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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
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Bristol female MP candidates speak out about misogynistic abuse
Threatening and violent language towards our politicians raises bigger questions.
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General Election 2019 Bristol South
Bristol South: What you need to know for the 2019 General Election
Bristol South has some of the most deprived areas in the country. Here’s what the different candidates say they’re going to do about it.
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General Election 2019 Bristol West
Bristol West: What you need to know for the 2019 General Election
The race for Bristol West is on, with Green and Labour candidates both saying they’re the most deserving of the Remain vote.
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Bristol East: What you need to know for the 2019 General Election
Incumbent, Labour’s Kerry McCarthy is expected to win again this election, as she has the previous three, but with a much reduced majority.
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Chris Skidmore, Kingswood MP, declined to give statement in staffer’s sexual assault case, says detective
Chris Skidmore’s former parliamentary aide was cleared of sexually assaulting a teenager. The MP says he offered his full support to the police investigation. But a detective claims he declined to provide a police statement.
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Bristol North West: What you need to know for the 2019 General Election
The marginal seat has flipped between Labour and Tories for years.
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General Election 2019 Kingswood
Kingswood: What you need to know for the 2019 General Election
Party allegiances aren’t permanent in Kingswood, with the seat historically swinging between Labour and Conservative, and candidates will be using Brexit, austerity and climate change to tempt voters.
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General Election 2019 Bristol North West
Lib Dem use of data misleading in marginal seat of Bristol North West
The criticism comes after national controversy about tactical voting advice and use of polling data.
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General Election 2019 Filton And Bradley Stoke
Local Tory MP takes donation from private jet mogul
The donation comes as the aviation industry is likely to come under scrutiny during the general election for its impact on the climate crisis.
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Bristol Council votes to ban diesel cars from city centre
All privately owned diesel vehicles will be banned from the city centre between 7am and 3pm from March 2021.
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The race is on for Tory held marginal Filton and Bradley Stoke
Labour is on the offensive and mobilising hundreds despite trailing in polls.
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Moving On: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma And Traveller Communities Accommodation
Bristol’s new van policy. What is it, and how will it affect you?
Injunctions, ‘high’ and ‘low’ impact, and surveillance. We explain what you can expect from the council's new van policy.
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Bristol And Beyond Ideas And Action
A morning with activists taking direct action against immigration enforcement
The group said the action was in response to the "institutional racism of the government's hostile environment policy".
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Activists block Filton arms companies to protest Turkey’s invasion of Syria
They blocked the main entrance to the arms dealers for four hours.
