Bristol City Council

Reports

‘Life-saving’ council service for adults with learning disabilities facing cut

A Bristol woman says Concord Lodge saved her sister's life at a time when adults with learning disabilities are being locked up in psychiatric hospitals due to a lack of alternative.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Funding reinstated for SEND charity at heart of council social media spying row

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Major restrictions on cars revealed in Bristol’s first liveable neighbourhood scheme

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

People's History

Spend a penny: A potted history of Bristol’s public toilets before they were closed to save cash

Need a wee? Good luck with that if you’re out and about, as Bristol has only a fraction of the public toilets it once had. Eugene Byrne, trying to hold it in until he gets home, looks at the history of Bristol’s public loos.

Eugene Byrne
Eugene Byrne

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Labour’s Nicola Beech on whether developers or the public are getting the best deal out of our city

Neil Maggs Adam Cantwell-Corn
Neil Maggs, Adam Cantwell-Corn and George Colwey

Reports

Notorious Bristol property boss fined more than £10,000 for eyesores

Alex King
Alex King

Reports

Parents warn ‘monstrous’ changes to autism referral rules for children will ‘cost lives’

SEND parents have slammed new rules that mean children must be in 'crisis' before they can be referred for an autism assessment in the Bristol area.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

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 Adam Cantwell-Corn
Neil Maggs, Adam Cantwell-Corn and George Colwey

This Week in Bristol

Bristol Marina in the sunshine, with a number of boats and colourful terraced houses on the hill

This week in Bristol: Swimming pilot for Bristol Harbour announced

The mayor has announced a pilot project for harbour swimming that will be launched at the end of April.

Eliz Mizon
Eliz Mizon

Reports

Council budget passes with opposition amendments but councillors clash

The budget was slammed by the Greens as 'flawed' but praised by the mayor as a 'considerable achievement' at a time when the local authority's finances are in a precarious position.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Green Party wins Bristol by-election race, becoming largest party on city council

Patrick McAllister was elected the new councillor for Hotwells and Harbourside following a battle that could prove a good indicator of how elections might turn out next year.

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

From Western Harbour controversy to flammable cladding: how the Hotwells and Harbourside by-election campaign has played out

Labour or the Greens could secure a majority in the council chamber with a victory here, as voters prepare to head to the polls on 2 February.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval
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