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Edition 22 Solutions In Bristol Housing Bristol
The idea of sharing a home across generational divides is having a come back
Housing is expensive for Bristol's young people, so what about bridging the generational divide and saving some cash?
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Banner Home Page Coronavirus Bristol
‘The government threw us under the bus’: How Bristol food businesses are working to survive coronavirus
Small businesses, especially in hospitality, face bankruptcy as Bristol goes into self isolation, but some are finding innovative ways to respond to the crisis.
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Grub’s up: the projects tackling food poverty and social isolation
We investigate the community projects grappling with Bristol’s growing food poverty.
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Deputy Mayor wants pilot for safe consumption room in new drug strategy
More consultation is needed and city needs to work out how to fund it, but Asher Craig says it could be one way to reduce drug deaths, as a mock safe consumption room was on display last week.
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The challenge of pissing the right people off: inside Extinction Rebellion Bristol
Lots has been written about XR, with a mixture of admiration and irritation, hope for the future and concern about some of their methods. Here’s a look at how the Bristol branches work, and their plans for future actions.
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Housing Bristol General Election 2019
Beyond Brexit: In Bristol’s housing crisis everyone’s a loser apart from the landlords
Everyone’s a loser in Bristol’s housing crisis, except for landlords and people looking to sell their homes. Tenants in the privately rented sector are struggling...
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Bristol North West General Election 2019
Beyond Brexit: Schools funding on the ballot paper
The city’s most marginal seat Bristol North West has been hit hardest by cuts to school funding, but how will that play out as parents go to the polls?
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Edition 21 Banner Home Page Moving On: Racism Against Travellers
‘Most families find it shameful’ – Finding pride in a community where being gay is taboo
It took over a decade for James to tell his family he was gay. Some Irish Travellers never get the chance to.
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Good money after bad? Bristol Energy’s spiralling losses
Market conditions have been killing off small private energy suppliers up and down the country. Bristol Energy is by no means immune and keeps on tapping council tax payers for more money in the wake of huge losses – so is it time the council-owned firm was wound up?
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‘I have never experienced such intense stress’: Social workers on the strain of cuts
Soaring workloads and the impact of austerity can make a tough job unbearable, say children’s social workers
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Banner Home Page Addicted Bristol: Life And Death
Study drugs: how some are dealing with pressure at university
It appears study drugs aren't uncommon at Bristol University, so what does this say about the stresses of life on campus?
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Communities standing up: college students, skaters and migrant mums
News is so often depresseing and disempowering. But these Bristolians are making a difference across the city.