Posted in Bristol City Council, tagged Bendy Bus, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Bristolpolitics, Cuts, David Cameron, Evening Post, Jan Ormondroyd, Local Enterprise Zones, Mike Ribbeck, Politics on August 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mike Ribbeck, Business Editor / m.ribbeck@bepp.co.uk
IT has been one of the worst downturns in living memory but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
That is the view of Jan Ormondroyd – and she should be in a position to know. With a budget of £1.28 billion and around 16,400 staff to look after, Mrs Ormondroyd should be one of the most high profile members of Bristol’s business community.
Posted in Bendy bus, Bristol City Council, tagged Bendy Bus, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, BRT, Bus Rapid Transit, Conservatives, Department for Transport, Evening Post, Hengrove to North Fringe, Liberal Democrats, M32, Marc Rath, Park and Ride, Politics, Tim Kent on August 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Marc Rath / m.rath@bepp.co.uk
AN access road could be created for an M32 park and ride – even though Bristol City Council does not know if it will ever get Government funding to build it.
The road will be created off the motorway between junctions 1 and 2 as part of the bendy bus route from Hengrove to Bristol northern fringe, if the Government awards funding to the project in December.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Education, tagged Bath and North East Somerset Council, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Bristolpolitics, Education, Evening Post, Nick Gibb, North Somerset Council, Politics, Schools Minister, South Gloucestershire Council, Tom Moseley on August 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Tom Moseley, Parliamentary Correspondent
MORE than 35 pupils are suspended from schools in the Bristol area each day, new figures reveal.
Hundreds of students are excluded for assaulting staff, racist abuse and drug and alcohol offences.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Buses, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Conservatives, Evening Post, Fishponds, Frome Vale, GBBN, Greater Bristol Bus Network, Lesley Alexander, Liberal Democrats, Politics, Sam Rkaina, Tim Kent on August 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter / s.rkaina@bepp.co.uk
BRISTOL City Council has been accused of ignoring its own consultation after deciding to push ahead with a showcase bus route for Fishponds, despite ongoing objections.
Work is set to begin on the Fishponds Road route this week, as part of the £78-million Greater Bristol Bus Network project.
Posted in Bristol City Council, MPs, tagged Boris Johnson, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Bristolpolitics, Conservatives, David Cameron, Elected Mayor, Evening Post, Government, Mayor of London, MPs, Politics, Sam Rkaina, Wif waf on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter / s.rkaina@bepp.co.uk
ELECTED mayors are a great idea but it should be up to the people of Bristol if they want one, according to the Prime Minister.
David Cameron said great cities needed great leaders, but stressed a referendum in 2012 would have the final say.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Conservatives, MPs, tagged Aardman, Barbara Janke, Ben Moss, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Bristol Wood Recycling Project, Conservatives, David Cameron, Evening Post, Government, Greg Clark, Kian Gwan, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Enterprise Zones, Mark Wadhwa, MPs, Politics, Prime Minister, Royal Mail, Sam Rkaina, Temple Meads, Vinyl Factory, Wallace and Gromitt, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter / s.rkaina@bepp.co.uk
THE derelict Royal Mail site by Temple Meads is “not a good advert for Bristol”, according to the Prime Minister.
David Cameron looked around the land during a visit to the city to promote the government’s new Local Enterprise Zones.
He chose Bristol to confirm the approval of the scheme to encourage economic growth by giving businesses cheaper rates, more relaxed planning rules and fast internet connections.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Liberal Democrats, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Bristolpolitics, Conservatives, Evening Post, Jackie Bowles, Jacqueline Bowles, Jenny Smith, John Goulandris, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections, Peter Hammond, Politics, Sam Rkaina, Southmead on July 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter / s.rkaina@bepp.co.uk
A LIBERAL Democrat councillor for Southmead has resigned her seat due to ill health.
Councillor Jacqueline Bowles has been suffering from cancer and feels she is no longer able to serve the residents of her ward.
Dr Bowles was elected to the council in June, 2009, taking the sear from the then Labour councillor Peter Hammond.
Posted in Bristol City Council, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristolpolitics, Cuts, CYPS, Evening Post, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Hammond, Politics, Sam Rkaina on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter / s.rkaina@bepp.co.uk
MORE services could be cut at Bristol City Council as it heads towards a £5-million overspend.
The authority is supposed to be making £28 million of cuts from its budget this year, the first in a four-year, £70-million savings plan to deal with the ongoing financial crisis.
Posted in Health Care, tagged Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Bristolpolitics, Chesterfield Hospital, Clifton, Clifton Hill, Colin Smith, Evening Post, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nuffield Health, Politics, Vicki Mathias on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Vicki Mathias / v.mathias@bepp.co.uk
PLANS for a £20 million revamp of a Clifton hospital have been approved by a slim margin.
The Chesterfield Hospital redevelopment was finally granted approval by a committee of councillors on Wednesday night after they debated concerns about the loss of trees and parking on the site.
They attached conditions on the times when parking and deliveries on the Clifton Hill site would not be acceptable before agreeing the proposal by a majority of one.
Posted in Bristol City Council, tagged Avon Wildlife Trust, Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Evening Post, Harbourside, Liberal Democrats, Otters, Politics, Sam Rkaina, Simon King, Wildlife on July 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
A GROUP of otters are the latest addition to Bristol’s floating harbour.
Nature officers at the Bristol City Council first became aware of the discovery late last year when they discovered otter droppings.
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