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1.
British Heart <span class="highlight">Found</span>ation research on effects of air pollution
(News)
New research by the British heart
Found
ation - see report - finds worrying effects on heart health and adds to the considerable evidence from other research that air pollution is becoming a major threat ...
17 January 2020
2.
Bristol 15th century map being created - can you help with the cost?
(Other news and events)
Can you help with a request from Pete Insole of Bristol City Council? He is asking for any financial donations, however small, to fund a project to construct a map of Bristol in 1480. More information ...
14 December 2019
3.
Keep up to date and informed on air pollution at Clean Air Hub
(News)
If you are concerned about air pollution, its effects on health and what you can do to reduce it, you probably already check out the Clean Air Bishopston (CAB) content on the TBS website. (Just click ...
26 November 2019
4.
Horfield Organic Community Orchard - 2020 course
(Other news and events)
Learn more about growing fruit on the 9 month seasonal course hosted by Horfield Organic Community Orchard. Details can be
found
here
25 November 2019
5.
Worrying evidence of wood burning stoves and high PM 2.5 levels
(Learn)
Burning wood and coal in open fires and stoves makes up 38% of the UK’s primary emissions of PM2.5. A recent test carried out by Air Quality News
found
very high levels of particulates in the air in a ...
25 November 2019
6.
Bristol's Nautical Women - Talk and Folk Songs, Bishopston Library, Thursday Nov 7t
(Other news and events)
Details of this talk by author Rosemary Caldicott, with accompanying Folk Singing from The Feminist Folk Singers can be
found
here
04 November 2019
7.
Walking events during Bristol Festival of Ideas,Oct 16th,17th and 18th.
(Other news and events)
Details of the seven walks being offered by Bristol Festival of Ideas during this three day period can be
found
here
09 October 2019
8.
History repeats itself - the origins of the Bishopston Society
(History)
... Association. I again
found
myself on the new society’s committee which, I maintain, has served Bishopston well since then and which has continued to protect and enhance the district. Yet now a further ...
04 October 2019
9.
Air pollutants closely linked with increase in baby deaths
(News)
Three air pollutants, particulate matter (PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) are all associated with a 20-50% increase risk of death for babies who are born in the most polluted ...
27 September 2019
10.
Is Bristol a 'liveable' city? Free event, Oct 18th.  ...
(Other news and events)
What is meant by a 'liveable' city or 'liveable' neighbourhoods? Is Bristol one and do these exist here? How can they be created or improved? Details of this afternoon event and how to book can be
found
here ...
26 September 2019
11.
Diesel fumes much worse on hot days
(News)
Polluting emissions from diesel cars – even newer Euro 6 models – go way up on hot summer days, a new report has
found
. Not good news with rising global temperatures. See more on this here
15 September 2019
12.
A review of good recent developments in Bristol and beyond
(Commentary)
... Senior Design Director for the Prince’s
Found
ation:- ‘’People are tired of seeing the same old cheap boxes on the edge of towns (and surrounding our villages). But people and the government want real ...
08 September 2019
13.
Air pollution screen for schools
(News)
A 60 metre screen made of live plants is being deployed in Sheffield to help ameliorate air pollution outside schools. The full story can be
found
here
24 April 2019
14.
April's TBS Public Meeting packed with local arts and culture rep
(Our news and events)
... Bullivant and Colin Moody
found
they were advertising their work alongside Mike Manson, local author and historian, while the Kelvin Players were promulgating their amateur dramatics group, cheek by jowl ...
17 April 2019
15.
Bristol Big Give 2019. Helping local students to act sustainably
(Other news and events)
... to donate reusable items to The British Heart
Found
ation. Last year, the campaign raised awareness of the importance of recycling, preventing 205 tonnes of reusable goods from ending up in landfill sites ...
27 March 2019
16.
High street cycling - good for business as well as health and the environment
(Cycle)
... way. And some schemes prove that a more positive, healthier environment for shoppers, cyclists and pedestrians as well as high street trade all go well together. A 2015 survey in Waltham Forest
found
...
27 March 2019
17.
New Culture section coming soon
(Culture)
You are looking at a sneak preview of a new section coming soon to this web site, on Bishopston's culture and social life - shhhh, don't tell anyone you
found
it! This might offer a permanent, growing ...
19 March 2019
18.
