ACORN Bristol tonight occupied the foyer of City Hall to create “the world’s longest toilet queue” in protest against the closure of public toilets. The action comes as part of the group’s Unlock Our Toilets campaign which seeks to reopen Bristol’s nine of the public toilets closed by Bristol City Council in 2018, and calls on the council to hold a review of toilet provision … Continue reading ACORN Takes Action Over Lack of Public Toilets
Seven months after saving the Ashley Down Oak from felling, campaigners are still waiting for transparency and concrete commitments from Bristol City Council. Earlier this year, a much-loved 120-year-old oak tree on Ashley Down Road was scheduled to be felled by Bristol City Council when a nearby resident complained that the tree’s roots were causing subsidence of his home. Campaigners from Save The Ashley Down … Continue reading Tree Campaigners Fight for Council Transparency
On the evening of March 23, as protesters on College Green were being brutalised by police, “City Leaders” were composing a statement condemning the former and praising the latter. In the statement, released on March 25, 22 self-styled ‘City Leaders’ join to condemn the “violent disorder” of Sunday, March 21, the night of the riot outside Bridewell police station, and go on to confirm their … Continue reading Opinion: Bristol Deserves the Truth from its “Leaders.”
A crowd of over 20 people gathered this morning, despite the rain, to resist the eviction of a couple from their home of over two years. Mr Jeremy O. Blacker and his partner, who have been living in a tent on Princes Street, St Paul’s, were recently served an eviction notice by Bristol City Council to vacate the land. News of the eviction was shared … Continue reading Show of Solidarity to Resist Eviction in St Paul’s
Campaigners in Ashley Down are celebrating after Bristol City Council U-turns over the decision to fell a 120-year old Holm Oak tree on Ashley Down Road. The Council ordered the felling after the insurers of a nearby house reported that the tree’s roots were causing subsidence of the building’s foundations. However, in a video released on Facebook today (May 12th), Mayor Marvin Rees said that … Continue reading Tree Protectors Victorious After Council Drops Tree-Felling Plans
Read the original article here. A county court judge has granted Bristol City Council a possession order for the premises at 39-40 High Street, which is currently occupied by squatters. Upon request from the occupants of the building, the Council agreed to suspend the possession order until May 26th, giving the occupants a chance to vacate the building before evictions begin. The hearing today (May … Continue reading Update on Squatters at 39-40 High Street
On February 15th, Rachel Lunnon was arrested for throwing pink paint onto City Hall. On May 6th she could return to the seat of Bristolian democracy, only this time as an elected councillor. Standing for election in her local ward of Windmill Hill, Rachel would be the first councillor in Bristol from “anti-political” Burning Pink, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion. From her insistence that she … Continue reading Pink Paint and People’s Assemblies: meet the council candidate bringing activism to city hall
Tree campaign group Save the Ashley Down Oak (STADO) are calling on Bristol City Council to tell the truth about the proposed felling of the 100 year old holm oak on Ashley Down road. In a letter to Afzal Shah dated April 13th, STADO request the release of key evidence supporting the claim that the oak is causing subsidence to a nearby house. STADO was … Continue reading Tree Campaigners Demand Truth from Bristol City Council
