Reports

Reports

Bristol Energy consultant paid £242k last year

The consultant was paid almost a quarter of a million pounds last year

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Local politicians, unions and organisations reject Government’s new ‘anti-refugee’ immigration law

The mayor and dozens of other local voices have spoken out in an open letter against the proposed Nationality and Borders Bill.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services

Improvements at Priory Hospital Bristol after serious issues revealed last year

The private psychiatric hospital has taken urgent action following a damning inspection and ward closures in 2020. 

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Gasheads clash over club’s handling of Joey Barton assault charge 

Bristol Rovers go into pre-season friendly without Joey Barton, as club bosses try to dampen divisions over their handling of the controversial manager who has been charged with assaulting his wife.

Tom Metcalfe
Tom Metcalfe

Reports

Voi e-scooters are replacing more walking and cycling than car journeys

There have been calls by Bristol's mayor to extend the year-long trial, but the scooters have been criticised over blocking pavements and safety issues.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Coronavirus in Bristol

Full toll of care home deaths in Bristol revealed as regulator finally makes data transparent

Criticism of government’s handling of crisis reignites as the Care Quality Commission releases data on the number of Covid-related deaths at individual care homes. 

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

This Week in Bristol: Covid hospitalisations on the rise before ‘Freedom Day’

On the eve of the final lifting of restrictions, infections in Bristol are at the highest point of the pandemic so far.

Marianne Brooker Matty Edwards
Marianne Brooker and Matty Edwards

Reports

Landlord of fire-stricken Strachan and Henshaw building handed suspended sentence and fine

Following threats to his life from organised criminals, Wayne Braund's lawyer said his client would be in danger if he was sent to prison

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

WECA scraps its climate plan: ‘Not ambitious enough’

Mayors and council leaders were expected to rubber-stamp a progress update at the meeting but instead dropped the plan altogether, deciding to write up a more ambitious one by September.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Bristol's Kill the Bill protests

Police used ‘excessive force’ during Bristol Kill the Bill protests, as parliamentary inquiry finds ‘significant failings’

A new report into policing of Bristol’s Kill the Bill protests and the Clapham vigil for Sarah Everard has found that police used excessive force and failed to distinguish between violent and peaceful protesters.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Reports

‘Why trams on Bristol roads are no longer pie in the sky’

New technology means trams could be a practical, cost-effective and green solution to Bristol’s mass transport problem, according to a new report by campaign group Moving Bristol Forward.

Jon Turney

Reports

What to expect from the appointment of Avon and Somerset’s next police chief

The newly elected Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner will select who heads Avon and Somerset Police.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram
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