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3 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Seun Matiluko |Alan White
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Over a decade ago, the government decided to place many of England and Wales’ inland waterways in the hands of the Canal & River Trust. As it struggles with increasing financial pressure and a furious row with part of the boating community, has the experiment failed? Alan White investigates.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Seun Matiluko
Six years ago three friends, Beth Izzard, Josie Irvine and Emma White, decided to go into business with each other. Josie and Emma had their own clothing companies – Palace Flophouse and Duvet Days respectively – while Beth sold independent goodies through her online DIY Supermarket.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Seun Matiluko
The Good Literary Agency (TGLA) – set up in 2018 to represent marginalised writers – has announced it will close at the end of March. In a statement posted on Instagram on Thursday, the agency said they were “heartbroken” to be making this “very difficult decision to stop doing this work at a time when it continues to be so needed”.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
bristol247.com | Seun Matiluko
Pete Brown is covered in paint. Just before our meeting, at Chance & Counters on Gloucester Road, he had been painting outside a Co-op, trying to “capture a moment time”. The moment is now forever immortalised in his still-drying oil painting. And I suspect, no matter how many times he puts it through the washing machine, the moment will be forever immortalised on his jumper too. Independent journalismis needed now More than ever Keep our city's journalism independent.
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Dec 21, 2024 | 
bristol247.com | Seun Matiluko
A 77-year-old grandma was returned to prison on Friday to serve out the rest of her 20 month sentence for causing a public nuisance. Gaie Delap, a Quaker and a retired teacher, was first sent to prison in August for her role in a Just Stop Oil protest in 2022. During the 2022 protest, Gaie and others scaled a M25 gantry which caused traffic disruption. Independent journalismis needed now More than ever Keep our city's journalism independent. Become a supporter member today.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
bristol247.com | Seun Matiluko
The Bristol Legacy Foundation (BLF) was founded in 2019 to provide advice to Bristol City Council and other stakeholders on the memorialisation of the legacy of the enslaved Africans who were trafficked during the Transatlantic slave trade. The lobby group was initially created by Bristol City Council but, in 2022, was made part of the Black South West Network, a non-profit focussed on promoting racial equality and uplifting Black communities across the region.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bristol247.com | Seun Matiluko
At least 152 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Middle East since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza conflict, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The IFJ is an international trade union which is affiliated with 187 unions across 140 countries, including the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bristol247.com | Seun Matiluko
Founders Amy and Joe Kington were raised in a very large family – their parents have been registered foster carers for over 40 years. After growing up seeing how community can help shape a child’s life, they decided to create Community of Purpose in 2016 to uplift young people across Bristol. The non-profit, funded by donations from individuals and businesses, delivers a variety of social mobility projects that help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
bristol247.com | Seun Matiluko
Gaie Delap, a 77-year-old climate activist from Montpelier, is at risk of being sent back to prison because her wrists are too small for an electronic tag. Gaie was sent to prison in August for her role in a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25 in November 2022. In November 2022 Gaie and other climate activists scaled a M25 gantry which led to traffic disruption.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
bristol247.com | Seun Matiluko
Nilaari is a Black-led charity which offers mental health support to people across the UK, with a particular focus on people from Black, Asian and minoritised communities. They define minoritised communities as ‘groups who are discriminated against and subordinated in status to a more dominant group on the grounds of race, culture, colour or nationality’.
