People from Shirehampton are being asked to join in with giving Shirehampton a good clean up on Friday 14 August. Leading the clean up are the local Policing team, Safer Bristol’s community safety officers and Bristol City Council’s Clean and Green team. Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Zaheer Bulbul who had the idea for the ...
NewsThe hugely popular ‘Square Sessions’ – are back – and once again there’s a chance to catch up with the sounds of summer in Bristol’s historic Queen Square.
NewsThe signs ‘Think Bike’, ‘Crash Site’ or ‘Overtaking?’ signs are intended to remind drivers to be aware of motorcyclists, but also to advise riders about potential dangers at specific locations. The signs will be taken down after three months when they can be re-used at new sites. This work supports the monthly ‘days of action’ ...
NewsDawn Primarolo and Kerry McCarthy are keeping up the pressure on transport giant, First, by writing to the company’s National Chief Executive, Sir Moir Lockhead (left), for the third time this year about the high cost of bus travel in Bristol.
NewsPolice have issued an urgent appeal for the public’s help to trace a man wanted on recall to prison. Dean Goodwin, aged 29 is a registered sex offender who may be in the Bridgwater area. He is described as a white man, about 5ft 10ins tall of muscular build with short cropped dark brown hair. ...
NewsBristol citizens are too lazy for sex, too slothful to run for a bus and cannot be bothered to change the TV channel without the remote, says a new report into the health of the Nation by Nuffield Health. Despite the Government’s £75 million anti-obesity campaign, all attempts to get the country fit and healthy ...
NewsErnest Bongmoyong, head keeper at the the primate sanctuary in Mefou National Park, Cameroon is spending three weeks at Bristol Zoo Gardens to learn skills and knowledge that he can use in his work at Mefou. The primate sanctuary, run by conservation charity Ape Action Africa (AAA), which has its UK base at Bristol Zoo ...
NewsPeople in a number of areas across Bristol will be receiving home visits from recycling advisors from next week to encourage recycling. These specially trained staff – recognisable by their orange ‘Recycle Now’ branded clothing – will be giving people tips on recycling and showing what they can and cannot put in their brown bin ...
NewsThe provisional Key Stage 2 results were published today, showing huge improvements from Bristol’s schools over the past 11 years. Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East regularly visits the schools in her constituency and welcomed the news saying: “I want to thank teachers and teaching assistants, parents and pupils in Bristol for all their hard ...
NewsSingle mother of two, Heather Gifford, is the brains behind a new ‘fruitful’ business opportunity which is being offered nationally to home-workers. Tooty Fruity (www.tooty-fruity.com) specialises in creating delicious fruit bouquets and arrangements made entirely of fresh, hand sculpted fruit including strawberries, pineapple, grapes, oranges, cantaloupe and honeydew melon. All bouquets are guaranteed fresh and ...
NewsHundreds 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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