A village church which dates back to the 14th Century is launching a £5.8m project to build a new multi-purpose church and community centre in Stoke Gifford. The Heart of the Community project is raising funds to refurbish St Michael’s Church and the former village school – known as the Old School Rooms – at The Green, Stoke Gifford, and
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The 85-year-old Stoke Gifford Branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) is holding a fundraising concert for the Legion’s Poppy Appeal/Welfare Fund, featuring the ever-popular Westerly Showband. The concert takes place on Saturday 23rd February 2013, in the Old School Rooms, Stoke Gifford, starting at 7:30pm. Tickets paid for in advance are £5; at the door £6. For advance tickets,
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New coach service from UWE to Bristol Airport Greyhound UK has announced that it is introducing a new express coach service between South Wales and Bristol Airport from Monday 11th March. The service will call at the UWE campus in Stoke Gifford, providing a new public transport option between North Bristol and the airport. Existing coach services from UWE include
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The Sort It! civic amenity site in Station Road, Little Stoke, is to be closed for two weeks in February to allow essential maintenance work to be carried out. The site will be closed from Monday 4th February to Sunday 17th February inclusive, during which time work will undertaken to improve facilities and maintain a safe environment for residents and
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A man was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in the kitchen of his home in Tetbury Close, Little Stoke, last night (Friday 4th January). Two appliances from Patchway fire station attended the incident at around 7:50pm and firefighters using breathing apparatus and a thermal imaging camera deployed a hose reel to extinguish the flames. Firefighters administered oxygen to
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Handelsbanken, the fast-growing relationship bank with more than 140 branches in the UK, has chosen Eleven Hundred Parkway North in Stoke Gifford as its regional head office for the South West. Colliers International’s Bristol office negotiated the deal on behalf of the landlord, whilst the bank which has taken a ten year lease on the building was represented by the
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The village green outside the Old School Rooms in Stoke Gifford was host to crowds of carol singers on Saturday evening (8th December. The event was organised by St Michael’s Church, with a band and celebratory hymns sung by St Michael’s School Choir and the church choir, joined by residents from the area. The area was decorated with lights, and
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St Michael’s Church in Stoke Gifford shows that it is extending connections both internationally and within its locality, with a youth trip to Uganda just completed, and an amenities extension project known as Heart of the Community well underway. The church’s trip to Uganda was a successful venture that included a group of ten young people between the ages of
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The UWE Exhibition and Conference Centre will be the focus of the media this Friday (16th November) when it hosts the count for two important elections taking place the previous day. Despite being outside the City boundary, the Centre has been chosen by Bristol City Council to accommodate the counts for both the Bristol Mayor election and the Avon and
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Train travel through Bristol Parkway has been severely disrupted this evening following a security alert that has led to the station being closed. Reports of a suspicious package and/or suspicious activity are believed to have led to a decision to evacuate the station. Around 300 passengers on two trains stopped at the station’s platforms were ordered out of their carriages
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