Reports

Reports

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....

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Coronavirus in Bristol

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.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Reports

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.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Reports

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.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Reports

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.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

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.

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson

Reports

Final Bristol tower block with Grenfell-like cladding to have it removed

Final Bristol tower bloc with Grenfell-like cladding to have it removed

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Experiment in democracy, as council to pilot citizens’ assemblies

Bristolians could be gathered to make decisions on issues such as the climate crisis.

Matty Edwards
Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter) and Matty Edwards

General Election 2019

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

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

General Election 2019

Bristol female MP candidates speak out about misogynistic abuse

Threatening and violent language towards our politicians raises bigger questions.

Fatima Hudoon
Kate Hutchison and Fatima Hudoon

Reports

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.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Reports

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.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers
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