Reports

Reports

Campaigners ‘marry’ River Avon as battle against water sewage pollution continues

Since the mayor’s decision in November not to grant special status to a popular swimming spot, sewage has been discharged into the Avon for the equivalent of 35 days.

Louis Inglis

Reports

‘It can take courage to state the obvious,’ campaigners say as police chief admits institutional racism

Will Chief Constable Sarah Crew's acknowledgement that Avon & Somerset is institutionally racist mark an important step towards real, meaningful change?

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

This Better Work

Service cuts, redundancies and rising caseloads: St. Mungo’s staff vote for indefinite strike action

Unite members from St.Mungo’s vote to escalate their month-long strike to indefinitely, after charity refuses to meet pay demands

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Reports

Digital first, local radio last? Striking staff warn BBC changes will be communities’ loss

We speak to BBC Radio Bristol journalists on the picket lines on two days of strike action about what the proposed changes to the BBC will mean for their jobs, and local journalism as a whole.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Reports

‘Life-saving’ council service for adults with learning disabilities facing cut

A Bristol woman says Concord Lodge saved her sister's life at a time when adults with learning disabilities are being locked up in psychiatric hospitals due to a lack of alternative.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Funding reinstated for SEND charity at heart of council social media spying row

A charity representing parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities, which lost government funding after Bristol City Council withdrew its backing, has had the money restored in a major U-turn.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Tories lose majority in South Gloucestershire at local elections

The Conservatives have been the ruling group for eight years but suffered several major losses to place the council into No Overall Control.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Image of Legal & General's Bonnington modular homes scheme in Lockleaze, which has faced long delays (credit: David Griffiths)

Insurance giant Legal & General to shut factory that makes homes for hugely delayed Lockleaze scheme

L&G says the move, which will result in 450 job losses, will not affect homes at the Bonnington scheme being completed by spring 2024 – 18 months late.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

Major restrictions on cars revealed in Bristol’s first liveable neighbourhood scheme

A range of measures blocking cars from driving through Barton Hill, Redfield and St George will be trialled later this year.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Image of East Bristol Intermediate Care Centre (credit: Google)

Bristol’s final council-run rehab centre set to close as part of adult social care cuts

A cabinet decision to close East Bristol Intermediate Care Centre will put more than 25 jobs at risk, but the council argues that sufficient alternative services are available in the city.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Bristol Zoo: Plans approved for nearly 200 homes despite huge public opposition

Almost 10,000 petitioners urged Bristol City Council to refuse planning permission for the scheme.

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

Area in Focus

Image of Bernice McKendrick, a south Bristol resident affected by cuts to the region's buses (credit: Julian Preece)

‘Instead of 20 people on the bus, we’ll have 10 taxis’: how cuts to Bristol’s buses are hitting BS3

Axing bus services is leaving already marginalised communities stranded. New responsive travel initiatives are aiming to connect communities to key transport routes, but do they really meet people's needs?

Jonathan Eldridge Mary Holditch
Jonathan Eldridge and Mary Holditch
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