Councillors pass motion that paves way to setting up drugs-consumption facility where users can be helped and treatedUK politics live – latest updatesBristol has been formally declared a “city of harm reduction”, with local...
Read MoreCouncils fix a pothole every 17 seconds – but getting on top of the repair backlog would cost £18.6bn. Why is it so hard to solve a problem that drives the nation crazy?Marsh Street in the historic centre of Bristol is a modest...
Read MoreAnnouncing he would step down as MP, Labour’s Josh Simons said: ‘I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home’Al Carns, the defence minister first elected in 2024, will launch his own leadership bid if a...
Read MoreSimons says: ‘I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home’Al Carns, the defence minister first elected in 2024, will launch his own leadership bid if a contest starts, Sky News is reporting.Asked about this...
Read MoreIndependent review into Bristol Brunel academy finds Damien Egan visit was postponed over safeguarding concernsAn independent inquiry into a Bristol secondary school that found itself at the centre of a media storm after...
Read MoreSnap inspection of Brunel academy took place after it withdrew invitation to pro-Israel Labour MP Damien EganA snap inspection of a Bristol secondary school criticised for postponing a visit by an MP who is a member of a group...
Read MoreVisit by Damien Egan, Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair, was called off after opposition from pro-Palestine group and unionOfsted has launched a snap inspection of Bristol Brunel academy, the secondary school criticised for...
Read MoreDamien Egan, vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, denied entry after opposition from pro-Palestine group and unionOfsted has launched a snap inspection of Bristol Brunel academy, the secondary school criticised for cancelling...
Read MorePM will ‘hold to account’ campaigners who said Damien Egan’s presence would ‘inflame teachers’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has promised action against union activists and campaigners who pushed for the...
Read MoreDamien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East, had a visit with a local academy called off ‘in case his presence inflames the teachers’A planned visit by a Jewish Labour MP to a school in his Bristol constituency was...
Read MoreGroups are coming together across the country to help refugee families settle and integrate into local life“Our children correct us when we don’t pronounce some words with the proper Derbyshire accent,” says Samir*, an Afghan...
Read MoreIn Portishead, a dusty box of forgotten files led Jo Smith and her team to a criminal who had escaped justice for more than half a century. This was the longest-running cold case to be solved in the UK, and possibly the worldIn...
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