Students at Patchway Community College have continued their tradition of excellent A-level results, with 40% of A-level students achieving the top grades of A*, A or B. The overall pass rate rose to an impressive 98% with students of all abilities achieving impressive results. The highest achieving student was Kyle Ashcroft, who studied four A-levels and achieved A* grades in
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Patchway Post Office, in Rodway Road, is to be changed into a new ‘main’ style branch that offers some services over extended opening hours. The post office will close for refurbishment at 5.30pm on Monday 1st September. When it reopens ten days later, at 1pm on Thursday 11th September, the branch, which is located inside the Spar convenience store, will have
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Charlton Hayes residents are being given the opportunity to give their feedback on what it is like to live in a new development. Some residents have been living in this evolving community for close on three years, while the development grows ever bigger. The consultation will look at issues such as the impact of parking, anti-social behaviour, the needs for
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously assaulted at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway, yesterday (Saturday 12th July). The incident happened just after 12noon, close to the Marks and Spencer store. A man was stabbed in the lower back during the incident and was taken to Southmead Hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition. Det
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The second Charlton Hayes Fun Day takes place on Saturday 12th July from 10am to 1pm at the Temporary Green on Ringsfield Lane (located off Wood Street in the Long Leaze part of the development). Residents will be able to meet the newly appointed landscape architect from Bovis Homes, who will be sharing plans for the development. There will also
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Up to 1,500 children and their families are expected to take part in an arts-themed treasure hunt in the Patchway and Bradley Stoke areas this week, as part of a project organised by Patchway Community College. The Great Art Hunt, a cross between a treasure hunt and an arts trail, takes its inspiration from the success of the Gorillas and Gromits across
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The HSBC branch on the Aztec West Business Park is to close in August, it has been announced. The facility, which currently opens 9.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday only, will close permanently at 3pm on Friday 29th August. Accounts currently held at Aztec West will be transferred to the bank’s Filton branch, three miles away. The next closest HSBC
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Local Labour councillors have expressed their excitement at ambitious long-term plans to give Patchway a 21st-century town centre. At the town council’s recent Annual Meeting, the new Mayor, and long-term Coniston councillor, Mike Grotzke, launched a consultation on the redevelopment of Patchway town centre that will integrate the new and existing communities of Patchway, bringing in some much needed investment
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The next community event in Charlton Hayes takes place on Thursday (22nd May) from 11am – 1pm at the Temporary Green on Ringsfield Lane (located off Wood Street in the Long Leaze part of the development). The event has been billed as a “picnic in the park – Charlton Hayes style”. As many people have moved to Charlton Hayes from all
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A pupil at a Patchway school has bagged a big prize in an art competition organised by the Bradley Stoke Tesco Extra store to tell customers about its Click & Collect online grocery shopping service. Halle Wardle, aged 10, who attends St Chad’s Primary School in Stoke Lodge, won £250 for the school plus a £25 Tesco gift card for
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