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Temporary coronavirus mortuary to open as council prepares for ‘worst case scenario’
The new mortuary will increase Bristol City Council's capacity to deal with deceased people by two-thirds.
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Under fire letting agents to propose rent reduction after 130 students go on strike
Digs letting agency admit email was “insensitive” and say they will speak to landlords about options, including 50% rent reduction.
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This NHS worker is facing eviction, as Bristol rallies to help coronavirus heroes
A Bristol NHS trust is paying to put up frontline workers in hotels so they can self-isolate, while communities offer their support.
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Councillors give themselves a pay rise
Bristol city councillors have awarded themselves a pay hike costing council tax payers an extra £180,000 a year while freezing the salaries of top officers....
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Bristolians are self-organising a phenomenal coronavirus fight back in ways that will outlast pandemic
While the first priority is responding to urgent needs, for many involved, they hope the bonds built in communities will outlast this current crisis.
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Violent assault on ex-landlord of The Office in Speedwell
The former owner of The Office, aka the Strachan and Henshaw building, spent two weeks in hospital after the attack.
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Councillors throw out airport expansion plans, but is this the end of the road?
North Somerset joins the ranks of Southampton and Stansted, whose local councillors also voted to reject airport expansion plans.
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Exclusive: Special needs school to close amid police probe into care home
St Christopher’s residential home closed last year amid a child cruelty investigation. Now the much-criticised day school will shut its doors in March.
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Residents slam ‘serious flaw’ in planning process in campaign to save threatened trees
Crucial questions remain unanswered in the ongoing fight to protect M32 Maples, including who owns the trees.
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Final Bristol tower block with Grenfell-like cladding to have it removed
Final Bristol tower bloc with Grenfell-like cladding to have it removed
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Experiment in democracy, as council to pilot citizens’ assemblies
Bristolians could be gathered to make decisions on issues such as the climate crisis.
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Local policing has been slashed and violent crime is up. Who will claim the mantle of ‘law and order’?
Avon and Somerset Police has had 19% of its police officers cut since the Conservatives came to power in 2010