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AdamPostansLDR

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Once beat Eddie The Eagle in an arcade ski race. Local democracy reporter @BristolLive for BBC partners. Inventor of the #Crispometer, as liked by Nigella

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Joined February 2019
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For those unclear what the Local Democracy Reporting Service is (and there are many, including the majority of councillors I've spoken to since I started this gig in January 2019), here's an explainer and FAQs from the BBC, which funds the scheme. bbc.com/lnp/ldrs
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"We cannot allow party politicking to get in the way of decarbonising our city." bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Fears over Bristol City Leap future sparks emergency meeting

Fears over Bristol City Leap future sparks emergency meeting

A partner company in the £475m project is being sold

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Council quietly drops 2030 net zero targets. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Net zero 2030 ambitions quietly abandoned

Net zero 2030 ambitions quietly abandoned

A new four-year climate and nature emergency has been approved

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The case cost the council £5k. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Watchdog slams Bristol City Council for failing vulnerable pupil

Watchdog slams Bristol City Council for failing vulnerable pupil

Local Government Ombudsman's annual report highlights authority's failures

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More than 50 education settings attended by Bristol kids who can't go to mainstream schools are unregistered. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Nearly 100 vulnerable children in unregistered education

Nearly 100 vulnerable children in unregistered education

£10m is spent on 'alternative provision'

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We asked Bristol City Council's Green leader about the national party's Zionism motion and chaos ensued. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
We asked leader about Greens' Zionism move and chaos ensued

We asked leader about Greens' Zionism move and chaos ensued

Cllr Tony Dyer says he opposes the motion

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"The Portway is costing a colossal amount of money." bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
A4 Portway in Bristol to become 'world's most expensive bus lane'

A4 Portway in Bristol to become 'world's most expensive bus lane'

The major road is undergoing a £23m transformation

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Uni of Bristol to install counter-terrorism barriers in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Counter-terrorism barriers plans for University of Bristol

Counter-terrorism barriers plans for University of Bristol

The changes are being made ahead of a forthcoming change in the law following the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017

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Think of the children, England. #EngCro
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Bristol City Council lost records of gas safety checks of its homes, so doesn't know which have passed or failed, according to a damning report. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Gas safety at Bristol council homes plunged into uncertainty

Gas safety at Bristol council homes plunged into uncertainty

New IT software meant records did not match up

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Botched planning report to councillors criticised for getting the measurements wrong. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Bristol planners blasted for errors after bungled bungalow report

Bristol planners blasted for errors after bungled bungalow report

The Bristol City Council report gave inaccurate figures

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Bristol 24/7 using the Bristol Energy £39.3m loss story. bristol247.com/news-and-feat…
Bristol Energy wind-up costs taxpayers £39.3m

Bristol Energy wind-up costs taxpayers £39.3m

The ill-fated company was one of the most disastrous ventures in Bristol City Council history

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New charges at council-owned car parks fail to make money in their first year. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
New parking charges across South Gloucestershire fail to make money

New parking charges across South Gloucestershire fail to make money

The new fees were introduced in 22 council parks

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Pero's Bridge emergency works approved with no more money than previously agreed to repair it. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Pero's Bridge emergency repairs approved but there's no extra money

Pero's Bridge emergency repairs approved but there's no extra money

But Bristol City Council allocates no extra money for project

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Bristol Energy is dissolved with the final cost to city council taxpayers revealed as £39.3m. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Bristol Energy formally dissolved as final taxpayer bill hits £39.3m

Bristol Energy formally dissolved as final taxpayer bill hits £39.3m

Liquidators have spent five years winding up the doomed venture

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Battle lines drawn on plans for 1,300 homes in greenbelt on edge of village near Bristol. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Villages battle major expansion as 1,300 new homes planned

Villages battle major expansion as 1,300 new homes planned

Fears the greenbelt between Bristol and Yate could disappear

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'Toxic culture' and 'bullying' among staff at children's homes putting kids at risk of harm, damning Ofsted report finds. bristolpost.co.uk/news/staff…
Staff 'toxic culture' and 'bullying' put children's home kids at risk

Staff 'toxic culture' and 'bullying' put children's home kids at risk

Ofsted report finds the South Gloucestershire home is 'inadequate'

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"The scenario I hope I’m painting here sounds like one of the seven chambers of hell." @TristanCorkPost on Ikea's eat-all-you-can meatballs fest. bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/b… (Yes, it's 'Premium', but you'd pay a lot more for the paper everyday).
Ikea's all-you-can-eat Meatball Rave was just as mad as you thought

Ikea's all-you-can-eat Meatball Rave was just as mad as you thought

"I was not tripping. Someone had not slipped something into my fizzy lingonberry juice"

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Councillors welcome 1.5k-name trade union petition calling for London-style top-up pay for council staff but say it will cost at least £14m a year. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
'London-style' pay top-up for Bristol council staff would cost over £14m

'London-style' pay top-up for Bristol council staff would cost over £14m

Unison said Bristol was the most expensive city in the country to rent in and the second most expensive to live in

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Almost one in three Bristol city councillors faced formal complaints about them last year. Zero were upheld. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Third of city councillors faced complaints about their conduct

Third of city councillors faced complaints about their conduct

But none of the 35 complaints were upheld

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Nearly 300 homes on greenbelt approved by councillors by 5-4 votes despite 650 objections. bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
300 greenbelt homes approved despite hundreds of objections

300 greenbelt homes approved despite hundreds of objections

South Gloucestershire councillors gave the go-ahead for the development

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