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Bristol City Council could face bankruptcy if special needs education reforms go wrong
Bristol City Council
Neither the mayor nor cabinet member responsible turned up to a scrutiny session to face questions
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Ofcom upholds complaint against BBC after metro mayor's signed Hitler photo comments
Politics
West of England mayor Dan Norris made allegations on BBC Radio Bristol about a former constituent
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Plans for £1m IT upgrade will make Bristol City Council more transparent
Politics
The local authority has faced criticism for not livestreaming enough committees
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South Gloucestershire black bin collections set to become three-weekly
South Gloucestershire
Council tells government officials the move is 'crucial' to save money and hit recycling goals
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Bristol Conservatives launching local election campaign with pledge to ‘end war on motorists’
Local Elections
Voters will head to the polls on Thursday, May 2, to decide which party should govern Bristol
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How many times has your £91k MP spoken this year in Parliament - with more than 25 not uttering a word
Politics
Data shows that more than two dozen have failed to take part in debates so far in 2024
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Update on EU border entry system to be introduced this year amid 14-hour queue warning
European Union
Airlines have demanded delays to the new entry and exit system which will see everyone have to get their their fingerprints registered and their pictures taken on arrival
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Labour 'has to win the trust of voters' in Bristol as election campaign is launched
Labour Party
The party's leader in Bristol has pledged to make the new committee system work as they launch a campaign based on building more affordable homes
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DWP handing millions of people up to £900 each extra from today
Conservative Party
You will start to see the additional money arrives in accounts from Monday
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Shared ownership 'drastically failing to deliver' affordable homes say MPs
Housing crisis
It's experiencing a boom in Bristol and ticks the 'affordable homes' box for the council, but a new report to parliament says the shared ownership scheme needs big reforms
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Ant and Dec viewers in stitches over hilarious Lenny Rush joke
Ant & Dec
The young comedian turned 15 a couple of weeks ago
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Rush to sign up as free childcare for two-year-olds begins
Conservative Party
The new scheme began on Monday, April 1
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Simple routine blood test could detect prostate cancer
NHS
There have been fears about the test's reliability in the past
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Bristol detective would have been sacked over 'racist' text, misconduct panel rules
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Allegations of gross misconduct against the retired detective were found proven
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Tory MP says he was 'manipulated' into giving out colleagues' numbers to man he met on Grindr
BBC
The Metropolitan Police is assessing reports of a parliamentary honeytrap sexting scam after MP William Wragg said he was manipulated into sharing colleagues' phone numbers for fear of intimate images of him being leaked
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Fines for fly-tipping, graffiti and fly-posting in Bristol set for huge hike
Politics
Bristol City Council set to issue £1,000 fixed penalty notices on fly-tippers from this month
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Popular market granted licence to return to High Street after year absence
Shopping in Bristol
A nearby business objected fearing a loss of trade for local shops
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Bristol sisters celebrate 40 years of running Clifton hair salon together
People
The legendary Seventh Avenue hair and beauty salon is celebrating a remarkable anniversary
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Tributes to Bristol man James Kirby killed in Israeli air strike
Israel-Hamas war
James Kirby was one of three British victims working for aid organisation World Central Kitchen who died when their convoy was struck after unloading food in Gaza
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'Carmageddon' fears as 300-home development could get go-ahead
Planning
The Hignett Family Trust's plan to build 290 homes on the fields by Odd Down in Bath, Somerset, could finally be decided next week after being deferred in November
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New top boss for WECA could be paid up to £220K as salary increases
West of England Combined Authority
WECA had described funding for staffing costs as ‘cash limited’ in its latest budget
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Labour would win 154-seat majority if election held tomorrow, pollsters find
Politics
The latest YouGov polling has found Labour would win 403 seats from across the UK, leading to a 154-seat majority in the House of Commons.
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Greens pledge more affordable homes if they win power in Bristol after May elections
Bristol City Council
Voters will head to the polls in less than a month to decide who should run the city
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Residents still 'need convincing' crime won't increase with street lights dimming plan
Politics
Council chiefs insist there is no link between lower levels of lighting and increased crime but not everyone agrees
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