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News / Clifton

Zoo boss accuses Save Bristol Gardens Alliance of ‘relentless campaign of misinformation’

Bristol Zoological Society has exchanged sale contracts with a house builder for the former zoo site

News / Banks

Three Lloyds banks across Bristol to close

People are increasingly switching to digital devices for their day-to-day banking

News / University of Bristol

No more forced swim tests at University of Bristol

The experiment sees rats or mice placed into a container of water with no means of escape

News / Development

More than 100 new homes to be built on former tobacco factory

Councillors have now granted planning permission for the £60m development in Southville

News / Development

Plans approved to knock down Galleries shopping centre

The shopping centre in Broadmead opened in 1991 but has struggled for many years

News / history

Holocaust Memorial Day: ‘An incredibly emotional and thought-provoking ocassion’

This year's theme was 'for a better future'

News / rubbish collection

61% of people feel ‘very negative’ about monthly bin collections

Bristol City Council could become the first local authority in the UK to move to monthly collections

News / East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood

‘Illegal’ actions ‘making it impossible to install liveable neighbourhood safely’

Protesters have for the third time prevented council contractors from doing their job

News / Development

Development to be allowed for first time on greenbelt surrounding Bristol

There will also be large expansions of some villages and the creation of new communities

News / television

BBC drama based in Bristol returns for series two

The second series of Boarders was filmed in Clifton

News / Development

More flats in co-living tower block would be ‘recipe for disaster’

The St James Square complex includes buildings between 15 and 28 storeys high

News / Ashton Gate

Football banning orders likely for City fans after fight

Bristol City say they are "appalled" by the violence outside Ashton Gate on Saturday

News / SEND

SEND Safety Valve judicial review to begin

The case will probe the decision to not consult parents prior to the agreement

News / Barton Hill

Police called as protesters once again block installation of liveable neighbourhood scheme

Deputy council leader Heather Mack was also confronted by angry residents

News / climate action

Gaie Delap’s prison sentence to be extended

Gaie will now spend an extra 20 days in prison

News / redfield

Car driven over graves in shocking shortcut through cemetery

"It's such a horrible, cruel thing to do"

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