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News / college green

Peace vigil held to mourn deaths

Vigil organisers were both Jews and Palestinians

News / Animals

XL Bully owner says her six dogs are ‘like my kids’

At the end of 2023, it became an offence to rehome, sell or transfer ownership of XL Bully dogs

News / Crime

Murder of two boys leaves community in shock

The 15- and 16-year-old boys were attacked by a number of people who escaped in a car

News / Politics

‘Air-miles mayor’ accused of ‘checking out of running Bristol’

Marvin Rees has missed a third of cabinet meetings over the last 12 months

News / drugs

Huge cannabis factory discovered in south Bristol

More than 660 cannabis plants were growing in an industrial unit

News / Barton House

Residents march from Barton House to City Hall

"Justice for Barton House" was the predominant chart

News / Bristol Drugs Project

UK’s first regular drug checking service to launch in Bristol

“This is a landmark moment for harm reduction”

News / Transport

Birthday bus scheme helping rich and those who can ‘exploit system’

WECA's flagship birthday bus scheme and WESTlink are not working as intended

News / Nighttime Economy

Bristol’s nighttime economy at ‘saturation point’ say police

Bristol City Council's licensing committee was split in a vote to keep the Cumulative Impact Area

News / gloucester road

Historic former bank could be demolished

The site is now a shell with no windows or roof

News / The Rhubarb Tavern

Hope for campaign to save Rhubarb Tavern

A planning committee voted against granting permission for eight homes at the pub

News / allotments

‘These proposals will decimate the green lungs of our city’

Bristol's growers brought their rakes and spades to protest plans to hike allotment fees

News / Stoke Lodge Playing Fields

The argument so far as Stoke Lodge case goes to court

It centred around whether Bristol City Council can be listed as more than one party

News / pedestrianisation

This could be the next road in Bristol to be pedestrianised

Removable bollards would allow access for emergency vehicles

News / Education

New project hopes to remove barriers to Black British literature in schools

"It’s useful for people of colour to have an example of what their home life can look like"

News / hanham

End of an era for independent gift shop

“I’m so proud of how successful the shop is and even prouder of all the memories”

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