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The best of what’s on in the next 7 days…

Ronan Keating

Feeling bored? Here’s our choice of the best of Bristol’s stage, music and comedy in the week ahead.

Work to restore Cabot Tower “to begin next week”

Cabot Tower

Work to restore Bristol’s famous Cabot Tower was “never in doubt” and will begin next week, according the deputy leader of the city council.

Bristol… A city too rich to help and too weak to influence

Picture postcard: Up to 10cm of snow fell in Bristol last night, creating scenes such as these in Cotham

Bristol is seen as too rich a city to be deserving of substantial public investment, but not powerful enough to have the national economy geared to meeting its needs.

Rejection of the Avonmouth biofuel plant is just latest stage of right royal battle

Avonmouth Biofuel plant

Green campaigners have been celebrating since Bristol city councillors dramatically rejected their own legal officer’s advice and threw out plans to build a biofuel plant at Avonmouth earlier this week. So is that the end of the story? Not necessarily.

Full speed ahead for south Bristol 20mph plan

20mph

Most of Bedminster, Southville and Windmill Hill wards will become 20mph zones, after the pilot project was approved by Bristol City Council cabinet members yesterday.

Better transport is vital for region’s future, warn MPs

The South West’s future prosperity hinges on improving its transport infrastructure, MPs on the region’s parliamentary select committee have warned.

Contract signed to build Bristol’s new ‘super’ hospital

Bristol Southmead Hospital

A contract has been signed which will lead to work starting on Bristol’s new £430million hospital in Southmead.

Micmacs: A beautiful, visually stunning, garbled mess

Micmacs - starring Dany Boon

As the credits rolled on Micmacs, Lloyd Rundle felt like he’d been trapped in a lift with a circus for somewhere between a couple of hours and a couple of weeks.

Extra cash given to fight congestion on city roads

Bristol is one of 10 areas across the UK to receive extra cash from the government to help beat congestion on the city’s roads.

Quick-fire comedy… and that’s just for starters

Instant Wit, Bristol comedy troupe

Bristol’s brilliant off-the-cuff comedy improvisation show is pioneering a new style of show this year — bi-monthly performances at some of the city’s top dining venues

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