Britain faces a further month’s worth of rain in just three hours today after intense thunderstorms battered the country over the weekend, forcing people to flee their homes and evacuate supermarkets. A huge funnel cloud appeared over the Bristol Channel yesterday which appeared to create a spray from the sea, while an extraordinary ‘microburst’ storm … Read more
The hanging (basket) gardens of Bristol! Green-fingered Shaun nurtures a suburban wonder by growing 1,000 plants from seed and transforming his modest garden Shaun Schroeder, 57, has more than 100 hanging baskets and pots in his garden He starts endeavours in February every year, potting plants outdoors in late May Demolition worker spends up to … Read more
Bristol council have removed a statue of a Black Lives Matter protester around 24 hours after it was secretly raised on a plinth where a memorial to Edward Colston once stood, before it was dumped in a nearby harbour by demonstrators last month. Pictures from the scene show workers at the site at around 5.20am … Read more
FEBRUARY – SAGE scientists warned Government ‘very early on’ about the risk to care homes Britain’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, revealed in April that he and other senior scientists warned politicians ‘very early on’ about the risk COVID-19 posed to care homes. He said: ‘So very early on we looked at a number … Read more
There’s always been a vibrancy and edginess to Bristol. I know, because I grew up there. I adore the city’s diversity; from swanky Clifton with its grand Georgian mansions and great expanse of green known as The Downs, to Brunel’s Suspension Bridge, which has spanned the Avon Gorge for 150 years, and the arty Harbourside … Read more
Five cruise ships have been detained in UK docks after trapped crew went on hunger strike over unpaid wages amid coronavirus. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency boarded six ships docked in Bristol and Essex on Friday amid reports of late pay and expired contracts. Athens-based Global Cruise Lines limited own the five ships that were … Read more
Vandals smash two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave and scrawl ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on paving nearby – 10 days after toppling of city’s controversial memorial to 17th century trader The headstones mark the burial place of African slave Scipio Africanus Chalk message in the churchyard suggested the vandalism was in revenge … Read more
Bristol University plans to review its logo featuring Edward Colston after Black Lives Matter protesters toppled the slaver’s statue and dumped it in the city’s harbour. Vice-chancellor and president Professor Hugh Brady said racism was ‘still very much part of everyday life’ but he was looking to play an ‘active’ part in stamping it out. … Read more
Vandals turn statue of black Bristol playwright and actor white in bleach attack Avon and Somerset Police investigating the attack on 1987 Alfred Fagon statue Vandals have poured bleach over the statue of the black playwright and actor Fagon was born in Jamaica and was a member of the Windrush generation He was the first … Read more
The statue of slave trader Edward Colston was fished out of Bristol Harbour this morning before being taken to a secure location four days after it was thrown in. The monument was toppled during a Black Lives Matter protest on Sunday, but police have not yet made any arrests – despite the moment being recorded on … Read more