Your Bristol Life

Listen: Henrietta Lacks by Daniel Edmund

Your Bristol Life is a new series of five podcasts shining a light on underrepresented aspects of Bristol's history. This BCfm series was made with the Bristol Cable, Bristol History Podcast and In The Dark.

Tom Brothwell
Tom Brothwell and Marcus Smith

People's History

Image of the remnants of an anti-aircraft gun position at Purdown, Bristol. Nearby military huts were squatted after the Second World War (credit: Eugene Byrne)

‘Staking a claim’: how the postwar housing crisis led to a mass squatting movement in Bristol

After the Second World War, Britain faced an acute shortage of homes. The remarkable outbreak of civil disobedience that followed is being remembered as part of a two-month festival of working-class history in South Bristol.

Eugene Byrne
Eugene Byrne

Reports

Image of a barn at Perrinpit Farm, Frampton Cotterell, which would become a bat house (Image: Perrinpit Road Solar Ltd/Savills)

Huge solar farm on green belt near Frampton Cotterell set for green light this week

Vast site on farmland just north of Bristol could power almost 15,000 homes, according to developers.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Your Bristol Life

Listen: Skate or Cry by Jazlyn Pinckney

In this audio documentary, five women taking space in Bristol’s skateboarding scene speak to Jazlyn Pinckney. Some have just picked up a board for the first time, others have been skating for decades.

Tom Brothwell
Tom Brothwell and Marcus Smith

This Week in Bristol

A fountain in front of City Hall in Bristol, a curved building

This week in Bristol: Council absolves itself over ‘spying’ on SEND parents

Due to council meetings being postponed during the period of mourning for the Queen's death, a vote on launching an independent inquiry has been delayed.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Calls for West of England mayor to step in as bus service cuts bite

Private firms running buses like 'teaching pigs to dance', says Bristol transport chief, while Greens across city region urge metro mayor Dan Norris to 'take control'

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

Voices

‘Homophobia, sexism and racism are rife in the construction industry. It’s time for change.’

Andy Leake has experienced homophobia first-hand and is calling for more support for queer people, women and those from ethnic minorities in construction.

Andy Leake
Andy Leake

Your Bristol Life

Listen: The Bristolian Refugee by Sam Sayer

Your Bristol Life is a new series of five podcasts shining a light on underrepresented aspects of Bristol's history. This BCfm series was made with the Bristol Cable, Bristol History Podcast and In The Dark.

Tom Brothwell
Tom Brothwell and Marcus Smith

This Week in Bristol

‘Miss Conduct’ yacht owners face misconduct claims

A protest on Monday took place outside the multi-million-pound vessel docked near Wapping Wharf, with demonstrators hoping to hold the landlord living aboard to account.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Why Reach PLC’s Bristol Live journalists are striking, with National Union of Journalists’ Paul Breeden

A thousand journalists are taking strike action across the country at Reach PLC, one of the big three conglomerates that dominate the regional news market and who own Bristol Live.

Aphra Evans Adam Cantwell-Corn Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media
Aphra Evans, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media

Features

Is Bristol prepared for even more intense heatwaves?

More green spaces are needed to protect the city’s most vulnerable from future extreme heat events, say environmental groups.

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell

Reports

Police officer who had sex with drunk woman on duty cleared of misconduct

Lee Cocking stood accused of sleeping with a drunk woman in his police car, but claimed it was sexual assault. On Friday he was cleared of gross misconduct.

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans and Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)
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