Bristol’s Clean Air Zone has finally been decided. We spoke to cabinet member for transport, Kye Dudd, speaks about air pollution, plans for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, and doubling down on measures brought in at the start of the pandemic.
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A cross-party group of councillors fear “cover-ups”, bad decisions and taxpayers’ money being squandered by Bristol City Council. Now they call for better access rights to information.
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External auditor Grant Thorton said Bristol City Council was not properly informed before investing extra money into Bristol Energy. The information the cabinet received also “did not clearly state the risks” and was “out of date”, they add
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Bristol Energy lost another £14.8million last year, latest financial data shows. Now a public interest report is being sought to find out what went wrong.
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Bristol City Council’s new Drug Strategy consultation will consider the use of safe consumption rooms. Transform Drug Policy’s head of campaigns examines what this could mean for the city.
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The neighbouring Tory, Liberal Democrat and Independent local authority leaders have accused Mr Rees of “putting party politics before doing the right thing for the region.”
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Photos: Save the M32 Maples Developers have started to build 31 homes on the site of a former filling station in central Bristol from which…
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Meanwhile both of Bristol’s hospital trusts have declared internal critical incidents amid rising demand and more Covid patients.
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The council is taking action after infection rates continued to rise sharply, including among working age adults, not just university students.
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Councillors are asking whether the “surveillance”, which they say was “covert”, needed authorisation.
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