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Archive for: September, 2009

‘Insult to injury’ – Tory’s anger at coconut row appeal decision

‘Insult to injury’ – Tory’s anger at coconut row appeal decision

The Conservative councillor called a coconut during a public meeting at Bristol City Council has branded the decision to uphold the appeal by Councillor Shirley Brown against her suspension as “insult to injury”.

Mother pleads guilty to hit-run death of schoolboy Sam

Mother pleads guilty to hit-run death of schoolboy Sam

Bristol mother Hannah Saaf has pleaded guilty to causing the death of schoolboy Sam Riddall in Westbury-on-Trym earlier this year by dangerous driving. Ms Saaf ran over Sam Riddall after the 11-year-old was returning from an evening youth service at Henleaze and Westbury Community Church.

Dear Clifton Barbie… this is why you’re not taken seriously!

Dear Clifton Barbie… this is why you’re not taken seriously!

In the start of a new series, Bristol24-7’s very own Clothes Doctor looks at the perils of eBay addiction and how being young isn’t always best…

Kings of the road win their Mongolian mission

Kings of the road win their Mongolian mission

An intrepid team of university students has completed a daunting 8,000-mile drive to Mongolia – raising hundreds of pounds for charity along the way. The ‘Four Kings and a Jimny’

No frills offices to open for low-cost business life

No frills offices to open for low-cost business life

No-frills offices for small and start-up businesses in Bristol will be opened next month by the company owned by easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

Auction to invest in the lives of poorest children

Auction to invest in the lives of poorest children

A Bristol-based investment company is raising money to improve the lives of those living in poverty in Bulgaria. Fair Investment Company, headquartered in the city centre, is to holding a grand auction to raise funds for the Bulgarian Partners’ Trust at the prestigious Clifton Club on October 1 at 7pm.

Bristol’s future must be built on ideas

Bristol’s future must be built on ideas

There’s a new buzzword doing the rounds – ideopolis. We’re going to hear it a lot because Bristol hopes to become one. So what is an ideopolis? It’s a creative city whose future is built on ideas just as much as its past is built on bricks and mortar, trade and industry.

City urged to be patient for transport solutions

City urged to be patient for transport solutions

Bristol citizens were last night asked to grit their teeth and hold on for the traffic improvements which the city’s transport chiefs promise will greatly ease congestion within 10 years.

Ashton Gate Tesco plan should be rejected, say consultants

Ashton Gate Tesco plan should be rejected, say consultants

Consultants brought in by the city council to examine the redevelopment of Bristol City’s Ashton Gate stadium would recommend planners reject the plan – unless the benefits of a new stadium at Ashton Vale outweigh the negative impacts of the proposed Tesco superstore.

New suffragettes pedal the green message

New suffragettes pedal the green message

A group of Climate Suffragettes cycled through Bristol yesterday to raise awareness of global warming. Susie Weldon hopped on her bike to find out what was happening…