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Residents' parking zones: Majority don't want them

By ceembee

@kromax - not all areas close to the city centre are affluent and I live in one of them. I don't...

By The Bristol Post at 13:36 on 24/05/13

MORE than two-thirds of Bristol residents living in the areas earmarked for new residents' parking zones say they don't want them. The Bristol Post ran an online survey asking residents living in existing or potential parking zone areas what they thought of mayor George Ferguson's plans – and 70 per cent said they believed the schemes should not be extended to cover their streets. There were only four areas where the...
YOUR VIEWS: The roll-out of residents' parking zones

By brissleblue

Buy to Let changed 'family house' inner areas into Houses of Multiple Occupation appearing in any...

By The Bristol Post at 12:36 on 24/05/13

MORE than two-thirds of Bristol residents living in the areas earmarked for new residents' parking zones say they don't want them. The Bristol Post ran an online survey asking residents living in existing or potential parking zone areas what they thought of mayor George Ferguson's plans – and 70 per cent said they believed the schemes should not be extended to cover their streets. •Read more about the results here....
£10 million - the cost of Bristol's residents' parking schemes

By andrew46

Good luck to those people living in areas where there is sufficient kerbside parking for all...

By The Bristol Post at 08:08 on 21/05/13

SETTING up 18 residents' parking zones across Bristol is going to cost £10 million, the Bristol Post can reveal. Mayor George Ferguson wants to introduce the zones to ban commuters from parking in residential streets during the day, in the hope of reducing congestion in the city. The aim is to make the schemes self-financing and council officers have predicted this can be achieved within ten years. But the cost of permits...
Bristol man preparing to cycle from Bristol to Brisbane

By The_Idiot

Actually, I do feel slightly bad about being so flippant. Apologies Mr Cox, I admire your endeavour....

By The Bristol Post at 22:00 on 17/05/13

A SOUTHVILLE man is set to cycle the other side of the world as he rides from Bristol to Brisbane. Ed Cox will set off from Clifton Suspension Bridge on Sunday for the mammoth 14,000 mile trip to Australia in support of the Alzheimer's Society. The 25-year-old fancied an adventure and with his girlfriend due to spend six months working in Brisbane he thought he would meet her there. And having experienced dementia after his...
Pensioners stage a 'peasants' revolt' over RPZs

By fishinthepond

@ UKIPBristol Local UKIP office, don't make me laugh. There was nothing local in the UKIP literature...

By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 21/05/13

PENSIONERS in Montpelier staged a mock "peasants' revolt" against mayor George Ferguson and his plans to introduce residents' parking zones. The group hoisted a symbolic pair of red trousers up high on a pitchfork in protest at the scheme which they say is being rolled out without consultation. Roger Yates, 69, leading the demonstration, said the mayor was putting pensioners under more financial strain with the city wide...
Ten-year-old complains to Michael Gove about mistakes in exam

By Lone_Ranger

"Rebecca Lee...decided to send Mr Gove an email.." "In her letter, she said:...

By The Bristol Post at 07:00 on 20/05/13

A PRIMARY school pupil has written a letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove after spotting punctuation mistakes in an English SATs exam. Rebecca Lee, 10, and her classmates noticed the errors in two questions while taking a spelling paper at Christ Church Primary in Clifton. When the youngster returned home from school on Tuesday she told her mother, Jo, that she wanted to alert the person responsible for the blunder, and...
Keep our urban paradise green, says community

By green_man

Well said PE175. There are many leisure, tourism, recreational, entertainment, sporting and health...

By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 20/05/13

TWO community groups have spoken out against proposals to build new homes on Northern Slopes – a green, open space between Bedminster and Knowle. They support the idea of new homes being built further down the slopes where council houses were demolished several years ago. But they say that new housing on the slopes uphill of Kingswear Road is a step too far. The Marksbury Area Community Association and Northern Slopes...
VIDEO: Children's Hospice South West Rainbow Run 2013

By Mrloverlover

I have to admit this was a fantastic idea and a highly worthy cause. Well done to all who...

By The Bristol Post at 11:00 on 20/05/13

A THOUSAND people ran around Clifton Downs to raise money for Children's Hospice South West. The sun shone over the first ever Rainbow Run yesterday, which included a colourful surprise as runners passed five checkpoints. At each "rainbow station" they were showered with bright powder paint thrown by hospice volunteers. Starting in pristine white T-shirts, they ended the race awash with colour and beaming with smiles. The...
Bristol Rugby pays for injured Scott's coaching

By The_Idiot

'hopeful physiotherapy will help reduce his discomfort' It certainly should help. I'm in my late...

By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 20/05/13

A RUGBY player who broke his neck in a cup final and was told he could never play again has been given a helping hand into coaching. As the Bristol Post revealed, Scott Harvey suffered the potentially deadly injury playing prop for Barton Hill against Bristol Harlequins in the city's Combination Vase final on April 30. His jubilation at his side winning their first trophy in more than a century was shattered when the following day he...
Council urged to take action over student homes

By subarbman

@Angryantelope As I said in my post he is my uncle and I have known him for a very long time and I...

By The Bristol Post at 22:00 on 17/05/13

A FILTON resident is urging South Gloucestershire Council to make it illegal for houses to be divided into student properties without planning permission. Resident Dave Mikkelson, 60, began the campaign after the house next door to his own in Ferndale Road was turned into six bedsits without planning permission. He explained: "I contacted the council which sent out a planning inspector who advised me that the property was being...

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