Reports

Reports

Community standoff with council over eviction threat of beloved Kuumba Centre in St Pauls

The space next to Stokes Croft has served the local community for decades but activists are now fighting to secure its long-term future.

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

Features

Image of Xeena Cooper, The Next Test chair (credit: Alexander Turner)

‘We need people to step up now’: the Bristolians working to save cricket from climate change

Michal Grant
Michal Grant

Reports

Local experts condemn Sunak’s draughty homes U-turn as likely to cost lives

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards
Image of Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and his West of Englad counterpart Dan Norris.

Reports

West of England mayor holds talks with Andy Burnham about bus franchising after local campaign

Metro Mayor Dan Norris has faced months of calls to formally explore taking Bristol's struggling bus services back into public control.

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Police and council defend safeguarding app after calls to stop collecting info on vulnerable young people

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Analysis: It’s time for politicians to come together on mass transit

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

A CGI image of the proposed Redcatch Quarter, which would replace the Broadwalk Shopping Centre in south Bristol.

Row over shopping centre demolition decision grinds on after government walks away from intervening

Council planning lawyer argues decision to refuse proposed redevelopment of Broadwalk Centre in Knowle in May did not rule out this being reversed – as happened a few weeks later.

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Community union’s intervention sees housing association eviction halted amid disrepair claims

Rent arrears proceedings by local social landlord that would have seen Cliftonwood man lose his flat are 'off the table for now', ACORN says

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

Bristol City Council slapped with warning over poor performance on freedom of information requests

The local authority has been criticised for years over its failure to responding to FOI requests within 20-day timescales.

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

Features

From city of sanctuary to ‘city of opportunity’ – how Bristol can better integrate refugees

Asylum seekers and refugees should be thought of as ‘citizens-in-waiting’, people with rights, skills and potential, a new report argues. Instead, many people at the sharp end of the system feel shut out of contributing to society.

Alex King
Alex King

Future of Cities

Image of a modern tram travelling along a narrow street in Bordeaux (credit: Per Karlsson / Alamy)

Trams, or an underground? As Bristol weighs its public transport options, can it learn from across the Channel?

Bristol is notorious for its congestion and poor public transport, and has been hit by a worsening bus crisis. As it looks to a new mass transit system to solve its problems, cities such as Rennes and Bordeaux can offer valuable lessons.

Steve Melia
Steve Melia

Reports

How local ‘health hubs’ could encourage more women to get checked for breast cancer

Bristol breast cancer rates are 16% higher than the national average, and women from deprived areas are less likely to attend appointments. We asked women about the impact better community-based services could make.

Steph Cullen
Steph Cullen
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