The Latest Breaking News from Bristol City Council

Popular Bristol Harbourside walking and cycling route to be reopened to cars

There are concerns about "unnecessary danger to pedestrians and cyclists"

Bristol Post · May 5, 2023

East Bristol ‘liveable neighbourhood’ - list of roads that will be blocked

The trial is aiming to reduce rat-running and make it safer to walk and cycle

Bristol Post · May 4, 2023

Bristol mayor to be replaced by council leader after local elections next year

Bristol City Council is moving to a committee model of governance and scrapping the role of mayor

Bristol Post · May 3, 2023

Bristol City Council housing waiting list restrictions draw mixed reaction from tenants

About half of the 19,000 families in need of accommodation have been barred from applying

Bristol Post · Apr 25, 2023

Brislington Meadows blame game as councillor tells residents 'many mistakes were made'

"It could still be stopped" says councillor, who will write to Michael Gove to ask for a U-turn

Bristol Post · Apr 24, 2023

Finally Bristol's eyesore Grosvenor Hotel near Temple Meads can be demolished

A huge fire left the derelict site in a "perilous state"

Bristol Post · Apr 21, 2023

Bristol Foodies Festival secures licence despite police and environmental health objections

Blue and Scouting For Girls will headline the three-day event in May

Bristol Post · Apr 21, 2023

Taka Taka wins battle to stay open until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays in the Centre

Bristol City Council and Avon and Somerset Police objected to the later opening time

Bristol Post · Apr 21, 2023

New Bristol Clean Air Zone exemptions for Bristol hospital patients

Bristol City Council has agreed to a three-month trial following a request from BRI bosses

Bristol Post · Apr 20, 2023

Council begins curfew crackdown on pubs' outdoor spaces

"We never used to even need any kind of licence. For centuries pubs in the Old City have had tables and chairs outside"

Bristol Post · Apr 19, 2023