A shopkeeper of a convenience store in Whitehall, today (10 August) pleaded guilty to three offences of unlawfully selling alcohol, knowingly allowing the sale of alcohol to a child and failing to request proof of age of a person apparently under 18 years of age contrary to the Licensing Act 2003. He was fined a ...
Local MP, Kerry McCarthy is inviting young Bristol men to fill the gap on the bone marrow register and donate blood stem cells to help save the lives of cancer victims. The Bristol MPhas joined other politicians in pledging to recruit at least ten men each between the ages to 18 and 30 to join ...
Local people with Bristol memories and those with special Bristol objects, artefacts and photographs are invited to ‘My Bristol: show and tell’ sessions at M Shed this summer. On Wednesday August 10 and 17 visitors can help staff from M Shed’s archives to identify people and places in some of the hundreds of photographs currently ...
Preventative work with families in east and central Bristol through a year-long social worker pilot will be expanded, Bristol City Council announced today. The unique role will now cover the entire city through two extra posts and involves very early work with families to help identify and resolve issues that might show up at school, ...
The increasingly embattled Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne was greeted with more bad news when he opened the file containing the latest growth figure this morning. The economy grew by one fifth of a percent in the second quarter of the year, way off the target of 0.8% needed to stay on track with ...
This summer, At-Bristol is bursting at the seams with fun activities for everyone! From bouncing sheep to making robots and painting your veins to being boggled by brains, every day has something exciting to offer. Championsheeps LIVE! is being held for five weeks over the holidays, from 30 July – 31 August. This hilarious event ...
Kerry McCarthy MP has attacked plans by the Government to introduce a cull of badgers in the South-West of England The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Caroline Spelman, has announced plans for a cull of badgers in South-West England, with two pilot schemes in unidentified areas trialling what has been dubbed ”the Big Society badger ...
Kerry McCarthy MP is backing proposals put forward by a dedicated team of immigration advisers, who were recently made redundant, to create a Social Enterprise that would ensure Bristolians continue to have access to immigration advice. Last Friday, immigration advisers working for Bristol’s Immigration Advice Service (IAS) were made redundant, as the charity which funded ...
Kerry McCarthy is backing The Wildlife Trusts’ Petition Fish campaign to protect our seas and the amazing wildlife it supports, by signing a scale on a Petition Fish at a launch event in the Parliament this week. Petition Fish is The Wildlife Trust’s new campaign to put pressure on the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments ...
The search is underway for a name for the new mountain bike trails at Ashton Court and Leigh Woods. The prize for choosing the best name is the chance to ride with Olympic 2012 hopeful and professional mountain biker, Oli Beckingsale, at Ashton Court later this year. Cleverly designed by Phil Saxena – who was ...
Hundreds of TV Licensing workers walked out on Monday 17th October in a dispute over pay as management refuses...
City MP, Kerry McCarthy, has been granted a special debate in Parliament this Tuesday to discuss the drastic shortage...
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