Content based on the tag Bristol City Council

Bristol City Council staff lose trust with bosses, survey shows

But immediate line managers and colleagues received enormous support in the annual report

12 months ago

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Victory for the Bristol mums who stormed council offices over state of their homes

The women demanded a meeting with the council's head of repairs and when no one would talk to them, they plastered th...

12 months ago

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Wildlife trust calls out council over Yew Tree Farm cemetery plan

Avon Widlife Trust and Bristol's city leaders were in partnership three years ago. But now, the trust says that commi...

12 months ago

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Funeral directors face fines for leaving dead bodies in Bristol mortuary

Bristol City Council is suggesting fees of up to £200 a day in its proposal, which has now gone out for consultation

12 months ago

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Ashton Gate could see five concerts next summer says stadium boss

After Take That date is confirmed, a 'bumper' summer is planned thanks to the sporting window opening wider than in p...

12 months ago

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Bristol City Council policy proposal 'could force disabled people into care homes'

The chief executive of Disability Rights UK has written a withering open letter to mayor Marvin Rees

12 months ago

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WECA spent £453K of taxpayers' money to part company with chief executive

The combined authority forked out £97,000 on its legal fees alone and £14,000 towards the former top officer's

12 months ago

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Bristol City Council chief executive has contract extended to oversee move to committee system

Residents voted to scrap the existing mayoral model last year and replace it with cross-party decision-making committees

12 months ago

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Airbnb 'party house' owners lose planning appeal after neighbours' lives made a 'misery'

Bristol City Council is expecting a fresh application from the landlords and has paused enforcement action

12 months ago

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Knowle campaigners to return to City Hall over Broadwalk Shopping Centre saga

"We want them to know that Knowle is watching them" - as councillors meet again to decide how to minute the summer U-...

12 months ago

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Kate Wilson

Bristol footbridge to be closed for two years from next month

Vauxhall Bridge is set to be closed completely for two years - just weeks after Gaol Ferry Bridge reopened following ...

12 months ago

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Ashton Gate Sporting Quarter on hold as waste firm takes council planners to court

Bristol's biggest waste management firm has started legal proceedings against Bristol City Council over the Longmoor ...

12 months ago

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South Bristol Shopping Centre WILL be demolished after Government steps away

The 'Redcatch Quarter' proposal, and the way it was dealt with at City Hall, has been the most controversial saga of ...

12 months ago

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Bedminster BID collapses after ten years as traders vote no

The Business Improvement District funded projects and events but now shopkeepers in BS3 have pulled the plug

12 months ago

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Bristol's airport 'Clean Air Zone trap' signs need 'improving' say council

The council is letting off drivers who challenge their fines, but deny it's because of the lack of signage on the mot...

12 months ago

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Bristol cabbie loses licence after concealing sleep disorder

City councillors refused the private hire driver's licence renewal with "grave concerns" that he had put the public a...

12 months ago

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Proposed railway ticket office closures receives formal opposition from Bristol City Council

A motion to full council against the "staggeringly stupid" mass cull of train station booths received unanimous backing

12 months ago

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Bristol City Council approves urgent rethink on fixing potholes amid funding crisis

Unanimous support for motion to full council as Labour administration promises to look again at charging utility comp...

12 months ago

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Mystery buyer outbids community fund on secret Bristol woodland

Tens of thousands were raised to save Blackswarth Road Wood but someone else paid almost five times the guide price i...

12 months ago

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Bristol shopping centre 'scandal' protest outside City Hall as Mayor backs planning decision

Marvin Rees expressed his support for Conservative committee chairman as petition tops 3,000 names

12 months ago

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Bristol mums put up 'wanted posters' of council chief in row over mouldy flats

A group of mums say they are spending thousands on mould-resistant paint and that their children's health is sufferin...

12 months ago

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Bristol City Council provides update on Bristol Rovers' new South Stand plans

Bristol Rovers are entitled to continue work on the South Stand, ahead of a decision on planning permission

12 months ago

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Trinity Road police station plans get £1.5m council bailout

Housing association Guinness Partnership faces a huge funding shortfall for the revamp in Old Market which includes 1...

12 months ago

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James Piercy

Exclusive: Bristol Rovers explore stadium options with Fruit Market talks in danger of collapse

Bristol Rovers, and their desire for a new stadium, have formed part of the proposed project at St Philip's Marsh for...

12 months ago

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Bristol City Council housing company praised for losing less money than expected

Goram Homes bosses told councillors that its first houses will be completed by Christmas

12 months ago

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Sophie Grubb

Two more Bristol bridges set to close this year ahead of repairs

It comes after the reopening of Gaol Ferry Bridge and Redcliffe Bascule Bridge

12 months ago

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Gaol Ferry Bridge reopening in pictures as hundreds join party

There was a carnival atmosphere as the fencing across the key footbridge was removed, although there are still some '...

almost 1 year ago

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Wapping Wharf prepares to party as Gaol Ferry Bridge finally reopens today

It's been more than a year, so the people of Wapping Wharf and Southville are celebrating

almost 1 year ago

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Bristol City Council could oppose railway ticket office closures

Councillors are set to vote on a motion urging them to "condemn" the controversial plans

about 1 year ago

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Row over £50m Cumberland Basin repairs plan for ageing roads

Urgent repairs to Avon Bridge are needed to avoid a "potential catastrophic failure"

about 1 year ago

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Elliot Ball

Holidaymaker vows never to fly from Bristol Airport again because of Clean Air Zone 'trap'

He is now advising others to avoid the airport too

about 1 year ago

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Holidaymaker vows never to fly from Bristol Airport again because of Clean Air Zone 'trap'

He is now advising others to avoid the airport too

about 1 year ago

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Men questioned as police investigate alleged fraud at Bristol Waste

The Bristol City Council company is assisting officers with enquiries over allegations relating to payments at Avonmo...

about 1 year ago

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Bristol mayor blames government after Birmingham City Council effectively declares bankruptcy

Marvin Rees says Whitehall austerity has "hollowed out" local authorities and that cities are "holding the UK afloat"

about 1 year ago

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Driver will 'never fly from Bristol Airport again' because of Clean Air Zone 'trap'

Hywel Lee followed the signs from the motorway to Bristol Airport

about 1 year ago

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Broadwalk controversy escalates after release of jokey emails before 'stitch-up' planning U-turn

A councillor has defended the content of the emails and attacked 'conspiracy theorists' who have criticised him

about 1 year ago

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Poorest in Bristol 'will face homelessness' if council scraps tax benefit

'I barely make ends meet as it is, I won't be able to survive if this goes away'

about 1 year ago

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Bristol City Council misses 'definitive' deadline for reopening Chocolate Path because there was ...

The Chocolate Path first closed almost six years ago and still is, but Cumberland Road reopens today

about 1 year ago

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Major Bristol city centre hotel and conference centre converted to house asylum seekers

Staff were told this week and many have lost their jobs as guests have had bookings cancelled