Bristol News

12/12/2024

Traffic jams around East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood fuel anger, as council calls for patience

“A campaign to halt the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood has sprung up before the trial scheme is fully in place. Can the attempt to reduce traffic through St George, Redfield and Barton Hill survive this bump in the road?”

A campaign to halt the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood has intensified before the scheme is complete – but the council is urging patience

08/10/2024

Russia Pays Criminals to Sow ‘Mayhem’ In Europe, Warns U.K. Spy Chief
U.K.’s MI5 warns that Russia and Iran are hiring low-level criminals to undertake sabotage missions and attacks on dissidents in Europe

The head of the MI5 said Russia and Iran are hiring low-level criminals to undertake sabotage missions and attacks on dissidents in Europe.

13/08/2024

More than 1,000 arrested following UK riots, police say

British authorities have now arrested more than 1,000 people following days of rioting involving violence, arson and looting as well as racist attacks targeting Muslims and migrants, a national policing body said on Tuesday.

29/05/2024

Paul Smith, Hartcliffe Betrayed: the Fading of a Post-War Dream (Bristol Radical History Group, 2024) I’ve complained in the past about the lack of historical coverage given to council housing – th…

02/04/2024

News powered hedge fund raises $100m to trade on reporters scoops

Turning investigative journalism into profit!!!

Hunterbrook Media will fund its investigations with fees from its investment affiliate

31/03/2024

Tory Party’s Scorched Earth Economy Will Be Labour’s Headache

Decades of under-investment in UK infrastructure will be a headache for the next government.

Decades of under-investment in UK infrastructure will be a headache for the next government.

11/03/2024

Brexit is dragging down the economy and its impact is set to get worse due to new trade barriers, the Government’s Budget watchdog is warning.

Impact of leaving EU raised by Office for Budget Responsibility in its detailed analysis of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget

28/01/2024

UK Says Brexit Border Checks Will Begin Next Week as Planned - hands up if you think this will end well

The UK is pushing ahead with Brexit-related border checks next week, despite warnings from economists they will increase food price inflation.

23/01/2024

** Here comes Brexsh*t Stupidity in all-its-glory
** UK industry fears disruption from new post-Brexit border checks

British businesses are warning of a new wave of post-Brexit trade disruption because EU exporters are not ready for UK customs changes which start this month, and Britain's port infrastructure might be unprepared too.