Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Dan Norris

Passengers back tax rise if it means saving their buses

First Bus has made clear that some loss-making routes will be axed in October

Bristol Post

New training academy to help homeless and disadvantaged people in West Country find jobs

The West of England Peer Academy will offer digital skills courses and work placements

Birmingham Post

Villagers living just eight miles from Bristol 'isolated' if First Bus service axed

The Y5 is the only service linking Pucklechurch to Broadmead

Bristol Post

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Delayed Portishead train line to reopen in 2026 after costs increase by £35m

A 'historic' funding deal for the project was made by local transport bosses and the West of England combined authority

Bristol Post

Trade union-backed good employment charter launches across Bristol and Bath region

The charter has been designed by trade unions, employers and employees from across Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire

Birmingham Post

WECA mayor calls urgent bus cuts meetings for residents to have their say

Routes are set to be axed from October when government covid funding ends

Bristol Post

First Bus boss says sorry for 'unacceptable' cancellations

The has been huge disruption in latest months

Bristol Post

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Free youth bus travel ‘would be lovely’ says West of England mayor but there's no funding

Bristol's mayor Marvin Rees pressed Dan Norris to back the calls for free bus travel for people aged 18 to 25

Bristol Post

‘Unbelievably disappointing’: Weca pockets spare £786,000 for reserves instead of buses

Council leaders urged metro mayor to spend the extra cash on saving rural bus routes at risk

Bristol Post

Metro mayor fails in bid urging Avon pension fund to stop investing in fossil fuels

Two council leaders left the room at a crucial moment meaning no vote on divestment could take place

Bristol Post

Metro Mayor Dan Norris says climate activists are right after campaigners hijacked M32 billboard

The XR group said the buses are in a "dire state"

Bristol Post

Collapsed west of England housing plan is 'lost opportunity to shape region's future'

Regional masterplan would have held huge sway over where new major housing developments are built

Bristol Post

Metro mayor demands local government pension scheme cuts ties with fossil fuels

WECA head Dan Norris tables motion requiring backing by three council leaders

Bristol Post

Portishead rail line's future uncertain as questions raised over funding and inflation

The government is 'very nervous' about environmental issues, according to the metro mayor

Bristol Post

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Bristol Post

Rail strikes row breaks out in West of England among region's political leaders

A third day of industrial action by the RMT union takes place on Saturday

Bristol Post

Council leader demands "significant change" of top WECA officers

B&NES boss Cllr Kevin Guy blames senior officials for ongoing spats

Bristol Post

Subsidised buses saved after WECA leaders strike deal in marathon talks

A public meeting lasted two minutes following a four-hour delay for talks behind closed doors

Bristol Post

Images show what Temple Meads will look like after £95m Temple Quarter transformation

The project has been stalled for almost five years

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Bristol Post

Extinction Rebellion to march through town in protest at Jacob Rees-Mogg backing oil

"Jacob Rees Mogg's comments are 'reckless'"

Bristol Post

£95million for Temple Quarter finally handed over to kickstart regeneration project

Now for the 10,000 new homes, offices, conference centre and new University campus

Bristol Post

The 26 supported bus services facing the axe in WECA leaders deadlock

Urgent committee meeting failed to break the impasse

Bristol Post

Crisis talks over Bristol region's supported buses collapse

Three council leaders could not strike a deal with West of England metro mayor over funding

Bristol Post

Dozens of subsidised buses at risk as another WECA leaders row erupts

A total of 26 routes that receive public money because they are not commercially viable are at risk of being scrapped

Bristol Post

£50m M49 dead-end junction 'still two years from opening'

West of England mayor Dan Norris brands the saga "terrible", "crazy" and "nonsensical"

Bristol Post

WECA housing masterplan not dead after all, council leader insists

Metro mayor Dan Norris had told the Government that the spatial development strategy for 92K homes had collapsed

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

University of Bristol

198 stories

South Gloucestershire Council

North Somerset Council

West of England Combined Authority

25 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

South Gloucestershire

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.