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Police and Crime bill

‘That’s not the way to legislate’: Lords slam the Police and Crime Bill for being too big, wide-ranging and draconian

This week the government’s controversial proposed legislation was debated in the House of Lords, with peers joining a chorus of voices who have criticised its measures to quash protest and criminalise trespass.

Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Pandemic evictions and the Police and Crime Bill leave travelling communities fearful of what comes next

Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

‘Why we must challenge media narratives of Travellers’

Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

‘Sites set up during coronavirus offer hope for new understanding between Bristol’s vehicle-dwelling communities and the council’

In the midst of the pandemic, Bristol council has created two new temporary sites for the city’s vehicle-dwellers. Insiders’ perspectives show just how beneficial providing land in this way is for these ever-diversifying communities.

Andreas Nicolaou and Jack Clements

Van dwellers resist eviction on Glenfrome Road

housing Bristol

‘I’m an Irish Traveller. The government is attacking us at every angle’

General Election 2019

Campaigners target Kingswood in boater voter registration

'Votey McVoteFace' relaunches to get boaters to vote tactically in marginal seats.

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.

Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Government ‘comprehensively failed’ Gypsies and Travellers, report finds

They have the worst outcomes out of all the ethnicities in the UK.

Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Tory MP wants to get rid of sites and move Travellers into houses

Charities say the bill, if passed, would lead to the forced assimilation of Gypsies and Travellers.

Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Road to nowhere: Bristol’s hidden housing crisis

Faced with a unique housing crisis and deep-seated prejudice, where are Bristol’s Gypsy and Traveller population supposed to go?

Bristol and Beyond

Opinion: We need our stoves

For someone living in a boat or van during the winter, having a stove can be a matter of life and death, argues boater Mike Doherty.