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Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Temple Quarter chair Lyn Garner – can regeneration be inclusive?

The Temple Quarter redevelopment will transform a huge area of inner-city Bristol. What will it do for the city's big issues – housing, transport, jobs and education – and who will benefit?

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Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media

Reports

An illustration of various sizes of houses and towers with giant overdue and reminder letters sprouting between them

Council still hounding people with bailiffs after ‘ethical’ approach promise

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Features

A view over open green space with trees and homes in the distance

Are the Greens going to save Yew Tree Farm?

Nick Scott
Nick Scott
A photo of Barton House tower block

Reports

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

Sources said options for the Barton House high-rise are still being weighed up after a report was commissioned into its possible demolition

Alex Seabrook Alex Turner
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter) and Alex Turner
External shot of a boarded-up Wetherspoons in Bristol, which contains the remains of an art-deco cinema.

Reports

Owner of ex-pub and cinema should up his landlord game before developing more flats, say tenants

Alex Turner
Alex Turner
Image of derelict land awaiting transfer to Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust sits opposite a new housing association development (credit: Alex Turner)

Reports

Council delays putting community-led housing in at risk, Lockleaze charity warns

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Future of Cities

How ambitious and creative tree planting projects could help keep Bristol cool during heatwaves

Green infrastructure could help make Bristol more resilient to climate change, improving the lives of its residents. What can the city learn from Milan?

Neill Talbot

Reports

‘A Pandora’s box’? What impact will Fishponds’ big new developments have, and who stands to profit?

Plans to redevelop three factory sites could see thousands of new homes along the Bristol and Bath Railway Path. Residents want to raise awareness about the potential impact of the schemes, which promise their owners lucrative returns.

Alex Turner Alon Aviram
Alex Turner and Alon Aviram

Reports

Community union’s intervention sees housing association eviction halted amid disrepair claims

Rent arrears proceedings by local social landlord that would have seen Cliftonwood man lose his flat are 'off the table for now', ACORN says

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

Council to launch ‘overdue’ consultation on expanding landlord licensing

Bristol City Council wants to significantly expand landlord licensing in a bid to drive up standards for renters. But do the plans go far enough?

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell

Area in Focus

Revealed: Renters living in mouldy flats handed steep rent hike by millionaire London landlords

Residents of the iconic Queens Court housing block in Clifton are fed up with living in poor conditions and their complaints being ignored, a Cable investigation has uncovered.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Area in Focus

‘My anxiety levels are off the scale’: Tempers fray as student houses multiply on estate

As residents and students clash on High Kingsdown estate, Bristol City Council is being urged to enforce its own targets and lower the number of HMOs in the area. 

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell
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