downs

• News / Transport

  ‘Long-term aspirations’ to close roads on Downs to cars

  Ladies Mile should be closed for a trial weekend, say advisers

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• News / Stoke Bishop

  Workman dies after wall collapses

  Police are liaising with the Health & Safety Executive because the man sadly died at work

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• Art / Getting Up To Stuff

  ‘Loo Ladies’ sculpture returns

  The sculpture by Getting Up To Stuff is of 'loo lady' Victoria Hughes and a young woman

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• News / preview

  Preview: Forwards Festival 2024

  Forwards Festival returns to the Downs on Saturday and Sunday

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Massive Attack, the Downs – ‘A pivotal climate forward event’

  The festival on the Downs was a climate-forward social justice extravaganza with a very mixed bill

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• News / Plastic

  Festival litters Downs with ‘huge amounts’ of plastic waste

  The weekend event failed to clear cable ties, metal screws and spikes that could endanger wildlife

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• News / charity

  In photos: Race For Life Pretty Muddy 2024

  Raising money for life-saving cancer research

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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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