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News / closure

Bristol Blue Glass announces permanent closure

Bristol Blue Glass' closure marks the end of a chapter in Bristol’s artistic and industrial heritage

News / University of Bristol

Smaller building at new university campus might never be built

Major changes to the University of Bristol's new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus have been proposed

News / Van Dwellers

Van dwellers to be evicted from Downs

A judge has granted Bristol City Council a 21-day possession order

News / Turbo Island

Mysterious billboard appears on Turbo Island

Zac Alsop is a YouTuber with 2.4m followers

News / crowdfunder

Bristol City academy coach appeals for help in daughter’s cancer fight

Supporters have already raised more than half of the £50,000 target for the Gerken family

News / Bishopsworth

Traveller community could be moved on after council launches legal action

The Travellers say they weren't told the council wanted to remove them and would have left if asked

News / Hotwells

Fundraiser launched to transform former baths

The group behind the renovation believe now is a “critical window” for investment

News / Rugby

Crowds turn out for former Bristol Rugby captain’s memorial

Matt Salter, who died aged 49 in March, was a much-loved rugby player and teacher

News / planning

Green light due for revised plans to redevelop shopping centre

Developers have drastically reduced the number of new homes they will build

News / disability

Schoolgirl carer nominated for award

Twelve‑year‑old Kirianna looks after her disabled younger sister Zeniah

News / Jamie Collins

Tributes paid to ‘bright, kind, gentle and unassuming’ Jamie Collins

21-year-old Jamie Jamie was living in Filton while studying engineering and robotics at UWE

News / Bristol Museum

£3.5m funding for urgent repairs to museum

Funding from Arts Council England will pay for urgent roof and exterior works

News / Transport

Women and children using Railway Path more than doubles

Improvements to a 1.5-mile stretch include improved junctions and access points, and a wider paths

News / Stacey Olika

Stacey Olika features in Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Stacey Olika features in the 2026 class of the Forbes Under 30 Europe list

News / Education

University support staff vow to ‘keep making noise’ as strike restarts

‘Deflated and exhausted’ university support staff are striking again

News / Transport

Portishead railway costs now almost £200m

The scheme is already well underway, with vegetation cleared along the three-mile route

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