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News / YTL Arena Bristol

Preparation work finally begins on long-awaited arena

The opening date for the 19,000 capacity venue has been pushed back again

News / allotments

Greens ‘call in’ controversial allotments decision

A Labour cabinet member likened allotments to “gated communities” when price rises were approved

News / trinity road police station

Work to build 104 new homes on police station site set to begin

A new police station will be part of the plans

News / religion

Bosco Macdonald to become the new bishop of Clifton

The bishop-elect previously served as a parish priest in Patchway

News / Blackswarth Road Wood

Protection order granted for woodland sold at auction

A mystery bidder paid £245,000 for the land, thwarting a community bid to buy it

News / lockleaze

New ‘bleed kits’ to be installed in Bristol communities

"The best outcome is that these will never need to be used"

News / Yew Tree Farm

Mayor accused of ‘misinformation’ about Yew Tree Farm update

Rees says it is easy "to raise fear through fictionalised conflict between burial space and nature"

News / st patrick's day

Huge St Patrick’s Day celebration in Bristol

Swans, song, shamrocks, Irish Pride, puppets and more on parade in Bristol

News / Victoria Park

First purpose-built skatepark in decades opens in south Bristol

The bid to revive the “forgotten skatepark” has been years in the making

News / Bristol Palestine Alliance

‘Mass funeral’ procession to mourn Palestinians who have been killed

Small coffins were carried as a stark reminder of the children dying in Gaza

News / Alex Mamwa

Devastated family pay tribute to man who was fatally stabbed

“His presence and smile always lit up a room”

News / slavery

Bristol could get museum ‘chronicling history, lives and futures of those affected by enslavement’

African Heritage Communities will also be commemorated in "permanent and impactful installations"

News / Transport

Bristol’s first liveable neighbourhood trial to go ahead

The East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood encompasses Barton Hill and parts of Redfield and St George

News / Bristol

Sunday Times Best Places to Live list leaves out Bristol for first time in 12 years

Bristol's "gruelling transport network and pitiless property market" have been blamed

News / Edward Colston

Colston statue goes on permanent display at M Shed

The statue is now part of a display about protest

News / Advertising Feature

Could a leaky loo be costing you £100s in wasted water?

Bristol Water are on a mission to help customers save as much water and money as possible.

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