November) to watch The Saturdays open The Mall’s Winter Wonderland and switch on the shopping centre’s Christmas lights. Saturdays fans braved the cold rain for this year’s Christmas lights switch-on concert in support of the military charity Help for Heroes. Bristol Fashion Week host
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A kitchen at a house in Cavendish Road, Patchway has been left badly damaged after a fire started when cooking was left unattended on a hob. When firefighters arrived on the scene shortly after 9am this morning (18th October), they found no one at home, so had to force entry. Two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the fire using one
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