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Bristol elections: Electoral Calculus poll on who will run Bristol council No party has overall control at present SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A new poll is predicting the Labour Party will control Bristol City Council after this week's local elections. In just two days time, people across the Bristol region will be voting in up to four elections. Not only will voters get to choos...

Meet the Bristol mayor candidate: Marvin Rees By Ellie Pipe, Friday Apr 23, 2021 Marvin Rees couldn’t have timed it better. Just as the interview is winding up, a woman returns from her run around St George Park and, spotting the current mayor, pauses to sing the praises of the new Hope Rise ZED Pods buildings where she lives. The unique ‘homes on stilts’ is one of the development schemes that have come to fruition over the last five years as part of collaborative efforts to tackle Bristol’s housing crisis. Get the top Bristol stories emailed directly to you - choose the news you want...

Community-led 36 homes and 'heart space' in Lawrence Weston backed despite planners' warnings Bristol city councillors grant permission unanimously despite concerns over lost grass verges 10:37, 20 APR 2021 THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Plans for 36 homes and a “heart space�...

36 community-led homes approved in Lawrence Weston By Adam Postans, Monday Apr 19, 2021 Plans for 36 homes and a “heart space” co-designed by the community in north-west Bristol have been approved unanimously against officers’ recommendation. Ambition Lawrence Weston (ALW) residents’ group and United Communities housing association were granted permission despite the development breaching planning policy meant to protect grass verges from being built on. The proposed layout of the Bristol City Council-owned site at Astry Close, where 16 postwar semi-detached houses were bulldozed in 2...

Green mayoral candidate pledges to help Bristol ‘recover, then thrive’ By Ellie Pipe, Wednesday Apr 7, 2021 Covid rules meant the launch of Sandy Hore-Ruthven’s 2021 mayoral manifesto was a fairly understated al fresco affair. The pandemic has also seen a shift in focus for the Green candidate, who has put Bristol’s economic recovery front and centre of his pledges, promising to help the city rebuild and then thrive. Standing outside the Station on Silver Street – a building owned by Creative Youth Network, a charity Sandy is CEO of – the mayoral hopeful said he ...