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A billboard shows Dan Norris and the words: "Dan Norris promised to bring "public transport for the 21st Century. What happened? Demand better from WECA"

Free and fair buses campaign continues

June 27, 2022 James Ward

XR Youth keep public transport on the agenda as they fight for better buses across the West of England.

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A bus shelter with an illuminated digital billboard

First Clear Channel digital billboards approved

June 25, 2022 James Ward

Last month it was announced that advertising company Clear Channel had submitted plans for 86 new digital billboards in the city’s bus shelters. 

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A large billboard towers over a road. The billboard displays and ad for Subway sandwiches.

Win as digital billboard application withdrawn

June 15, 2022 James Ward

A win for campaigners today as plans for a digital billboard on Cheltenham Road are withdrawn in the face of massive public resistance. 

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Billboard shows a pair of glasses superimposed on an image of a beach. Around the glasses the beach is covered in plastic waste; through the lenses of the glasses the beach is pristine.

Campaign Launched to Fight Climate Hypocrisy

February 27, 2022 James Ward

Targeting businesses and government for climate hypocrisy, XR Bristol yesterday launched their latest campaign, Greenwash-free Bristol.  The campaign, whose name refers to the practice of

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A billboard can be seen above a roadway. It is approx. 10 meters wide and 4 high.

The Fight to End Corporate Advertising in Bristol

November 14, 2021 James Ward

Everyday, tens of thousands of motorists – workers, shoppers, tourists – arrive into Bristol via the M32. Towering over the roadway to greet them are

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Guerrilla Billboards Target Barclays

September 27, 2021 James Ward

Billboards across Bristol were hijacked last week with posters criticising Barclays Bank.  The new posters were installed in three locations by international artist collective Brandalism,

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