Reports

A bible, a penny-whistle, and a body on the bank of the Avon: what’s the story that connects them?

Nearly three decades after a man’s body was found on the bank of the River Avon, charity Locate International is releasing new information to the public in the hope of tracking down his family.

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell

Opinion

‘The Illegal Migration Bill is not only deeply cruel. But also a shameless attempt to embolden extremism.’

Bristol Refugee Rights, who see first-hand the hardship that asylum seekers are already put through, slam the Illegal Migration Bill as a cynical attempt to inflame anti-immigration feeling in order to win the next election.

Tom Daly
Tom Daly (Bristol Refugee Rights)

This Week in Bristol

West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris poses with a bus driver in his cab

This week in Bristol: Metro Mayor hasn’t formally analysed bus franchising

Pressure is growing on West of England metro mayor Dan Norris to investigate bringing buses under more public control.

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

Area in Focus

Explained: what vision for major 2,000-home development could mean for Bedminster

The regeneration of Whitehouse Street will change the face of Bedminster. So how does the masterplan shape up on affordable housing, high rises and protecting jobs?

Matty Edwards Daisy Steinhardt
Matty Edwards and Daisy Steinhardt

Features

Cooking up a storm: The project tackling Bristol’s rising food poverty

The Mazi Project provides pre-portioned meal kits to marginalised young people to address food poverty in the city.

Emma Blackmore
Emma Blackmore

Voices

‘I was finally diagnosed with ADHD at 25. Would I have got this sooner if I was a boy?’

After years of being misdiagnosed and incorrectly medicated, Dolores has finally got an ADHD diagnosis. But how different could her childhood have been if she’d been diagnosed sooner, like boys often are?

Dolores McGurran
Dolores McGurran

Features

Do women really have equity in Bristol workplaces?

For International Women's Day, Steph Cullen interviews women about their experiences in the workplace, and asks: how equitable are Bristol's workplaces for women really?

Steph Cullen
Steph Cullen

Reports

Cost of living crisis takes its toll on Bristol’s Somali community

Over the winter, there was a spike in people from Bristol's Somali community seeking help with living costs, with families finding it increasingly difficult to get by while also providing financial support for relatives back home in Somalia.

James Rogerson
James Rogerson

Voices

‘I needed therapy after I gave birth, but now I’m going it alone’

Steph experienced a mental health crisis while having her second child. Therapy saved her, but when it ended she felt loss.

Steph Cullen
Steph Cullen

This Week in Bristol

Men in hard hats and hi-vis jackets pose in front of a Goram Homes building site.

This week in Bristol: Affordable housing numbers revealed

The council has said there are currently 1,300 affordable homes under construction across the city, but they have their work cut out to meet their own targets by next year.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Meet the Bristol science teacher who took on Shell and is now calling bullshit on energy greenwashing

After challenging Shell’s claims of selling carbon neutral petrol, local science teacher Ben Hall is now putting ‘green’ energy tariffs under the microscope.

Adam Corner
Adam Corner

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with new Green leader Emma Edwards on being the biggest political force in these parts

The Greens are now the council's biggest party, but given their limited experience of being in power, how will they work with others under the new committee system, including their antagonists on the Labour benches?

Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media Adam Cantwell-Corn George Colwey
Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media, Adam Cantwell-Corn and George Colwey
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