What's happening with Bristol's transport? Civic Society talk, March 20
(Other news and events)
Three speakers will be providing an up to date survey bringing together reports on all the latest developments, initiatives and future plans for improving Bristol's transport problems. Full details for ...
03 March 2019
19.
Upcoming Cycling Events and Activities
(Cycle)
There's a huge amount going on locally for cyclists. Comprehensive information about events and activities is best
found
from local bike organisations, but here's a flavour from our own experience:- ...
26 February 2019
20.
Plan your garden to deter burglars
(Amenities)
Some tips from Avon and Somerset Police to make burglars think twice about targeting your property can be
found
here
23 February 2019
21.
Bristol Civic Society talk: High Density or High Liveability?
(Other news and events)
This talk by Finlay McNab, urban design practitioner and director at Streets Reimagined is on Monday 25th February 7.00 pm at Waterside 3, Watershed, 1 Canons Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX More information ...
14 February 2019
22.
Student consultancy and traders partnership feature in revised strategy
(Our news and events)
As many readers will be aware, The Bishopston Society is run by a small elected committee and a group of valued helpers. Being accountable to our members, the committee tries to make explicit the policies ...
05 February 2019
23.
Medact - Air pollution awareness event, Feb 21st
(News)
If you want to find out more about the health dangers of breathing the ever increasing levels of air pollution in our city, Medact are organising an evening event on this issue, details of which can be ...
29 January 2019
24.
Bristol and its air quality - and work on AQ and transport in other cities
(News)
... may be
found
on Jonathan’s blog site here. Cycling doesn’t have to be dangerous: “Every local councillor, every planner and every highways engineer should watch this”. A brilliant video in which Chris ...
08 January 2019
25.
Talk with Avon Organic Group, Thursday Jan 24th
(Other news and events)
This talk is on 'Walled Gardens and Old Growing Techniques' and is being given by John Salvat at The Station (the old fire station) on Silver St. BS1 2AG in the Dance Studio on the 2nd Floor, 7pm - ...
02 January 2019
26.
Drivers could be fined as anti-idling zones to be introduced in Bristol
(News)
... is high. Stationary idling has been an offence across the country since 1988 and if caught could land you with a £20 fine - but councils have historically
found
this difficult to enforce due to the low ...
17 December 2018
27.
Pedestrians and cyclists spend more in shops than those arriving by car
(Amenities)
... carried out in shopping areas across the world. The full report called 'Pedestrian Pound' can be
found
at livingstreets but two small, particularly relevant excerpts are given below. References have ...
07 December 2018
28.
New Parking app to be trialled on Gloucester Road/ North Road area
(Other news and events)
It seems unlikely that local residents will experience any benefits from a new parking app aimed at easing parking which is to be trialled in Bristol on the Gloucester Road and along North Road. It ...
03 December 2018
29.
Planning Portal relaunched...at historic moment for planning in Bishopston
(Our news and events)
... be accessed via pp.bishopstonsociety.org.uk/. More information about Planning in Bishopston can be
found
at www.bishopstonsociety.org.uk/planning. Historic moment The portal relaunch takes place by ...
08 November 2018
30.
Recent planning applications - update
(Commentary)
We have continued to scrutinise planning applications in recent weeks whilst preparing to relaunch our Planning Portal. Details of the following cases can be
found
on our Portal: please follow the ...
07 November 2018
31.
Bristol Green Capital Partnership Annual Review
(Other news and events)
A summary of the wide ranging work of this group during the last year can be
found
here
05 November 2018
32.
The Future of Bristol’s parks?
(Other news and events)
... its parks by joint ownership between a charitable trust and the council. This is the Bournemouth Parks
Found
ation and it has been the inspiration for how our Bristol and Bath parks could be run. It was ...
04 November 2018
33.
Bristol's Air Quality monitoring and response to its illegal levels of pollutant
(News)
Large areas of central Bristol exceed the legal limits set for Nitrous oxide pollutants and particulates. The details of these data and the plans for reducing levels to comply with the law can all be ...
29 October 2018
34.
Transition Bristol's autumn newslette
(Other news and events)
Included in the newsletter are: details of a recent Tree Conference and the detailed report on this on its website and a short film on the success of a community farm recently set up near Chew Valley Lake. ...
29 October 2018
35.
'Bristol's Transport is in Crisis' says local environmental activist Seth Pip
(News)
... overlooking Gloucester Road. ‘Shared space’ solutions such as those
found
all over the city centre are an expensive disaster, pitting cyclists and pedestrians against each other and leaving neither group ...
