Reports
The cost of clean air: how Bristol’s CAZ has left disabled people feeling forgotten
Disabled people can be badly affected by air pollution, and many support the aims of Bristol's Clean Air Zone (CAZ). But there are questions as to whether the council has done enough to consider the knock-on effects on their lives.
Bristol council was warned of polystyrene cladding dangers long before tower block blaze, so why didn’t it act sooner?
The Cable quizzes Bristol City Council's housing chief on the ‘urgent’ rollout of new high-rise fire safety measures, how much it’s all going to cost, and why the authority didn’t act faster.
Community support for Castle Park development was overstated, claim members of local group
Plans to develop the derelict site around St Mary Le Port in central Bristol were approved by councillors, but questions are now being raised about how the views of local residents were used during the process.
Bristol to push back on ‘unrealistic’ government housing targets in bid to protect green spaces
Councillors unanimously pass motion calling for city's new local plan, which sets out where homes can be built, to be based on 'evidence-based' targets that focus on Bristol's acute need for affordable housing.
As nurses vote for historic industrial action, is Bristol facing a winter of strikes?
Nurses have voted for a national strike over pay for the first time ever, joining Bristol workers across multiple industries pushing for better pay and conditions as the UK goes from the cost of living crisis into recession.
