bristol city council

• News / SEND

  Warning SEND bailout will ‘make life harder’ for disabled children

  Councillors criticised a bailout plan to rescue Bristol’s spiralling SEND budget

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• News / wild swimming

  How the fight of river bathers is being highlighted on the big screen

  ‘Rave On For The Avon’ premieres on March 23

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• News / Van Dwellers

  Bristol van dweller numbers quadrupled since pre-pandemic

  A new report has recommended further support to the city's vehicle dwelling community

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• News / New Cut

  Banana Bridge restoration work to cost up to £2m

  It's the latest in a rolling programme of repairs to bridges over the New Cut

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• News / community

  Call for ‘urgent and transformative action’ to protect Bristol’s shared spaces

  Organisations in the city say current policies pose a serious risk to their future

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• News / Lord Mayor of Bristol

  Lib Dem councillor to become next lord mayor of Bristol

  Andrew Varney will replace Paul Goggin after the local elections in May

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• News / Yew Tree Farm

  Contractors return to Yew Tree Farm despite calls to halt damage

  Their arrival comes less than 24 hours after Avon Wildlife Trust called for a halt to the clearance

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• News / planning

  Bristol’s planning department put into ‘special measures’

  Bristol City Council has been stripped of its planning powers for deciding applications too slowly

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