Billy Stockwell

A photo of Barton House tower block

Reports

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

Bristol City Council says 'new and intrusive' surveys raised questions over whether it could rely on its own records about Barton House, whose residents have been left temporarily homeless after the building was deemed unsafe.

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Billy Stockwell and Alex Turner

Future of Cities

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

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Billy Stockwell

Reports

Council to launch ‘overdue’ consultation on expanding landlord licensing

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Billy Stockwell

Area in Focus

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

As residents and students clash on High Kingsdown estate, Bristol City Council is being urged to enforce its own targets and lower the number of HMOs in the area. 

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Billy Stockwell

Area in Focus

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

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Billy Stockwell

Reports

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

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Billy Stockwell

Reports

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.

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Billy Stockwell

Edition 31

‘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?

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Billy Stockwell

Features

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.

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Billy Stockwell

Interviews

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.

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Billy Stockwell

Features

‘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.

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Billy Stockwell

Reports

High rise tenants kept in the dark about fire safety issues

Carolina House tenants only discovered potential safety problems with the building when they took steps to buy their flat off the council.

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Billy Stockwell
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