Bristol and Beyond

Air quality: Blue sky thinking?

UWE Bristol researchers are creating a ‘toolkit’ for radical, citizen-led action on air pollution.

Lorna Stephenson

Bristol and Beyond

Meet the man desperately trying to frack the South West

Somerset is the latest target for Gerwyn Williams, who’s been leading a one-man dash for gas throughout Wales and the West Country. Lucky for the county, he’s got a pretty thin track record of actually getting near any drills.

Lorna Stephenson

Bristol and Beyond

The NHS is on its knees

Our health service is in crisis, but what’s causing it? With such a colossal organisation there is no single answer, just death by a thousand cuts...

Sid Ryan

Ideas and Action

Black Lives Matter is an emergent force in the UK

The movement from the US is challenging today’s racism is all its forms, and can be just as relevant on this side of the Atlantic

Camille Barton

Bristol and Beyond

Bristol’s growing gambling addiction: can anything be done?

Individuals seeking access to treatment for gambling addiction in the Bristol area have seen a steadily increasing rise over the last few years.

Matthew Light

Bristol and Beyond

Shut the door on your way out

The number of pupils expelled from Bristol schools has surged. Rose White asks if the switch to academies is responsible, and what can be done to reverse the trend

Rose White

Bristol and Beyond

Why you should know about Bristol’s great Hindu reformer

One of Arnos Vale’s most distinctive tombs commemorates a remarkable man

Koel Mukherjee

Bristol and Beyond

A mission: ‘to inform, represent, educate and entertain’

This July, Bristol’s Ujima Radio is eight years strong

Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley

Bristol and Beyond

Positive News

The country is in turmoil, the political establishment is tearing itself apart, the future is unknown… and on the whole, Bristol didn’t vote for it. Seems a good time to celebrate a few bits of positive news and local victories from around the city…

Lorna Stephenson

Bristol and Beyond