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'Damning' WECA report into council chief spat prompts plea to 'play nicely'

Leaders have been criticised for the "poor state of professional relationships" between them

Bristol Post

WECA boss warned £59,000 severance deal for senior officer was 'unlawful'

Auditor Grant Thornton also found payout was not value for taxpayers

Bristol Post

Huge protest over how Bristol and South Gloucestershire buses are run to take place next month

They are calling for buses in the West of England to be brought under public control

Bristol Post

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Up to 100 Bristol City Council staff face the axe

Officers in strategic transport would have to apply for roles at WECA while city design team's future is less certain

Bristol Post

Portishead rail line restoration finally gets planning permission

But there will 'undoubtedly be more bumps in the road' warns metro mayor

Bristol Post

Bristol e-scooter firm Voi removes Russian investors as shares sold

The West of England’s metro mayor previously warned the Swedish firm it could lose out on the operating contracts for Bristol and Bath’s e-scooter hire schemes unless it ended ties with Russian shareholders

Bristol Post

E-scooter firm Voi removes Russian investors as shares sold

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Bristol and Bath e-scooter operator bids open as trial extends

More than 280,000 people have used the e-scooters to make six million journeys across the West of England since the scheme began

Birmingham Post

Bristol’s new underground rail network will see an extra £15m spent on the plans

It's unclear exactly what the £15 million, pledged last week, will be spent on

Bristol Post

Report on WECA leaders' spat 'gathering dust for four months'

Initial findings by auditors probing a "risk of significant weakness” in the use of taxpayers' money were shown to combined authority bosses in June but councillors are still in the dark

Bristol Post

Hydrogen facility near Bristol secures £2.5m funding

It will be the first of its kind in the region, according to metro mayor Dan Norris

Birmingham Post

Calls to end further bus cuts as dozens of services axed this month

A motion was passed by South Gloucestershire Council

Bristol Post

The M49 ghost junction missing link is finally being connected

Three years after the junction was completed

Bristol Post

Metro Mayor Dan Norris gets new role - leading the League Against Cruel Sports

The unpaid role will be on top of his job leading the West of England Combined Authority

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Millions to be invested on new bus stops while services are being axed

West of England leaders are hoping that upgrading stops and shelters will get more people using public transport

Bristol Post

Boost to climate projects across west of England as millions of investment agreed

Metro mayor Dan Norris warned that extreme heat this summer shows the need for more action on climate

Bristol Post

178 bus route saved as new operator steps in

Campaigners credited Bristol Live with helping to highlight its importance

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Bristol Arena: Delays to crucial transport works could ‘cause chaos and calamity’

A key vote to secure funding for the transport works has been delayed

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Metro Mayor condemns ‘disheartening and disappointing’ bus route cancellations

Some services have been saved by new operators, but others have not

Bristol Post

Bristol divided as First Bus introduces new bus fares this weekend

There were mixed views on the new fares

Bristol Post

Flat £2 fare for buses across Bristol and Bath

But day riders are going up and it's the end of the three-stop-hop - all the new fares here...

Bristol Post

Campaigners fight to save vital 'lifeline' bus route

The number 5 is one of 18 bus routes due to be scrapped in October

Bristol Post

Bristol transport boss says private companies running buses is like ‘teaching pigs to dance’

The Bristol councillor in charge of the city's transport called for a look into how public transport could be run differently

Bristol Post

South Gloucestershire Council resumes Local Plan work after collapse of WECA housing masterplan

Tory council leader and Labour metro mayor blamed each other for failure of spatial development strategy

Bristol Post

Bristol's buses face 'toxic mix of challenges' as public meeting planned to discuss crisis

"I understand local people are feeling frustrated and disheartened"

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