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• News / Twinnell House

  ‘I was scared for my life and my son’s life’ – Tower block residents recall night of fire

  Residents say they are waiting for answers about a lack of fire safety measures

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• News / easton

  Twinnell House residents demand answers on ‘inadequate’ fire safety measures

  Father-of-seven Abdul Jabar Oryakhel died in the blaze on September 25

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• News / acorn

  Tenants protest council’s ‘whitewashing’ rent commission

  Tenants lined up to post their stories through a letter box outside the council building 

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• News / bristol city council

  Campaigners refused entry to ‘public’ toilets across Bristol as council scheme falters

  Questions are being raised about the success of the Council's Community Toilet Scheme

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• News / acorn

  Housing campaigners storm meeting in protest at their exclusion from commission

  “Our exclusion is clearly an attempt to whitewash its outcomes”

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• News / Strike

  ‘People are struggling’: Voices from the rail strike

  Rail staff and others explain why they support strike action

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• Your say / Housing

  ‘ACORN is a community union that has landlords on the run’

  ACORN has grown from a few dozen concerned Bristol residents to a nationwide organisation

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• News / bristol city council

  Council’s spare £900k going to the mayor’s office and reserves

  The unspent budget should go to toilets and parks, say councillors

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