19 October 2018
36.
Our pollution watch
(Watch)
... knows that people notice who is making an effort to reduce their contribution to air pollution are they more likely to do the same? If somebody
found
out that ten local people have posted photos of you ...
10 October 2018
37.
Autumn Litter Blitz
(Other news and events)
Bristol Autumn Litter Blitz is running from 15th to 28th of October. More details can be
found
at: litter blitz
30 September 2018
38.
Bristol Transport Strategy consultation
(Other news and events)
... not least in order to deal with the present serious problem of air pollution. The details of the draft Transport Strategy and how to take part in this consultation can be
found
here This article ...
25 September 2018
39.
Latest Government 'Local Road Users Survey' result
(News)
This survey, published just over a year and a half ago, shows many people would be willing to walk and cycle more if these alternative modes of travel were made safer with improved physical road conditions ...
07 September 2018
40.
Muller’s Orphanage: All welcome – except the illegitimate
(History)
... so much to Bristol as the whole world.’ George Muller
found
ed his orphanage in 1834 in Wilson Street, St Paul’s. Condition of entry to Muller’s orphanage was straightforward: all were welcome. All were ...
28 August 2018
41.
Bishopston, Cotham and Redland Community Partnership (BCRCP): An update
(Other news and events)
... TBS is a
found
ing member of the Partnership and has a representative (Kevin Molloy) on the committee. At the meeting the audience raised a number of questions that Cllr Beech promised to pass on to the ...
28 August 2018
42.
17 City mayors, including Bristol's, write to Theresa May for more funds to tackle air pollutio
(Other news and events)
The letter calls for increased access to funding to support the delivery of Clean Air Zones and to fund investment in cleaner buses and taxis, as well as improvements in walking and cycling infrastructure. ...
28 August 2018
43.
'A Forgotten Landscape' newsletter gives great news on a major 'local' environmental project ...
(Other news and events)
Sometimes it is good to extend our view beyond our immediate neighbourhood. Though it is not that far beyond. Just a few miles north of us is the River Severn and its associated Levels landscape. 'A ...
09 August 2018
44.
Gloucester Road Businesses Independent District entered for Great British High Street Award
(Amenities)
Gloucester Road Businesses Independent District (GRBID) has entered the national Great British High Streety Awards 2018. The process involves 5 stages and at stage 4 the public can become involved in voting ...
21 July 2018
45.
Claim on kids and cigarettes shocks Clean Air event
(News)
... thus significantly reduce the damaging effects of air pollution on our health. (More on the greater risks to children's than adults' health can be
found
here) Eleanor Combley, Bishopston Councillor and ...
25 June 2018
46.
New local Blue Plaque for Robert Southey
(Other news and events)
News from Kingsdown Conservation Group on the putting up ceremony on Monday June 18th of a new blue plaque for the poet Robert Southey can be
found
here. More about Southey's connection with Bristol can ...
15 June 2018
47.
Local parking problems - good discussion but unlikely to be solved in near future
(Amenities)
... on parking and speeding was raised. It was noted that the various schemes around the city have differing hours (as much as 9-9) and number of days (up to six days) and they have all been
found
popular ...
14 June 2018
48.
Bristol Archives June newsletter
(Other news and events)
The newsletter gives details of two interesting up and coming exhibitions on: Bristol's World War 1 conscientious objectors and on the history of the River Severn's 'Forgotten Landscape' here . Details ...
12 June 2018
49.
Bishopston Library nominated for Bristol Civic Society's 2018 Design Award
(Other news and events)
... Bishopston Library. In addition, all the details of the Society's organised trips and their involvement in Bristol's major planning projects can be
found
at Bristol Civic Society Readers may also be ...
09 June 2018
50.
The Henleaze Society
(Search - Web Links / Neighbourhood)
The Henleaze Society was
found
ed in 1973, is established as a charity and has a membership of around 1500 households. It aims to ensure that Henleaze remains a good place to live and work.
19 April 2016
51.
Redland and Cotham Amenity Society
(Search - Web Links / Neighbourhood)
One of our neighbourhood sister organisations, Redland and Cotham Amenities Society was
found
ed in 1973, its general aim is to preserve and enhance the character of the Cotham area, its architecture, trees ...
19 April 2016