A crowd of 10,000 screaming fans gathered from 4pm at The Mall earlier today to watch boy band JLS perform after switching on the centre’s Christmas lights. As well as the excellent entertainment and fantastic lights, the concert was in aid of Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, and the generous donations raised a brilliant amount of over £21,000. Fashion stylist
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A footbridge over the M5 near Patchway is to be dismantled this weekend, necessitating the full closure of the motorway for up to 15 hours. The Pegwell Brake footbridge (also known as the Banana or Rainbow footbridge), provides a link between Patchway and the village of Over. It carries a public footpath that runs from the back of houses in
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Police officers in Patchway have been carrying out door-to-door enquiries at The Parade, Coniston Road as part of their investigations into an incident in which a firework was thrown into one of the shops. It happened at about 5:30pm last night (Wednesday 31st October), while a family with a three-year-old girl were in the store. Although the father tried to
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Bristol BMX Club has scooped the 2012 Patchway Community Club Grassroots Award. Organised by Patchway Sports Association, the competition is a celebration of sport for Patchway, which this year saw nine clubs nominated. The awards evening was hosted by Patchway Sports and Social Club on Sunday 21st October and on the night over 100 people were also treated to a
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Patchway Community College has been praised by Ofsted inspectors who have awarded the school a ‘good’ grading under the new, more rigorous Ofsted regime. Patchway is the first secondary school in South Gloucestershire to be inspected under the tougher Ofsted regime. In their report, inspectors praised the school’s results, noting: “Regardless of their starting points, ability or special educational needs,
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Patchway has plenty of events to keep the children occupied this half-term, with Halloween parties at the two community centres and a fireworks display on The Tumps. Patchway Community Centre, in Rodway Road, is holding its family Halloween Party on Saturday 27th October, between 7pm and 11pm. Admission is free and everyone is invited to come dressed as their favourite
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Police are appealing for help to catch thieves who stole cash from a 92-year-old woman’s home in Stoke Lodge, Patchway. It happened at about 1pm yesterday, Thursday 18th October, in the Stoke Lane/Amberley Road area. The lady was taking an afternoon nap when two men came into her home through an unlocked door and took the cash from her bag.
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Police are appealing to the public for witnesses and information following an armed robbery in Patchway this afternoon (Wednesday 17th October). At around 1:50pm a man entered Boots the Opticians (formerly Dolland & Aitchison) on Coniston Road and threatened staff with a bladed instrument whilst demanding money. The man made off with cash from the store. Officers investigating this incident would
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The coming-into-force of a traffic order banning general traffic from a stretch of Patchway’s Highwood Road was widely ignored by drivers yesterday (Monday 15th). With no new signage being put out, drivers of cars, vans and lorries continued to traverse the section of road between Charlton Boulevard and Coniston Road, ignoring new regulations that restrict access to buses, taxis and
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A former marine has been awarded a police bravery award for coming to the aid of three women who were being threatened in Lysander Road, Cribbs Causeway earlier this year. Jeremy Olive, of Chipping Sodbury, stopped to help after seeing a man behaving very aggressively towards the women, whose car window had been smashed. He got out of his vehicle
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