COLSTON'S TREES THREAT: POPLAR FRONT TO REUNITE 26 SEPTEMBER 2009 AT 10.30AM: BE THERE TO SHOW YOU CARE

Colston's Girls' School is the subject of a planning application submitted in May 2009. Supplementary documents have been posted in September which include felling the remaining black poplars, the very same trees which were saved by protesters in 1989. They omitted to mention this tree felling in their original exhibition leaflet too.

The application also includes felling the plane tree on t… Continue

I came across a Freedom of Information request asking for the addresses and rateable values of empty commercial premises in Bristol on whatdotheyknow.com: dated 11 May 2009

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/details_of_empty_commercial_prop_32#incoming-26608

Using the power of Microsoft Excel and the limitless storage capacity of the internet, I… Continue

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Montpelier –St Werburghs Beat March-April 09

CRIME UPDATE

The good news for February is that Dwelling Burglary was at its lowest point for several years, with only 3 reports for dwellings and 2 reports for shed break-ins. There has been a slight increase for March with 10 reports of dwelling burglary and 2 for shed break-ins, but this is still low.

Robberies have also remained very low with 3 for February and 3 for March with most being committed in the early hours of the morning. The dedicat… Continue

The Bristol Evening Post is running a story on the St. Andrews Road dump

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-City-Council-land-dump/article-786018-detail/article.html

However, they have failed to pick-up on the broader themes of detritus that plague the area:

- Dog fouling
- Ripped-open rubbish bags a permanent feature of the streets
- Wheelie-bins crowding the p… Continue