The Latest Breaking News from Bristol City Council

Bristol Clean Air Zone: Council workers door-knocking to prepare for start date

The local authority is visiting residents in Lawrence Weston and Filwood

Bristol Post · Aug 3, 2022

One Bristol City Council officer cost taxpayers £280K last year, accounts reveal

Authority forked out £1m in exit payoffs in 2021/22

Bristol Post · Aug 1, 2022

More than 21,000 people in Bristol have Covid-19 right now health chiefs warn

And more than 130 people are in hospital with the virus

Bristol Post · Jul 30, 2022

Gaol Ferry Bridge closure delayed as work put off for the rest of the summer

It's a bigger challenge than first thought

Bristol Post · Jul 27, 2022

Renters storm City Hall and stop housing crisis commission they were excluded from

"Our exclusion is clearly an attempt to whitewash its outcomes. We won’t stand for it"

Bristol Post · Jul 26, 2022

Over 100 Bristol City Council workers could be transferred to Bristol Waste company

Unions have raised fears of worse conditions for staff who could soon be transferred to the council-owned company

Bristol Post · Jul 26, 2022

Plans for 471-bed student block in Bristol given green light

The development is scheduled for completion by August 2025

Birmingham Post · Jul 26, 2022

Thousands want council to drop bylaw banning swimming at popular spot

A group of campaigners is trying to achieve the "designated bathing water status" - which would see the water monitored for harmful bacteria - in the area

Bristol Post · Jul 26, 2022

Bristol City Council scraps funding support for special needs charity in surveillance row

Council chiefs said the decision to pull support for a grant was unrelated to the ongoing dispute about social media

Bristol Post · Jul 26, 2022

Three quarters of Bristol SEND parents say council 'doesn't have their child's interests at heart'

Damning survey of parents of the city's most vulnerable pupils

Bristol Post · Jul 25, 2022