Reports

Under fire letting agents to propose rent reduction after 130 students go on strike

Digs letting agency admit email was “insensitive” and say they will speak to landlords about options, including 50% rent reduction.

Dan Hobson

Coronavirus in Bristol

Bristol GP says we’re in ‘the calm before a terrible storm’

Coronavirus testing delays, a lack of protective equipment, and the stress of people flouting lockdown restrictions are troubling this Bristol GP.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Coronavirus in Bristol

Bristol University experts rally to fight COVID-19 and search for a vaccine

Researchers seek to understand and combat the dreaded coronavirus, and continue valuable diabetes trials despite it.

Andy Extance

Coronavirus in Bristol

Calls for Bristol Uni to U-turn on coronavirus sacking of 84 temp workers

Laid-off casual and temporary workers are calling on the University of Bristol to retain them on government job retention programme

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Coronavirus in Bristol

This NHS worker is facing eviction, as Bristol rallies to help coronavirus heroes

A Bristol NHS trust is paying to put up frontline workers in hotels so they can self-isolate, while communities offer their support.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Coronavirus in Bristol

#CopingWithCovid19: The ups and downs of self-isolating and social distancing

Just a few weeks ago, a life of social distancing and self-isolation was unimaginable. Covid19 has flipped our lives on its head. How are we coping?

Fatima Hudoon
Fatima Hudoon

Video

Watch: Resilience – An uplifting story of young mums on one of the UK’s oldest council estates

A short documentary of young mums overcoming stigma through friendship on one of the UK's oldest council estates, Hillfields in Bristol.

Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media Adam Cantwell-Corn
Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media, Matt Buckner, The treatmentworx and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Coronavirus in Bristol

Rough sleepers of Bristol and the search for a safe place amid coronavirus

Bristol City Council is trying to find 450 rooms to house everyone rough sleeping and in temporary accommodation so they can self-isolate during coronavirus.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Bristol History Podcast

Bristol History Podcast: Witches and Witchcraft in the West Country

This week I met with Mike Slater, West-Country Occult Historian, to discuss the history of witchcraft in the West Country. We spoke about the continuance...

Tom Brothwell
Tom Brothwell

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

‘Workers are turning to each other. We can beat coronavirus, weak rights and unscrupulous bosses’

Amid worries about pay and new confusion about if people should be working or not during the new lockdown, workers are organising in new ways, writes Stuart Melvin.

Stuart Melvin

Coronavirus in Bristol

A rent freeze could protect the 1 in 3 Bristolians who rent from coronavirus fallout

Temporary measures could see an eviction crisis unleashed once coronavirus is contained and business returns to usual

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram
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