
Sean Morrison
Night News Editor at Evening Standard
Journalist at The Bristol Cable
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3 weeks ago |
thebristolcable.org | Sean Morrison
Since January 2022, Bristol City Council has been developing the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood Scheme (EBLN). In its latest consultation, 1,418 people responded: 760 objected, 427 expressed support. Despite majority opposition, the council pushed ahead, insisting traffic restrictions were “necessary to support the City Council’s transport objectives.” The trial launched in October 2024 across Barton Hill, Redfield, and St George.
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3 weeks ago |
thebristolcable.org | Sean Morrison
The East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood (EBLN) was designed to make the area safer and encourage active travel like cycling, giving priority to pedestrians over cars to improve the environment locally. Sounds nice, right? But to finish the job in March – installing planters, bus gates, etc. – the council needed the support of the police and private security. They arrived in the middle of the night to try and avoid protesters who had previously stopped work being done.
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1 month ago |
thebristolcable.org | Sean Morrison
Labour’s Helen Godwin was elected West of England Mayor with 51, 197 votes, leaving Reform UK’s Arron Banks a close second place with 45,252 votes. Godwin said: “It was always going to be close we knew that.”Banks said: “This was our least likely place to win and we came up 6,000 votes short. There is a tidal wave going on in the UK at the moment.”“We have seen Reform victory after Reform victory. It looks like Bristol liked Banksy after all.
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1 month ago |
thebristolcable.org | Sean Morrison
Bristol’s former mayor Marvin Rees is being paid by an American energy efficiency giant that he granted a major contract to – one of the largest the city council has ever signed off on. Reporting on the stories that matter to you. Only with your support. Join now Ameresco’s 20-year partnership with Bristol City Council, known as City Leap, aims to decarbonise the city’s energy network and was struck in 2022. The deal was first tendered at £12 billion before being reduced to £1 billion.
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1 month ago |
thebristolcable.org | Sean Morrison
People in North East Somerset and Hanham face a challenge with Parliamentary representation after the arrest of their MP Dan Norris on suspicion of rape and child sex offences last week. The MP and the region’s metro mayor was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences against a girl, rape, child abduction, and misconduct in a public office on Friday (April 4).
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