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Too much obscurity

By sapphire1208

I agree with Councillor Mark Bradshaw it was just a great big yawn

By Bedminster-People at 07:00 on 23/07/10

ONE of the criticisms against the councillors – all pictured right – who took last night’s decision was that they asked too many obscure questions instead of having a full debate on the crucial issues. They spent several minutes, for example, discussing the risk of terrorist attacks or crime if the new superstore was built on stilts with a car park underneath, similar to the Ikea store at Eastville. They also...
East Street's Makeover Gets Mixed Response

By sundaysunday

So the road is smoother and the lights are a little brighter, where are the alleged trees? Why are...

By Hannah2009 at 09:48 on 24/06/10

Work to improve a busy shopping street in Bedminster has prompted a mixed reaction from traders. East Street underwent a £400,000 makeover earlier this year, with new paving, street lighting, litter bins and benches. Bristol City Council made improvements in a bid to give the shopping street a smart new look and to improve security at night. While most shopkeepers say the work has improved the appearance of the street, some...
Park House Pub Murderers Fail To Get Convictions Overturned On Appeal

By Susie710

What a cheek they felt they had grounds for appeal. Let's hope they throw away the keys now.

By Hannah2009 at 14:07 on 08/07/10

A mother and son jailed for life for the murder of a father-of-two outside a Bedminster pub have failed to overturn their convictions on appeal. Alan Riddock was brutally beaten to death by members of Diane Churchley's family on her orders outside the Park House pub in St John's Lane, in May 2008. The 51-year-old mother, of St John's Lane, and her 24-year-old son, John Churchley, were both convicted of murder at Bristol Crown Court...
Sales growth for Harbourside retailers

By LPhillips2009

Couldn't agree with you more there Susie710.

By LPhillips2009 at 14:36 on 06/07/10

Retailers at the Harbourside development on the former Canon’s Marsh area, Bristol, have seen a marked increase in sales since the New Year and are gearing up for a busy summer. The success is great news for the development as more and more people visit the site for business and leisure which has been transformed by Crest Nicholson over the past five years from a derelict, run-down area into one of Bristol’s most thriving...
Are You Playing Out?

By Sidderley

Closing the street defeats the object of the exercise. The point of playing in the street is not...

By Hannah2009 at 09:04 on 23/06/10

There was a time – not so very long ago – when youngsters "playing out" were a common sight in terraced streets across Bristol. But at some point, over the last generation, something has changed. Today, as I stroll through the terraced rows of Windmill Hill, there isn't a single child to be seen. No abandoned skipping ropes on front garden walls. No Action Men scaling front steps. No hop-scotch markings...

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Zoe Breaks Down the Barriers at Automotive Academy

By kayleigh2010 at 16:31 on 29/07/10

The UK’s top automotive academy has sought the help of a local sixth form student who is looking at ways in which it can attract more females to enrol on courses. Zoe Scully (17) from Bristol is now working closely with the management team at S&B Automotive Academy in Bedminster as part of an internship from Mangotsfield 6th Form College during the summer holidays. Studying a business and finance...
Past mistakes are to blame for this tragedy

By Bedminster-People at 22:59 on 28/07/10

S O many newspaper reports, including the This very sad and tragic situation has been developing and worsening, and it appears to be intractable due, I think, to the intolerance shown over 60 years ago when the United Nations granted the Jewish people a homeland/state in Palestine. At that time, the Jewish people were then, due to all of the horrors inflicted upon them by the Nazi holocaust, just so desperate to even stay alive,...
Fire in flats was deliberate

By Bedminster-People at 07:00 on 28/07/10

Bedminster: An electrical fire in a block of flats was caused deliberately, according to firefighters. At 1.05am yesterday, Avon Fire and Rescue was called to Somerset House in Bedminster after residents said they could smell smoke. On further investigation, it was discovered the fire was coming from an electrical cable in the plant room and smoke had risen up the lift shaft of the building. The fire was extinguished and no one...
No tea break for busy Vicky

By Bedminster-People at 07:00 on 28/07/10

FOR most people, 60 tea pots, 100 sugar bowls, 120 milk jugs and 50 cake stands would be enough. But not for Vicky Rowe, of Bedminster, Bristol. She is trying to further her vast vintage china collection, which also includes over 750 trio sets, each consisting of a cup, saucer and side plate. Vicky, 32, started collecting vintage china as a hobby, and spent much of her spare time at auctions and in charity shops. She has now...
Heart FM Breakfast Show presenter Paris Tory

By Bedminster-People at 07:00 on 28/07/10

I ’M hiding in Wilkinsons on East Street in Bedminster, pretending to be interested in lampshades. This is a nightmare. If I’d had the guts to own up this would never have happened. But oh no, smart alec Troy, you had to play macho man, didn’t you? Twenty minutes earlier. At home, my girlfriend is up a ladder drilling stuff and I’m making tea and standing around awkwardly trying to look knowledgeable. This...