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Bristol star to perform at Beacon 28 years after cancelling Colston Hall gig
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (515+ words) One of Bristol's most famous music artists is set to be the first of the homegrown talent from the 1990s to play at the new Bristol Beacon venue, almost 30 years after he cancelled a show there at the last minute. Tricky…...
Court hears 'likely' cause of crash that killed Take That fan
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (1336+ words) A driver who crashed into a fan walking to a Take That concert in Bristol had likely been experiencing an epileptic seizure at the wheel, a leading world expert told jurors. Prof Simon Shorvon, who has been a neurologist in…...
Council accused of 'throwing money down the drain' after new cycle path torn up
1+ week, 2+ day ago (520+ words) Bristol Live readers are outraged to discover that a newly built cycle path along Bradley Stoke Way has had to be dug up and rebuilt before it has even opened, after a construction error was discovered. No further details were…...
New cycle path torn up and re-laid after construction blunder
1+ week, 4+ day ago (462+ words) Workers fix a cycleway running next to Bradley Stoke Way (Image: Bristol Live) A construction blunder has left a new cycle path next to Bradley Stoke Way needing to be dug up and re-laid, before it even opened to the…...
Huge new plan approved for Bristol's forgotten 'Arena Island"
2+ week, 4+ day ago (762+ words) An artist's impression of the proposed L&G development at an area known as Temple Island, south of Temple Meads station in Bristol. (Image: L&G) Plans have been approved for several tower blocks near Temple Meads on land formerly referred…...
Major transformation plan for Bristol City's new 'sports and education hub"
2+ week, 5+ day ago (685+ words) Artist impression of the Robins Foundation's new sports and education hub at Filwood Playing Fields in South Bristol(Image: Robins Foundation) The full plan for the transformation of a community playing field into a new "sports and education hub" has…...
Bristol residents say e-scooters remain 'dangerous menace' as parking fines soar
2+ week, 5+ day ago (560+ words) Over the past five months, Bristol e-scooter riders have received more than 100 fines daily for incorrect parking, with around 16, 000 issued between September 2025 and January 2026. Metro mayor Helen Godwin told the West of England Combined Authority that the Scoot Safe campaign,…...
O2 Academy bosses spend big to sort out venue's sound issues
3+ week, 2+ day ago (546+ words) The interior of the O2 Academy Bristol, after work to improve the sound quality, carried out by Somerset-based Inter System Specialists(Image: Academy Music Group) It is one of Bristol's most famous music venues, but one with not the best reputation…...
Major Bristol visitor attraction to host big fundraiser for Gaza
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (429+ words) A view of outside Wake the Tiger. (Image: Bristol Live) One of Bristol's major visitor attractions is to host a big fundraiser for Gaza, with the chief executive saying: "We cannot sit by and do nothing." Wake The Tiger, the…...
Site earmarked for 350 new homes to become huge Bristol music venue
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (15+ words) Sawmills site earmarked for 350 new homes to first become huge Bristol music venue'Bristol Live...