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The phones won’t be ringing in parts of Horfield after service provider EE removed a signal mast and failed to install a replacement. Customers have flooded EE’s community helpline with complaints about not being able to use their phones and having no wi-fi signal. In response, the company
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People living in vehicles in St Andrews and Horfield face the threat of eviction in the New Year under a new city council strategy aimed at getting them off the streets. There are currently more than 40 residential vans and caravans in the neighbourhood, the majority around St Andrews Park
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More than half of the prisoners at Horfield jail are waiting to be dealt with by the justice system, according to a new report. The Independent Board of Monitoring at HMP Bristol says 52 per cent of its 560 inmates are on remand. The board’s annual report highlights a
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Roads in Ashley Down and Horfield were cordoned off as police kept rival football fans apart ahead of Saturday's lunchtime derby match between Rovers and Swindon Town. Hundreds of noisy but good-natured Swindon fans were kettled outside the Sportsman pub on Seymour Road before being led in procession
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The derelict former Co-op building next to the new Ashley Down store is in the process of being transferred to new owners. But there are no signs yet of any redevelopment plans. The site was sold for £1.8m in April 2019 to two Manchester-based companies. Land Registry documents show
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A decision on controversial plans to turn a former bank on Gloucester Road into a block of serviced apartments is expected next month. More than 90 objections have been made to the proposals to redevelop the old Nat West at the junction of Shadwell Road. Honor Properties Ltd has applied
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A government planning inspector has refused a final appeal by a property developer to build new homes in Ashley Down. Martin Thomas wanted to construct three houses on a patch of land behind Ashgrove Avenue and York Avenue currently occupied by eight garages that date back to the 1950s. Each
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A landmark on Gloucester Road remains an empty shell two years after its owner was refused permission to demolish it.
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The local scheme is due to go live in 2028.