Posted in Bristol City Council, Green Party, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Green Party, Gus Hoyt, Tess Green on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The May local elections saw a raft of changes at the city council. The ruling Liberal Democrats lost their majority, Labour and the Conservatives appointed new – yet familiar – party leaders and for the first time The Green Party had more than one councillor. This week Sam Rkaina talks to all four party leaders about their ambitions for their group and the city. Today it’s the Green’s Tess Green.
Posted in Bendy bus, Bristol City Council, Park and Ride, tagged Brislington, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Park and Ride, Tim Kent on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
Calls are being made to boycott the new park-and-ride service in Brislington after ongoing complaints from frustrated passengers.
So far 330 people have signed a petition against the current performance on the 904, claiming it has been running late and is overcrowded.
The problems have developed since London-based transport operator CT Plus took over from First Bus last month.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Waste, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Fly tipping, Mil Lusk, Northern Slopes Initiative on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
Residents are calling for something to be done about fly-tipping on an “urban oasis” in south Bristol.
The Northern Slopes includes a number of large areas of open space described as the south of the city’s answer to The Downs in Clifton.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Conservatives, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Conservatives, Peter Abraham, Tories on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The May local elections saw a raft of changes at the city council. The ruling Liberal Democrats lost their majority, Labour and the Conservatives appointed new – yet familiar – party leaders and for the first time The Green Party had more than one councillor. This week Sam Rkaina talks to all four party leaders about their ambitions for their group and the city. Today it’s Conservative Peter Abraham.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Green Spaces, tagged Bristol City Council, Filwood, Green Spaces, Knowle, Town Green Application on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
Residents in Knowle have accused Bristol City Council of “not playing fair” over their town green bid.
It’s been two years since people living near Filwood Park submitted an application for the land to be registered as a town green, to protect it from potential housing development.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Labour, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Labour, Peter Hammond on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The May local elections saw a raft of changes at the city council. The ruling Liberal Democrats lost their majority, Labour and the Conservatives appointed new – yet familiar – party leaders and for the first time The Green Party had more than one councillor. This week Sam Rkaina talks to all four party leaders about their ambitions for their group and the city. Today it’s Labour’s Peter Hammond.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Education, Kerry McCarthy, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Education, Michael Gove, Primary School Crisis on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Ian Onions, Political Editor
Bristol’S ongoing primary schools crisis is due to be debated in Parliament tomorrow, after Bristol East Labour MP Kerry McCarthy won permission for a special debate.
During the debate, Ms McCarthy will urge the Department for Education to treat Bristol as a “special case” by stepping in and providing emergency funding to ease the chronic shortage of places.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Ashton Vale, Ashton Gate, tagged Ashton Vale, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Long Ashton Parish Council on September 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
By Ian Onions, Political Editor / i.onions@bepp.co.uk
A legal challenge over the future of Ashton Vale, where a 30,000- seat stadium is planned, is being bankrolled by taxpayers, the Evening Post can reveal.
Long Ashton parish councillors have agreed to make up to £20,000 of council funds available towards the legal costs of a judicial review of the handling of a bid for the site to be given town green status.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Education, MPs, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol City Council, Dawn Primarolo, Education, Liberal Democrats on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bristol City Council’s Lib Dem leader Barbara Janke has said sorry for not making clear in an approach to the Government that the shortage of primary school places is affecting the whole of the city.
The apology came in response to a complaint from Labour MP Dawn Primarolo, who accused Mrs Janke of ignoring the problems in south Bristol
Posted in Bristol City Council, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Cabot Circus, John Hirst on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Mike Ribbeck, Business Editor / m.ribbeck@bepp.co.uk
A campaign aimed at helping the ailing high street is being launched in Bristol by the city council.
As reported in the Evening Post around a fifth of shops in Bristol are currently standing empty as the recession continues to bite.
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