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Windmill Hill City Farm celebrates 40 years
Windmill Hill City Farm celebrates 40 years.. Read More
WIN tickets to Mitch Benn, Radio 4’s satirical songster Benn
Mitch Benn can pen a song on any issue and is heard most often on Radio 4’s Now Show. Ahead of his Bristol show at the comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken in Bedminster, he talks to South Bristol Voice .. Read More
Residents despair over football parking
RESIDENTS are beginning to feel desparate about a lack of progress on transport and parking for fans visiting the Bristol City ground. At a sometimes angry meeting on January 26, residents complained of being abused and threatened by fans parking directly outside their houses... Read More
Knowle man sounds health alert
A KNOWLE man is urging others of a certain age to make themselves aware of the risks of prostate cancer – and to get advice if they’re in doubt. Retired managing director Colin Trowbridge, 77, has made it his mission to educate men of 50 and over on what they should know about prostate cancer... Read More
Victoria Park wildlife update
Managing a nature reserve within a city park has its surprises. When the long grass in parts of Victoria Park has had its annual cut in early autumn, it looks much like the rest of the park – for months. Not that that bothers the pied wagtails with their distinctive swooping flight and wagging tails. .. Read More
Bedminster Green: the residents' plan
THE AMBITIOUS £100 million vision to transform Bedminster Green is on course with the pioneering energy centre set to be producing power by the end of the year, according to developer Urbis. .. Read More
Arena: Traffic worries persist
WITH 85 comments submitted on the arena planning applications as the Voice went to press, strong objections continue to emerge. Only 20 of the submissions are logged as objections. But many more – even some which declare they support the scheme – voiced serious concern about parking and traffic... Read More
Community rallies after Totterdown mosque attack
MANY people have heard about the nasty attack on the Bristol Jamia mosque in Totterdown on Sunday. Immediately there was a huge outpouring of support from the Totterdown community, among them the opening of the Oxford pub to receive messages of support (it's normally shut on Monday). There will be a feature on the mosque and the very positive response to the racist incident in the next edition of the Voice, out at the end of January... Read More
Enterprise zone plea
A commercial property specialist has urged the Government to extend Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone – TQEZ – into South Bristol. The chancellor, George Osborne, said in his autumn statement in November that the thriving Bristol enterprise zone should be expanded – but he did not say where. .. Read More
Windmill Hill's one-way plan
PLANS to prevent rat-running by commuters through Windmill Hill’s narrow streets have been unveiled – though not all residents are happy... Read More