Marianne Brooker

In Disrepair: Bristol's broken renting system

What next for Bristol’s renting crisis?

Politicians and campaigners gathered to discuss how we can transform renting in Bristol and push the government to pursue long-promised reform.

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Marianne Brooker and Matty Edwards

Cable Community News

5 things the Cable learned this year

Marianne Brooker
Marianne Brooker

Reports

‘It’s still in our hands, but only just’: Explainer special on Bristol and climate change

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Matty Edwards and Marianne Brooker

Reports

This Week in Bristol: Kill the Bill protestors jailed for rioting, and Covid cases falling

There's finally some good news on the Covid front in Bristol.

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Alon Aviram and Marianne Brooker

Coronavirus in Bristol

The Bristol Briefing: Bristol’s Covid rate in top 10% in England

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Marianne Brooker and Aphra Evans

Coronavirus in Bristol

The Bristol Briefing: Covid cases and hospitalisations continue to rise

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Matty Edwards and Marianne Brooker

Reports

This Week in Bristol: Covid hospitalisations on the rise before ‘Freedom Day’

On the eve of the final lifting of restrictions, infections in Bristol are at the highest point of the pandemic so far.

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Marianne Brooker and Matty Edwards

Coronavirus in Bristol

The Bristol Briefing: Clean Air Zone delayed until summer 2022

Covid infections continue to rise sharply in Bristol, but hosptalisations remain low.

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Marianne Brooker and Alon Aviram

Coronavirus in Bristol

The Bristol Briefing: Bristol ‘once again at critical point in the pandemic’

Cases are still rising sharply and now the small number of Covid patients in hospital is starting to increase.

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Marianne Brooker and Matty Edwards

Local Elections 2021

Where local election candidates stand on the big issues

We’ve trawled through all the campaign literature so you don’t have to. Here are the candidates’ key policies on the most important issues facing the city.

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Matty Edwards and Marianne Brooker

Police and Crime bill

What is the Police and Crime Bill, why does it matter, and why are people so angry?

The wave of dissent ongoing in Bristol looks set to continue across the UK as the Home Office’s Police and Crime Bill progresses. What’s at stake in the proposed legislation, how will it impact individuals and communities, and what alternatives do its opponents propose?

Marianne Brooker
Marianne Brooker