The statue of Edward Colston is to be fished out of a river and put on display in a museum, it has been confirmed today. The monument, which had stood in the city centre since 1895, was pulled down and dumped in the River Avon during Black Lives Matter protests on Sunday. As some 10,000 protesters gathered … Read more
Black Lives Matter activists are gearing up for another afternoon of protest in the UK following ugly clashes with police in London yesterday. Demonstrations in Bristol, Birmingham and Portsmouth are riding the momentum from yesterday’s mammoth gathering in the capital to voice anger over the killing of American George Floyd. A 15,000 strong crowd rallied … Read more
Sudanese woman, 34, goes missing for a week in Bristol as police issue CCTV images of ‘witness’ on his phone Asima Ali-Taha was last seen in Bristol at around 3pm on April 24 She lives in the Redcliffe area of the city but is originally from Sudan Avon and Somerset Police have issued pictures of … Read more
The insides of two makeshift coronavirus mortuaries have been pictured for the first time – on the same day that a third shut down after just two weeks. A warehouse on the Hillington Industrial Estate in Glasgow is set to hold 1,700 bodies, while a marquee in Bristol will store 240. But a morgue built to … Read more
Warehouse workers say they are being forced to mingle closely with colleagues and flout social distancing rules – putting them at risk of catching and spreading coronavirus. Staff at The Range’s regional distribution centre at Avonmouth in Bristol have raised concerns after an image emerged of a number of employees congregated together in a narrow … Read more
New Nightingale hospitals are to open in Bristol and Harrogate as NHS ramps up the fight against coronavirus They will be University of the West of England and Harrogate Convention Centre The Bristol hospital will be able to look after up to 1,000 and Harrogate up to 500 The sites will be joining Birmingham’s NEC … Read more
Man in his late 50s dies from coronavirus in Bristol: UK death toll rises to at least 22 as government prepare to release latest official figures Man was being cared for at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and was in his 50s Have been over 1,000 confirmed cases of the illness across the UK so far The … Read more
Bristol is crowned Britain’s greenest city thanks to its high recycling rates and low gas consumption while Birmingham is ranked the least environmentally-friendly by new study A new study ranked the cities based on a check list of sustainability factors Bristol’s residents recycle or compost almost half of their household waste Birmingham was found to have … Read more
Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is closing Bristol restaurant River Cottage Kitchen after seven years of trading as he becomes latest victim of ‘dining industry crisis’ Fearnley-Whittingstall, 55, is known for presenting his River Cottage TV series The chef owned three River Cottage Kitchen restaurants in Bristol, Axminster and Winchester but has reluctantly decided to close the Bristol … Read more
Greta Thunberg angers residents of Bristol after 30,000 of her supporters ruin the city’s historic College Green Activist Greta Thunberg slammed after supporters turn green into mud eyesore 30,000 supporters gathered on green to listen to her deliver a rousing speech Bristol’s College Green was a sacred historical site throughout the Middle Ages Bristol City … Read more