Category Archives: Bristol

The congestion charge cometh

Posted on September 23, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Slipped out, under the radar, via that popular local publication Builder and Engineer, city council leader Helen Holland yesterday announced she intends to introduce a congestion charge in Bristol. Brave Helen made the announcement to an exclusive audience of about … Continue reading →

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BBC: ain't life brand?

Posted on September 22, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

What’s this we find on the BBC Bristol website, with its own special link given pride of place on their homepage? Why, it’s only the completely independent, uncommercial and objective blog of Sue Stones, the manager of the new Harvey … Continue reading →

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Another bloody CONsultation

Posted on September 20, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

More good work from the Green Bristol Blog who’ve spotted that Railway Path wreckers, Square Peg Developments (Blogger passim), have consulted with and got the go-ahead – according to their optimistically titled Planning Performance Agreement (pdf) with Bristol City Council … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol East, Developments, Easton, Environment, Labour Party, Local government, Politics, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | There are 46 comments

Licensed, no bill

Posted on September 19, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Reader James Cameron writes: Did you know a number of Radio Bristol journalists or rather “journalists” were treated to a free meal at a new restaurant in the city centre on Thursday night courtesy of the new Cabot City Centre … Continue reading →

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Going … Going …

Posted on September 17, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

What a shame, HBOS is bankrupt (surely ‘well capitalised with a short-term funding problem‘? Ed.) and just as they’ve moved into their brand spanking new corporate HQ on what was Canons Marsh. Now, of course, thanks to Crest Nicholson’s corporate … Continue reading →

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Troof news

Posted on September 16, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Not reported much lately on our old friend Farooq Siddique, the Evening Cancer’s entirely sane and rational representative of Bristol’s Muslim community and Bristol University’s man from the mosque. So reliable is Farooq that he was recently stood down by … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Conspiracy theories, Loonspuddery, Media, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 15 comments

Insignificance

Posted on September 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Back in February, in their Parks and Green Spaces Strategy (pdf), the city council had this to say about the Bristol and Bath Railway Path: Bristol has a number of strategically important green links, providing important traffic free cycling and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol East, Developments, Easton, Environment, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Transport | Tagged , , , | There are 5 comments

Parking mad

Posted on September 13, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Extraordinary news of what passes for senior management at Bristol City Council has arrived. It seems a very senior person within their Parking Services operation has recently been suspended from work after he decided to take a photograph of his … Continue reading →

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Lost and found

Posted on September 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

I think Kerry McCarthy might’ve borrowed it Alistair.

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Bristol first!

Posted on September 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

“It’s a world first,” thunders Merchant Venturer George Ferguson on the subject of the ‘cycle houses’ he’s planning to build on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path. Er, no it isn’t George. Even leaving aside the fact that the ‘bridge’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Cycling Demonstration City, Developments, Easton, Environment, Housing, Merchant Venturers, Transport, Withywood | Tagged , , | There are 2 comments