Downs committee

• News / The Downs

  Calls to close road through the Downs to stop joyriders

  Residents are concerned about rising problematic driving on the historic green space

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• News / downs

  Fees for fitness coaches on Downs discussed in secret

  Members of the public were kicked out of the committee that runs the Downs

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• Your say / Van Dwellers

  ‘With the cost of living increasing, will van dwelling become a more common way of life?’

  Izzy Watt says people who cannot afford to rent "may have no other option" but to live in a van

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• Features / Van Dwellers

  The long and winding road to addressing the rise of vehicle dwellings

  Change has been a long time coming

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• News / Clifton

  Ladies Mile loos to be restored

  The lord mayor has received a £7,500 cheque to update the historic landmark

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• News / Housing

  Court delays slow action on evicting Traveller encampments

  "When people are passing through they don’t necessarily respect the area as much as they might."

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• News / downs

  Evicting caravans from Downs was ‘extraordinary waste of taxpayer money’

  The damage caused to the Downs, as well as Horfield Common and Eastville Park, was extensive

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• News / The Downs

  ‘Progress made’ on running the Downs after criticism over lack of transparency

  The management of north Bristol open space has come under fire in recent years

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