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New cycle hangars to be installed outside council tower blocks for safer bike storage

Responding to calls for safer cycling, the mayor pledged more hangars but added an underground railway will also help

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Residents 'win battle' over fire safety with sprinklers promised for every tower block

They were holding a vigil two months after the fatal fire at Twinnell House

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Bristol Clean Air Zone covers Portway and Cumberland Basin to 'encourage change'

Polluting drivers wouldn't change if they could just cross Bristol easily along Brunel Way

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Friends of Twinnell House fire survivor demand 'justice' over her living situation

Two months after the fire that killed their neighbour, Selma and her son are still in a hotel hoping to find a new home

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Bristol City Council's Labour leaders deny slashing funding to hobble committee system

Residents voted to scrap the mayoral model in a referendum this year

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Mum locks herself in Travelodge as she and son cannot face returning to scene of tower block blaze

Selma Muuse and her son escaped the fatal flat fire at Twinnell House in September

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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

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Mayor Marvin Rees calls Qatar World Cup a 'stitch-up' that killed thousands of workers

"Football coming home again this winter would pale against the fact that so many workers won’t be"

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Student president says First Bus cuts 'absolutely disastrous' for UWE students

UWE's campuses are dotted around the city and connected by bus services

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Bristol mayor Marvin Rees considering running for MP in next general election

Speaking on the radio the mayor said he could run in the newly created Bristol North East parliamentary seat

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Broadmead's empty Marks & Spencer to be transformed

"I look forward to seeing the new hub open from April next year" - Marvin Rees

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Bristol Airport expected to double capacity and help pay for planned underground rail

Transport experts are expecting a massively expanded airport to fund almost half the running costs of the underground

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Bristol mayor promises A4018 bus lanes rethink after 'mayhem' warning

Costs have gone up by over a quarter because of rampant inflation

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Bristol mayor vetoes plan to name new road after cigarette brand

The idea came from Bristol City Council's own street-naming team after a ward councillor objected to the original suggestion

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Conham's wild swimmers vow to keep fighting despite being 'ignored' by mayor

Sewage is released into the river whenever it rains

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Marvin Rees throws Park Street closure plans into doubt

Proposal to ban through-traffic from city centre street was big new policy announcement in 2021 State of the City Address

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Safe swimming spot in Bristol’s harbour could be piloted as calls grow to scrap ban

Swimming in the harbour and much of the river Avon is currently illegal due to an unpopular council byelaw

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Bristol film and TV studios The Bottle Yard opens £13.5m facility

The first show to be made at the expanded studios has also been revealed

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Cop27: Bristol areas that 'will be underwater' by 2050

The Cop27 climate summit begins in Egypt today

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Bristol mayor warns ‘everything is now on the table’ for council budget cuts

As well as sky-high inflation, another issue adding to the city’s financial pressures is the turmoil in Westminster

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Bristol mayor will travel to Egypt for climate conference to raise cash from investors

Marvin Rees said he was going to "make the case for cities all over the world" as well as Bristol

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Huge sculpture made of rubbish to float in Bristol Harbour as part of crackdown on litter

Over 50 eye-catching bins will also be installed across the city centre as part of Bristol’s Binning campaign

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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

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Look back at Bristol projects announced by mayor in his annual speeches

Some ambitious proposals have been unveiled in previous years

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Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees' 2022 State of the City Address in full where he lists achievements

Marvin Rees said a lot of action had been “delivered” over the past 12 months

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