City of Bristol | News, Comment & Features

News / family activites

Ball run attraction to launch in first step for citywide play trail

The project offers "hours of play for the price of a pint"

News / Kingsdown

Pub wins battle over complaints of ‘noisy’ beer garden

The neighbours complained of cigarette smoke and foul language drifting into their garden

News / Bristol Magistrates Court

Four climate activists on trial in Bristol over abbey protest

Reverend Bill White, Emma Ireland, Stephen Pritchard and Kate Chesterman all pleaded not guilty

News / Politics

‘Shocking and disgusting waste of taxpayers’ money’ by WECA

The combined authority awarded almost £1m in payoffs over three years

News / Development

Plans for bingo hall face rejection despite overwhelming support

Club 3000 Bingo wants to build the "state-of-the-art" venue on a brownfield site

News / avonmouth

Wessex Water facing criminal charges six years after explosion killed four workers

Luke Wheaton, Ray White, Brian Vickery and Mike James died in the blast in December 2020

News / athletics

Council boss apologises for ‘deeply unfair’ timing of decision dooming athletics track

Tony Dyer has accepted "full accountability" for the timing of the decision to sell the track

News / Bristol Dockyards

‘Multi-faceted story’ told at new museum next to SS Great Britain

Isambard Kingdom Brunel has most definitely not been forgotten about in the new exhibition

News / avonmouth

Major incident declared after fire breaks out at recycling centre

Fire crews arrived shortly after 1.30am

News / Education

SEN school joins wave of striking educators

It is the twelfth school in the area to have gone on strike this fortnight

News / cycling

Do you want a cycle hangar for your street?

There are already 70 cycle hangars across Bristol

News / East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood

Details of improvements to notorious junction at heart of liveable neighbourhood woes

The East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood was recently voted to become permanent

News / Transport

Funds from workplace parking levy must have ‘transformational’ impact

Bristol City Council is planning to consult the public this autumn about the new charge

News / bristol crown court

Crown court cases take two years on average to complete, review finds

Delays have been getting steadily worse over the last decade

News / Crime

Man charged in relation to theft of museum artefacts

More than 600 artefacts are believed to have been stolen

News / Temple Island

Former mayor says ‘someone should go to prison’ for ‘appalling’ Temple Island deal

George Ferguson says the Temple Island deal is "a criminal waste of public land and money"

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