Council

The chief executive of Bristol City Council has issued a dire budget warning as “one in 10 councils” across the country could go bust

Council boss issues budget warning as ‘1 in 10 councils’ could go bust

Friends of Jubilee Pool are fighting to secure the long-term future of the facility

We visit the community-owned pool that is determined to stay afloat

Evacuation of Barton House to cost Bristol City Council at least £3.5m

Bristol’s poorest families to pay an extra on top of the proposed cuts to council tax benefits

Poorest families to pay extra on top of cuts to council tax benefits

Barton House tenants to continue to be charged rent, council says

The Grosvenor Hotel was wrecked by an arson attack in October last year. Today it stands as an eyesore

Emails between council and derelict hotel owner ‘cannot be published’

North Somerset Council is looking for a commercial operator to take on the running of the Tropicana for a 25-year lease

Major work on Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare to start in summer 2024

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

City Hall on College Green

Council admits vulnerable teenagers have “fallen through the cracks”

Bristol City Council bosses have recognised the “damaging impact of delays”

Planning backlog caused by council department losing a third of staff

Barton House in Barton Hill has been evacuated

Barton House residents may not return home for ‘two to three weeks’

Victoria Park skate park will close for work to be carried out

‘Forgotten’ Bristol skatepark to undergo six-figure refurbishment

A video clip showed a male taking items out of the rear of a Ford Ranger pick-up truck and throwing them into the woodland

Fast food operator told to pay over £4,500 following multiple fly-tips

Roots co-founder Christian Samuel unfurls a list representing the waiting list for allotments at North Somerset Council's planning committee

Controversial allotments in village near Bristol given green light

Bristol's last remaining working farmer Catherine Withers at Yew Tree Farm

Bristol’s last working farmer fighting to save her livelihood

Barton House in Barton Hill was evacuated yesterday due to safety concerns

Surveyors to check other council tower blocks after hundreds evacuated

There are reports of a serious incident in Barton Hill

Major incident declared as 400 people told to leave city tower block

The ‘optical illusion’ cycle lane in Keynsham high street could be pedestrianised

‘Optical illusion’ cycle lane high street could be pedestrianised

Bristol City Council cabinet member Tom Renhard has addressed calls for a supermarket and pub to open in Knowle West

Council to look at whether supermarket and pub can open in community

Plans have been withdrawn to build 29 new homes on the former Filwood Swimming Baths site in Knowle West

Plans to build new homes on former swimming baths site withdrawn

Levelling Up Jacob Young minister on a tour of Filwood Broadway in Knowle West to mark it receiving a £14.5m investment

Government minister visits neglected street to mark £14.5m investment

Unregistered homes are still being used because of the rising numbers of children needing care. (Picture posed by a model)

Vulnerable children unlawfully placed in unregistered care homes