Residents in Patchway are being invited to attend a public exhibition to find out about detailed plans for a proposed new police complex in the town. Located at 90 Gloucester Road (the former Bensons site), the complex will contain a 48-cell Custody and Crime Investigation Centre together with a police station to replace the existing one at Elm Park, Filton.
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Patchway lorry driver named as M5 crash victim
A Patchway man has been named as one of seven people killed in Friday’s horrific crash on the M5 near Taunton. Father-of-five Terry Brice, 55, a lorry driver working for the owners of Cornish pasty makers Ginsters, is reported to be one of two lorry drivers who lost their lives in the 34-vehicle pile-up. Leicestershire-based food producer Samworth Brothers, which
Continue readingLove rival “stabbed by jealous ex-boyfriend”
A Patchway man who was fatally stabbed in an incident in Rodway Road in January was killed by the jealous ex-boyfriend of the woman he was seeing, Bristol Crown Court has heard. Steven Vice, 22, denies murdering 25-year-old Wayne Brown, claiming instead that Mr Brown attacked him and he acted in self-defence. The court was told that on the evening
Continue readingFind out about the M4/M5 managed motorway scheme
Residents of Patchway have a chance to find out more about the soon to be implemented M4/M5 managed motorways scheme at a public exhibition this weekend. The £88.6m project will see the introduction of variable mandatory speed limits and use of the hard shoulder as an extra traffic lane to ease congestion. Implementation of the scheme is expected to take
Continue readingCouncillors “sympathetic” to proposed new youth work project
Patchway Town Council has agreed to give “sympathetic consideration” to a proposed £45k project for youth work in the town in the next financial year (2012/2013). A document entitled “Patchway Young Community Project” was circulated at the October meeting of the Finance Committee by Mark Seed, Children’s Services Manager of Southern Brooks Community Partnership. The project would include individual support
Continue readingLast chance to comment on Highwood Road traffic changes
Local residents have until Sunday (30th October) to comment on South Gloucestershire Council’s plans to close a section of Highwood Road to general traffic. The proposals represent the detailed implementation of a condition in the planning consent for the new Charlton Hayes development that required Highwood Road be converted into a single carriageway between the Standing Stone Roundabout (near The
Continue readingPolice seek witnesses following Durban Road arson attack
Police are appealing for witnesses and information after an arson in Patchway. The incident occurred on Tuesday 25th October 2011 at Durban House, Durban Road, just before midnight. A communal shed was set on fire, causing the shed to be completely burnt out, and causing heat damage to a vehicle parked nearby and a block of flats. Anyone in the
Continue readingRecycling inspires St Chad’s School artwork
Children at St Chad’s Primary School in Stoke Lodge, Patchway, have created a new piece of sculpture that will be installed in the school’s garden. Recycled materials such as rolling pins and milk bottle tops have been used to create the artwork. Artist Peter Margerum worked with the whole school during the week and helped the youngsters transform the materials
Continue readingStoke Lodge Primary gets improved rating from Ofsted
Patchway’s Stoke Lodge Primary School has been rated “good” by Ofsted inspectors who visited the school at the end of September. The team of four inspectors observed a total of 18 lessons at the 368-pupil school, located in School Close, off Bourton Avenue. Lead inspector Christine Huard writes in her report: “Stoke Lodge is a good school. It has some
Continue readingMP supports PFI bid to rebuild Patchway Community College
Local MP Jack Lopresti has put in a good word for a Patchway school during a parliamentary debate on Education. In a session dedicated to topical questions, the Filton and Bradley Stoke MP asked Education Secretary Michael Gove: “My right hon. Friend will be aware that his Department has received a bid from Patchway Community College in my constituency for
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