• Ambitious mutli-million pound University of Bristol building project one step closer to completion

  By KimCub

  Good to see investment coming into the area during a recession!

            

   

  By Laura_Local at 14:34 on 31/01/12

  

  A major milestone has been reached in the progress of a new £54million state-of-the-art building at the heart of the University of Bristol's precinct, near Redland. The contract for the main construction work has been signed with VINCI Construction UK, which will act as the University's main contractor for the new Life Sciences facility, transforming the corner of St Michaels Hill and Tyndall Avenue. Work to create the iconic...

• Redland Green School in Bristol one step closer to becoming an academy

  By KimCub

  The school is really good as it is. I can't see why it needs changing. Reminds me of those 'grant...

            

   

  By Laura_Local at 15:00 on 31/01/12

  

  A consultation if underway to discuss the potential move for Redland Green School to become an academy. Staff and Governor's at Redland's newest school are considering applying for academy status, which would see them join over 1,500 educational establishments across the country. Academies benefit from greater freedoms to innovate and raise standards. These include freedom from local authority control, the ability to set their own...

• Brizzley Bear drops in for day at nursery school

  By Kyngsmeadboy

  Wickerama ~ thanks for the reply, my comment about rugby and girls was aimed at the 3 and 4 year...

            

   

  By Bristol Evening Post at 05:00 on 28/01/12

  

  THE youngest children at Redland High School for Girls were sure of a very big surprise when Brizzley Bear, the mascot for the Bristol Rugby team, dropped by. For the girls, aged three and four, who have heard the classic story of Goldilocks as part of a topic about bears, he was the perfect Daddy Bear. The girls are due to make beds and chairs for their own teddies and create bear collages. The girls in the lower foundation...

• Academy attacked over catchment area

  By arealbristol

  Lid dems - Everyone is equal although some are more equal than others.

            

   

  By Bristol Evening Post at 05:00 on 28/01/12

  

  A BRISTOL academy that is opening a primary school has been accused of "social engineering" over its pupil intake. Colston's Girls' School has drawn up a catchment area for its proposed reception class for boys and girls that includes much of Redland, Bishopston and St Andrew's but leaves out parts of Montpelier and St Paul's which are closer to the Cheltenham Road school. Parent campaigners say they welcome any new school...

• Redland residents warned of bogus OFT scam in Bristol

  By KimCub

  I know someone who nearly got stung by this. That Western Union thing always sets alarm bells...

            

   

  By Laura_Local at 17:12 on 28/01/12

  

  Bristol City Council trading standards staff are receiving a growing number of complaints concerning an overseas scam from people claiming to be from the Office of Fair Trading. "Consumers are told that the OFT can reclaim bank or other charges such as payment protection insurance rebates for them up to £5,000.. But they are told that this service requires an upfront fee to be paid by money transfer or that they need to...

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