Billy Stockwell

Features

‘Hypocritical and unacceptable’: Leading climate academics call out Bristol Uni for accepting fossil fuel funding

Bristol University is an institution famed for its world-leading climate research. But over recent years it’s taken £3m from oil, gas and mining companies.

Exclusive: Council denies structural issues identified four years ago are root cause of tower block evacuation

Bristol’s flood defences are being pushed to their limit. What is the city’s long-term plan, and will it be enough?

Reports

Council to launch ‘overdue’ consultation on expanding landlord licensing

Bristol City Council wants to significantly expand landlord licensing in a bid to drive up standards for renters. But do the plans go far enough?

Area in Focus

‘My anxiety levels are off the scale’: Tempers fray as student houses multiply on estate

Area in Focus

Meet the estate residents picking up trowels and spades to fight harmful social housing stereotypes

A bible, a penny-whistle, and a body on the bank of the Avon: what’s the story that connects them?

Nearly three decades after a man’s body was found on the bank of the River Avon, charity Locate International is releasing new information to the public in the hope of tracking down his family.

Revealed: Data tool shows extent of sewage spills at popular Bristol swimming spot – and it’s grim

As campaigners work tirelessly to document sewage spills by Wessex Water into the Avon, top bosses at the water company have earned big bonuses for meeting environmental targets.

‘A tragic reflection on society’: the Bristolians jailed for sleeping rough, and feeding pigeons

Civil injunctions used to tackle anti-social behaviour can end up punishing vulnerable people, to little good effect. Is there an alternative?

Is Bristol prepared for even more intense heatwaves?

More green spaces are needed to protect the city’s most vulnerable from future extreme heat events, say environmental groups.

Bridging the gap: A campaign empowering south Bristol’s youth

Youth Moves is addressing the cultural, social and economic divide that stops young people south of the river achieving their potential.

‘We are losing so much’: Local businesses and Cable readers react to plans to redevelop Galleries shopping centre

Most readers agree the shopping centre needs a lift, but many raised questions about whether new proposals for its future will help serve the city’s most urgent needs.