Daisy Steinhardt

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Investigations

Bristol council paying huge sums of money to rent homes from banned landlord

Back in 2022, Bristol City Council obtained a five-year court order barring landlord Naomi Knapp from renting out her homes. Now, it’s spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money to use her properties as emergency accommodation.

Bristol rogue landlord rented out room despite banning order, tenants say

Exclusive: Banned rogue landlord under council investigation for listing properties on Airbnb

Area in Focus

Funding, franchising and finding solutions: exploring south Bristol’s bus crisis

In the midst of bus cuts, local residents came together with councillors and transport providers to discuss transport in Bedminster. But is too much responsibility being put on the community to find the solution?

Voices

How to escape the coronation farce? Celebrate King Charles’s ex at a Big Gay Diana Party

Area in Focus

Explained: what vision for major 2,000-home development could mean for Bedminster