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Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Samira Musse on community power, how to consult with people, and giving kids confidence lessons

What do the powers-that-be get wrong when they come to talk to communities – and how could this be done better? And why are youth services so crucial?

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Alex Turner, Neil Maggs and George Colwey

Reports

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Council still thinking about knocking down Barton House, months after residents’ return

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Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter) and Alex Turner

Features

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‘I can do action’: cafe owner who organised tower block evacuation response aiming to be councillor

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

Barton House evacuation: Was the chaos and confusion completely unnecessary?

With a lack of clear information from the council, rumours and speculation ruled as residents decanted from their homes were left in the dark about what was going on. Campaigners say the authorities could have planned this better.

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Sean Morrison and Priyanka Raval
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Cable Community News

Bristol raises £10k for Barton House residents in 48hrs

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Eliz Mizon
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Reports

Exclusive: Council denies structural issues identified four years ago are root cause of tower block evacuation

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Billy Stockwell and Alex Turner

Reports

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Barton Hill tower block residents’ lives turned upside down by emergency evacuation

Told to leave their homes under chaotic and confusing orders by Bristol City Council, tenants of Barton House face an uncertain future after their homes were deemed unsafe.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Features

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A year on from fires, delays to safety works are leaving tower block tenants shivering

While the dangerous cladding on some of Bristol’s high-rise blocks has been removed, it’s yet to be replaced – meaning residents face a winter without insulated homes.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Reports

Image of Sunny Paradisos and Tara Clerkin outside the Rhubarb Tavern in Barton Hill, Bristol (credit: Alexander Turner)

‘We want to give people their space back’: clock ticks on crowdfunder to save Barton Hill’s last pub

Thanks to a crowdfunding campaign, the Rhubarb Tavern could be saved from redevelopment after three years closed. In a changing city, and with pints becoming a luxury for many, what will be needed to make it a success?

Alex Turner
Alex Turner