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Plans for a £150m overhaul have been unveiled

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Residents have created a specially-themed Advent window display

Could the closure of high street giants give rise to more independents?

244 new homes could be built, along with cafes, workspace and a pedestrian route

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‘There is no corner of UK Greens can’t win,’ says party co-leader By Ellie Pipe, Monday May 10, 2021 Some of Bristol’s newly elected Green councillors were jumping for joy – literally – moments before they were officially sworn in on Monday. Party members and supporters were flying high after a so-called ‘Green surge’ saw them gain a number of seats in the local elections to become the joint biggest group in City Hall, holding 24 seats on an equal pegging...

Meet the Bristol mayor candidate: Robert Clarke By Ellie Pipe, Wednesday Apr 28, 2021 There’s a throaty rumble of a Harley Davidson engine as Robert Clarke pulls up outside Blind Owl coffee shop on Feeder Road. The location is important to the Reform mayoral candidate, who wants to highlight Bristol’s industrial heritage, which he believes is under threat from development. As he waits for coffees across the road, overlooking the Feeder Canal, an anti-lockdown sign catches his eye. Clarke di...

Mayor Marvin Rees, business owners and Suzanne Audrey of Bristol Walking Alliance – photo by Ellie Pipe (2) But, after resigning as a Labour councillor and cabinet member for housing in 2020, Paul Smith indicated “there is a real problem at the moment” and suggested, “we need to look at how those backbench councillors and opposition councillors can have more of a say”. What is the point in having 70 elected councillors, he asked, if almost all decisions are made by an elected Mayor an...