Lisa Durston

Now and always, we will remember them

Bristol Clean Air Zone: Councillors vote against fee hike Plans to raise the Clean Air Zone charge from £9 to £14 a day have been blocked.

We stopped the Green Party's plans to hike the Clean Air Zone charge to £14 a day

To improve air quality, the council needs to boost public transport and phase out its own polluting vehicles - not tax working people to fund new Residents Parking Zones

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What we see online doesn’t stay online.

Violent pornography is putting young people in danger - that’s why we’re banning it.

@womensaid.bsky.social @evawuk.bsky.social @whiteribbonuk.bsky.social @mollyroseorg.bsky.social
#ukpolitics #uklabour #onlinesafety #violenceagainstwomen #choking #psa

'New chapter' as key Portishead Railway work begins The railway which closed in 1964 is due to reopen by 2028

🚞 The West of England has waited 25 years for the Portishead Line

🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered

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Former youth club to be demolished, despite election promise The building is leased to a church until May next year, after which its future is uncertain

😤 Bristol Greens pre-election: "we will return this youth club to the community!"

🤥 Bristol Greens post-election: "actually, we're going to demolish it - or just let it become derelict"

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What will become of Knowle West's former youth club? Demolition plans for Eagle House loom while campaigners call for the building to be renovated

Demolition plans for the building loom while campaigners call for it to be renovated

📣 The East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood scheme needs to change. Read our full statement

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The Tories oversaw the near collapse of the criminal justice system which effectively decriminalised rape, they have nothing to say to rape victims & survivors who are being repeatedly failed so blame foreign perps, even when the perps are British, & ignoring how rape is about violent men not race.

'Bring these cowardly thugs to justice' says Labour after hate crimes "Bristol is, and always will be, a proud, diverse place where all our communities stand with each other"

We will never tolerate racism in our city. Bristol belongs to everyone who calls it home.

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In the past few weeks, Bristol has seen a nine-year-old racially abused and shot with an air rifle in Brentry, a racist attack on two men in Lawrence Hill, and Islamophobic graffiti on a bus stop in Bedminster. These attacks on members of Bristol’s communities are abhorrent and need to end. The cowardly actions of a small number of racists are leaving our neighbours anxious in their own city. Every one of the thugs behind these incidents needs to be brought to justice. Bristol is, and always will be, a proud, diverse place where all our communities stand with each other. We will call out the appalling actions of the few in our city who seek to cause division and harm. Racism will never be tolerated.

📣 Our statement on recent racist attacks in Bristol

We're backing Bristol's Bus Drivers First Group made £204.3m in profit last year. Shareholder dividends were up by 45%. Yet, bus drivers have been forced to take industrial action to get the pay rise they deserve. The main sticking point in negotiations is First Group’s refusal to back date their drivers’ pay rise in full. Backdating it would cost around 0.15% of First Groups’s yearly profits. Doing so is clearly affordable and reasonable. Without our bus drivers, Bristol would grind to a halt. These strikes are causing severe disruption to Bristol’s workers. Senior management need to get back to the negotiating table with Unite and give our bus drivers the wages they have earned.

🤝 Pay Bristol’s bus drivers what they deserve

📣 Our statement

‘Illegal’ gym causing despair for residents The "premium gym for the community" has been accused of operating without planning permission

🎚️ A gym has opened in Fishponds. It's disturbing local residents by playing loud music from 'dawn until dusk' - even though its planning application was refused

👎 No enforcement action from the Green-led council. It needs to get its act together

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The Employment Rights Bill is the biggest boost to workers’ rights in a generation – and the first step in delivering the #NewDeal. Labour will deliver the Bill in full. No ifs, no buts. 1/3

Bristol fire engines and kit delivered to Ukraine A fire and rescue service delivers two fire engines and lifesaving equipment directly to Ukraine.

After more than three years of Russian attacks, Odesa urgently needs new emergency vehicles

Thanks to Avon Fire and Rescue Service and the tireless efforts of Labour councillor Paul Goggin, two fire engines are being donated to support the Ukrainian city

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'Solidarity' sees convoy of Bristol fire engines sent to Ukraine Avon Fire and Rescue Service volunteers will deliver emergency equipment to Ukraine later this year.

🆕 Odesa, Ukraine, requested emergency equipment. Bristol will provide it

🌹 Labour Councillor Paul Goggin, Chair of the Avon Fire Authority, has arranged for two surplus fire engines be sent to Odesa

🇺🇦 Bristol stands with Ukraine

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Great news!

Today we celebrate 62 years of Jamaican Independence. 🇯🇲

From Windrush to this day, we honour the rich legacy of Bristol’s Jamaican community, whose culture, spirit, and strength continue to shape our city every day.

Excitement in 'forgotten' Bristol area as Government millions arrive Residents feel "left behind" but say their neighbourhood has "so much potential"

🏗️ Fantastic to see the regeneration of Filwood Broadway continue at pace

✅ New community and commercial space, public realm improvements, and council housing - 50% of which will be reserved for members of the Knowle West and Inns Court community

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What a penalty! ⚽️

Well done Lionesses, you’ve made us all very proud 🦁💪

Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

This data is shocking but sadly unsurprising to those of us who work in the VAWG sector. The links between different forms of male violence is well-established. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Shocking but not surprising how once again, it’s the victims of horrific male violence that are ignored, forgotten about, and silenced.

In all this row, has anyone bothered to remember that Epstein raped and trafficked dozens of girls?

It’s like the girls never mattered at all.

Shocked by this decision in the middle of both a housing and climate crisis.

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Stop the Privatisation of the Bottleyard Studios

👍 Good. The publicly-owned Bottle Yard Studios is more successful than ever before. There's no reason the Green Party should push ahead with their plans to privatise it.

📝 Sign the petition: chng.it/kgxWFWRbvC

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Kids Go Free on the West’s buses – starting on Saturday!

150,000 children and young people aged under 16 can benefit in Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire over the summer holidays: travelwest.info

'Frustration' as city is slowest in England for SEND assessments One mum said the slow assessments for support were making children regress.

🚸 Prior to the 2024 local elections, 48.5% of EHCPs were completed on time

📉 After a year of the Greens running Bristol City Council, this month’s figure has dropped to 3% - and was even as low as 1% this February

👎🏻 Simply not good enough

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'We can’t afford to leave anyone behind in the race to net zero' Councillor Kirsty Tait urges people to see beyond cost and uphold the benefits of decarbonisation

"Reform want to ‘scrap net zero’, and the blue-collar green jobs that come with it.

If you are making a living by installing heat pumps, fitting insultation, or working on wind turbines, tough luck: Farage would prefer you were on the dole."

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Children to have free bus travel in west of England during summer holidays About 150,000 under-16s will benefit across West of England combined authority and North Somerset

🎉 Free bus travel for children and young people in the West of England over the summer holidays, thanks to Mayor Helen Godwin.

🌹 Labour is building the bus service that Bristolians deserve 👇

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Government announces 25 "trailblazer neighbourhoods" to receive long-term investment - details

🆕 Hartcliffe announced as one of the Labour Government's 25 new 'trailblazer neighbourhoods' set to receive long-term investment.

🌹 Labour is investing in Britain's renewal and delivering the change our communities need.

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