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Metro Mayor
14:49, 10 JAN 2025
Finally a new plan for Temple Island seven years after arena was scrapped
Temple Island
L&G has submitted a planning application for the site next to Temple Meads station
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New Wallace & Gromit film missing 'one key element' says Metro Mayor
Aardman
Vengeance Most Fowl was a Christmas Day TV hit but Dan Norris wasn't happy
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Trams for Bristol region 'definitely on the cards' says Metro Mayor candidate
Transport
The subject of a 'mass rapid transit' system will be a key election issue for next year's Metro Mayor battle
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‘Gimmick’ cake promoting birthday buses scheme that was fed to dog cost taxpayers £120
West of England Combined Authority
A new scheme has relaunched this month giving West of England residents free bus travel in their birthday month
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Voi hope to return to Bristol's e-scooter scheme
Travel
The original e-scooter firm are still monitoring the situation in Bristol
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Conservatives name ex-Bristol city councillor as West of England metro mayor candidate
Conservative Party
The former lord mayor is the first official nominee for the election next May
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Labour councillor accuses own party of age and sex discrimination over mayoral election race snub
Labour Party
The trade unionist is furious as selection panel refused to put his nomination to party faithful
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Bristol Greens demand rise in bus fare cap to £3 is scrapped
Transport
City councillor wants the 50 per cent hike reversed and for the region's transport authorities to allocate funding to maintain current prices
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‘Scrap the mayor’ campaigner running to be Green candidate for West of England mayor
West of England Combined Authority
Voters across the Bristol region will decide who should be the next metro mayor in May
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Marvin Rees backs Helen Godwin for Labour's metro mayor candidate
Local Elections
She served in the ex-Bristol mayor's city council cabinet and also has the support of both former deputy mayors
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West of England metro mayor election heats up with four Labour candidates vying for nomination
Labour Party
Former Bristol city councillors and members of ex-mayor Marvin Rees's cabinet Nicola Beech and Helen Godwin, Bath & North East Somerset Cllr Lesley Mansell, and Bristol opposition Labour group leader Cllr Tom Renhard remain in contention
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Six candidates in race to be Labour's WECA mayor nominee
Local Elections
All the hopefuls are either serving or former councillors
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Labour council leader throws hat in the ring for Metro Mayor
Metro Mayor
"I’m standing for Mayor because every person in our region deserves the chance to thrive"
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Calls for metro mayor to 'hold scooter firm to account' over price hike
Transport
"Having the exclusive contract to operate hire bikes and scooters in our city is a privilege, not a right" says city councillor
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Painted parking bays and machine learning - how Bristol's bike and scooter scheme will improve
Transport
Meet Henri Moissinac, the Frenchman now in charge of Bristol and Bath's controversial e-scooter and e-bike hire scheme
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Petition launched to stop e-scooter trial in Bristol
Transport
“They are dangerous to riders and traffic, and are heartedly loathed by locals"
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Dan Norris blocked from being WECA mayor again after Labour bans MPs having second jobs
Metro Mayor
The party's members agreed at their annual conference on Sunday to extend the restrictions to mayors
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Metro mayor Dan Norris hits back at watchdogs' criticism
Metro Mayor
The Labour MP was responding to criticism in a report into the unlawful £10k Birthday Bus wrap during a grilling by councillors
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Campaigners criticise WECA delays over bus franchising
Labour Party
A long-promised report to the region's leaders is just eight pages and proposes another study
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Bristol e-scooter trial review ahead of Tier-Dott contract decision
Bristol News
WECA officers could extend the current deal for up to two years or abandon it and find another new operator
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No mass transit system for Bristol region until the 2030s
West of England Combined Authority
WECA's leaders are being asked to approve £13m to develop the plans but they won't be ready this decade
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Hopes to reopen Portishead railway line revived
Transport
Metro mayor Dan Norris is 'quietly confident' the £152m project will go ahead after all despite government funding axe
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First steps towards bus franchising in Bristol region finally set to be taken
Transport
The West of England's political leaders will make a decision whether to begin the work next week
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Dan Norris branded 'absentee landlord' metro mayor for taking second job as MP
West of England Combined Authority
Councillors slammed the West of England metro mayor during a debate on the £10k unlawful bus wrap 'scandal'
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