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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....

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...

UNPOPULAR with residents, bad for passengers, structurally ridiculous and a waste of money – these are just some of the reasons campaigners say they are opposing a controversial bus rapid transit route. Residents and members of transport and environmental groups came together yesterday to protest against a new route they expect to be recommended for BRT2 – the bus route between the Long Ashton park and ride site and the...

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...

RAIL campaigners, MPs, councillors, trade unionists and Bristol's mayor met to show their support for doubling the number of tracks at Filton Bank. The campaign is seen as a vital part of the bid to improve public transport in the city. Local MPs are backing the move which would double the number of services and open up what is seen as a bottleneck in the system. They met for a rally at Stapleton Road station's new footbridge on...

SEVERAL customers have been left out of pocket and frustrated after paying large deposits to a furniture restoration business in Bedminster. Four couples who are disgruntled customers of Bobbie Burns in North Street told The Post they are owed money by the firm's owner Paul Harris after leaving their possessions with him to be restored or reupholstered. The customers say work on their furniture was either not completed on time or...

I write in regard to your article in The Post (March 12) concerning the growing number of customers of Bobbie Burns' Upholsterers in Bedminster who have not received their completed furniture. We paid £1,800 two years ago as a deposit for the firm to reupholster our two settees in leather. I will not write down all the correspondence and visits that we have had over the two year period, but it has involved numerous visits...

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...

A TEAM of Bristol school pupils have been praised for their actions during the Ten Tors challenge. Six 15-year-olds from Bedminster Down School set off in gale force winds and torrential rain to trek 35 miles across Dartmoor. But on the first day they were involved in rescuing a girl from another team who was being swept away on a swollen river. Steve Christie, business manager at the school, said: "On the first day of the...

A WELL-known Brislington butcher is retiring and shutting up shop after almost 40 years. Paul Moss has been the familiar face behind the counter at Sandy Park Butchers since he started the business back in 1974. At the end of the month he will reach 65 and he and wife Jeanette, 61, will be taking their well-deserved retirement. Mr Moss said: "I will be sad when it is all over. We have met so many people and made so many friends...