Reports

Watchdog finds ‘serious failings’ after concluding council does not know what state its housing is in

Bristol City Council has been called out by a government regulator for not meeting new quality standards, with thousands of repairs and damp and mould cases long overdue for action and many safety check records missing.

Analysis: The national high-rise saga behind Barton House’s emergency evacuation

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

A photo of Barton House tower block

Reports

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.

A rectangular tower block covered with scaffolding for fire safety works.

Features

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

Reports

‘Waking watch’ fire patrols stood down at two Bristol tower blocks as flammable cladding removed

Flammable polystyrene cladding used on Bristol towers: was the writing on the wall?

After two fires at tower blocks fitted with expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation, Bristol City Council is stripping the flammable material from all its high-rises. But experts say it should never have been allowed in the first place.

Bristol council was warned of polystyrene cladding dangers long before tower block blaze, so why didn’t it act sooner?

The Cable quizzes Bristol City Council's housing chief on the ‘urgent’ rollout of new high-rise fire safety measures, how much it’s all going to cost, and why the authority didn’t act faster.

Bristol tower block fire fuelled by flammable cladding that’s fitted to many of the city’s high rises

Polystyrene insulation contributed to the spread of a blaze at Eccleston House. The council has committed to removing the material from its high rises – but it could take a decade.

An arson attack. A pig’s head dumped outside. Eccleston House residents are traumatised, and their concerns have been met with silence.

The Cable investigates how flammable cladding fuelled a fire at the tower block, the impact it’s had on the community, and why the council’s communication is making matters worse.

Twinnell House residents still waiting for answers on smoke spreading and sprinklers following tower block fire

Council chiefs failed to show up to a residents meeting to answer questions on why no sprinklers have been installed in the high rise

Bristol high rises to be inspected for fire safety after Twinnell House tragedy

New government regulations require the council to inspect fire safety at all the tower blocks it owns.