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Avon and Somerset Police are encouraging people with smart phones to sign up to tracking software after recovering an iPhone within an hour of being contacted about its loss. They received a call at about 12.10am today, Tuesday 4th June, from a woman from Patchway reporting that a missing phone was showing up on a tracking app. Within an hour,
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On Monday 3rd June, Coniston Community Centre and Brooks Café are holding a joint open day to showcase what they have on offer. Many people are surprised to find this modern community building and friendly great value café to be in the heart of Patchway, a short walk from Aztec Business Park and the shops and homes in Patchway. The
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The creation of a new parish council for Stoke Lodge cleared its final hurdle this evening (Wednesday 22nd May) after councillors voted in favour of the move. South Gloucestershire Council carried out a ‘Community Governance Review’ after campaigners from Stoke Lodge and The Common, Patchway, handed in a petition last year signed by over 500 local residents calling for the
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Avon and Somerset Police say they are seeking witnesses after a number of cars were damaged in the Patchway area. The incidents happened on Monday lunchtime (20th May) between midday and 12.45pm in Rodway Road. Police believe that a man, who was dressed in a black top and black trousers, damaged the vehicles, which were parked outside a row of
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Patchway-based Southern Brooks Community Partnership is celebrating the award of new three year funding from the Big Lottery. The money will help support the organisation’s work with local families and promote volunteering as a way of learning new skills. Director Julie Close said: “We are thrilled that we are going to be able to continue to work with families to
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People living with dementia are being asked by Southern Brooks Community Partnership to come forward and give their views on how Patchway could be made a better place for them to live. Their views will inform the formation of the Patchway Dementia Action Alliance. The consultation will be launched this Wednesday, 22nd May, during national Dementia Awareness Week, with a
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Rolls-Royce PLC today announced support for the Bloodhound Project, an international education initiative focused on a 1,000 mph World Land Speed Record attempt. A Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine will be used to propel the car to over 1,000 mph (1,600 kmh or Mach 1.4). Rolls-Royce will also provide financial and technical support for the project. Bloodhound’s global education programme aims
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Plans to build an aerospace heritage museum in Patchway, on land north of the now-closed Filton Airfield, have moved another step closer with the news that Rolls-Royce has pledged £1 million to the project. It is hoped that museum will also provide a permanent home for the ‘Bristol’ Concorde, which is currently stored at a temporary location on the south
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Apprentices from Patchway-based Rolls Royce last week attended a reception in the House of Commons that was organised by ADS Group, the aerospace trade association. The event was in recognition of the role of apprentices in the £24bn UK aerospace industry. The apprentices, along with others from Airbus and GKN in Filton, were joined by local MP Jack Lopresti, and
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Local residents have just one more day to submit comments about the controversial closure of Highwood Road to South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The council’s public consultation on the “experimental” closure of a section of the road between Durban Road and Coniston Road ends tomorrow (Friday 19th April). SGC decided in July 2012 to press ahead with proposals to close the
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