Articles by Matty Edwards

As charity The Loop reduced harms by testing drugs at Love Saves The Day this weekend, Bristol also became the first place in the UK to offer city centre testing.

From St Pauls to Shirehampton: Circus company YardArts aim to turn leaving the city centre into an opportunity.

After having two planning applications blocked, Hamilton House's owners aim to keep development plans alive by stopping it being given community centre status.

After 200 tenants were recently evicted, the future of Stokes Croft's cultural hub hangs in the balance as plans to redevelop are blocked yet again by the council.

Bristol’s grassroots music scene fights back in the face of developments and financial struggles.

Disruption of care, risky transition periods and dangerous cost-cutting reveal a broken commissioning cycle. However, an alternative is possible.

Funding cut, services cancelled, staff laid off, but it’s not all bad news. We look at positive community stories from all corners of Bristol.

The UK’s first ever clinical study using MDMA has started in Bristol, in a landmark moment for the use of psychedelic drugs in psychotherapy.

With NHS staff overworked and overstretched, hundreds of volunteers are helping reduce the load.

The fate of Stoke Croft’s Hamilton House encapsulates whether Bristol’s culture can survive the house building drive, says tenant.

Around 150 tenants forced out, in the latest chapter of the long dispute over the future of the Stokes Croft cultural hub.

Bristol City Council may have prevented children's centres from closing, but services for parents with young children are to be stretched even further