MedicX Healthfund, the UK healthcare property investment fund, has announced that it has agreed to fund the construction of a new 74-bed care home at Cheswick Village, North Bristol. The property is being developed by Castleoak, a specialist care development, design and build group. Work has started on site and at practical completion, a 35-year lease will be granted to
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Great fun was had at Little Stoke Primary School on Wednesday 30th May when all the pupils and staff dressed up in chitons to celebrate an ancient Greek Olympic day. The children learnt about the history of the Games and after a morning of creative activities they all took part in an Olympic Games in the afternoon. There was friendly
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A planning application to convert a vacant retail unit in Parsons Avenue into an Indian takeaway looks set to be given the green light by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) at a planning committee meeting later this week. Owned by Merlin Housing Society and formerly trading as the ‘Just Dogs’ grooming parlour, the unit has been empty since 28th February 2011.
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Five people from the parish of Stoke Gifford were among 28 unsung heroes honoured at last week’s South Gloucestershire Community Awards evening in Filton. Kieran Coggins, Jessica Godsell and Dennis Richardson (all of Little Stoke) were joined by Natalie Downing and Andrew Phelps (both of Stoke Gifford) in receiving Chair’s Community Awards at a special ceremony held at BAWA last
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Leapfrog Day Nursery in Simmonds View, Stoke Gifford, has officially become a Busy Bees Nursery – five years after the previous proprietors were acquired by Busy Bees Group in 2007. Bradley Stoke Mayor Cllr Ben Walker was invited to officially re-open the nursery under its new branding at a champagne reception held yesterday (Thursday 9th February). The Mayor was given
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Welcome to the Stoke Gifford Journal, the independent online newspaper for your area. Following the success of the Bradley Stoke Journal (founded in 2008) and the Patchway Journal (2011), we are pleased to announce that we will be bringing our well-respected formula of news and event reporting to Stoke Gifford (including Abbey Wood, Cheswick and Little Stoke). If you have
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