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The Captain and members of the crew of aircraft carrier HMS PRINCE OF WALES will be visiting Bristol in December to mark the ship’s affiliation with the city.
A shortage of land for building means developers are increasingly looking at sites which may be considered less suitable, such as sites subject to a restrictive covenant prohibiting development. However, two recent cases show that it is possible for developers to successfully apply for covenants to be discharged or modified.
A flag from one of the biggest ships in the Royal Navy is to hang permanently in Bristol Cathedral. A special ceremony is to be held to mark the links between the aircraft carrier HMS PRINCE OF WALES and the maritime city of Bristol.
Installing solar panels and other energy saving initiatives is set to enhance the value of homes across the South West, according to property specialists in the region.
Developers Generator South West have handed over the first 8 one- and two-bedroom shared ownership homes to housing provider Abri at The Chocolate Factory development in Greenbank.
Bristol's business and cultural links with China were celebrated when a delegation from the West Country visited the award-winning "Guangzhou Garden" at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The gold medal-winning garden, designed by Bath-based landscape architecture practice Grant Associates for the Chinese city of Guangzhou, which is the sister city of Bristol, aims to highlight how planners must work in harmony with nature.
Secondary school pupils in Bristol will be soon able to learn more about Bristol’s involvement in the transatlantic traffic in enslaved Africans thanks to a new textbook.
Marine Lake in Weston-super-Mare will reopen for the summer on Saturday 3 July after completion of the first stage of a £300,000 project to improve the popular community facility.
In light of rising COVID-19 infection rates in Bristol, the local authority has added new ways for residents to access asymptomatic community testing.
A surfer, chef and doctor are among the faces encouraging people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to arm themselves against COVID-19 by booking their jab.
Bristol’s celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of the Atlantic Charter next month have taken on a new significance following the weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall.
Hoteliers in Bristol claim the next three months will be a ‘game changer’ for the hospitality industry in the UK as businesses struggle to find the number of staff they need.
Bristol is to host celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of the Atlantic Charter on the July weekend previously reserved for Bristol Harbour Festival.
Royal Mail announces the launch of its first ever Delivery Office to feature an all-electric fleet of collection and delivery vehicles.
Over many years there has been a growing number of incidents around water safety relating to jet skis and small motorised boats at both Studland Bay and Swanage Bay. Last year, the problem was exacerbated as there was an increase in “staycation” visitor numbers, with more people bringing or hiring jet skis and boats.
Bristol’s high streets are at the forefront of a new campaign to support the business sector’s recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which gets under way next week.
An ambitious Defence building programme at the heart of Dorset, dedicated to the pursuit of innovation, has reached a significant milestone with the completion of the first building at the site.
Following last year’s #BBQsBurnMoreThanBangers campaign, Litter Free Dorset have launched a new campaign #ChooseToRemoveDisposableBBQs, asking shops across Dorset to remove disposable BBQs this year.
The government recently announced proposals to change the Permitted Development Rights for Class E, meaning commercial, service and business units could be changed more easily into residential properties.
One of the flagship events in Bristol’s calendar has been postponed for a second successive year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
