A local supermarket is claiming to be one of the most romantic workplaces in the region, due to a string of blossoming romances between colleagues. Asda at Cribbs Causeway has 12 colleagues who found love in the aisles, prompting store bosses to declare it Asda’s most romantic store. The longest ‘serving’ love birds found a relationship whilst working in the
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Students at local primary schools in Patchway. Filton, Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford had their very own book launch in Waterstones, Cribbs Causeway this week. The book ‘Gathering of the Winds’ was created by artists Matthew Jeanes and Martin Maudsley along with pupils from St Chad’s, Callicroft and Coniston (Patchway); Charborough Road (Filton); Holy Family, Wheatfield and Meadowbrook (Bradley Stoke);
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A number of major stores, including Burton, Miss Selfridge, Evans and Monsoon, will be leaving The Mall at Cribbs Causeway this March, according to a report in today’s Bristol Post. French Connection may also be leaving, while other stores including Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and East are to become concessions within other shops in the centre. Other stores, including WHSmith, are
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Contractors worked solidly during Monday and Tuesday night this week to successfully install a new Pegwell Brake Footbridge over the M5 near Patchway as part of the M4/M5 Managed Motorways scheme. The new steel pedestrian bridge, located between junctions 16 and 17 of the motorway, is suitable for high-sided vehicles to pass under when the managed motorway is fully operational
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The world did not end on 21/12/12 the way some interpreters of the Mayan calendar had anticipated, but new opportunities for growth are certainly on the way in Patchway. As the festive season ends and we all come to terms with the reality of our new year’s resolutions, Southern Brooks Community Partnership has designed a range of courses which can
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Residents and businesses in Patchway are being asked their views about how they would like to see the area around The Parade (Coniston Road) improved. The area identified for works includes a parade of shops, maisonettes and offices, the square in front and surrounding blocks of flats. Merlin Housing Society has money to spend on improvements to The Parade and
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A replacement for the recently-removed Pegwell Brake footbridge over the M5 near Patchway is due to be installed next week, reports the Highways Agency. The previous bridge was dismantled last November, when a number of massive cranes were brought in to hoist it away after it had been cut into two sections. The bridge, also known locally as the Banana
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Actress Jenny Agutter OBE was in town last week to offically open a new nursery in Cribbs Causeway. Best known for her role as Roberta in the BBC television series The Railway Children, Ms Agutter opened the new Caerleon Child Care nursery on a site next to the Jump children’s play centre in Concord Road. Following the success of its first
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Christmas came early for the students at Patchway Community College (PCC) after they had a huge ovation from the audience at their annual Christmas concert. The night of entertainment was opened by the Patchway Community College choir, singing the song ‘Christmas Star’ beautifully. As the choir left the stage, the audience were encouraged to get involved and sing a traditional
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Members of a Bristol church group have celebrated the official opening of their new ‘campus’ on the Aztec West Business Park. Members of the Edge Church have given up thousands of hours of their time transforming a former industrial unit into a fully functioning church, community centre and nursery – not to mention a concert arena. The church recently held
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