Chris McEvoy

In February 1932, Bristol’s Old Market became the scene of one of the city’s most dramatic confrontations between protesters and police. Thousands of unemployed people had taken to the streets against cuts to unemployment assistance during the Great Depression. Police attempted to stop the march, batons were drawn,

Instead of looking at other people's data I thought I would produce a report on the usage data for Bristol Uncovered to give some insight of where my readers come from and what they are reading. Bristol Uncovered was launched in Feb 2025 with a website and a

WECA have just published the "East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood: an Independent Review". Summary Independent EBLN review finds traffic reductions — but also division, unequal impacts and loss of trust. How independent is it? The Independent Review was produced by Steer Davies & Gleave Ltd. This review was commissioned by

Update: 01/09/2026 22:00 Bristol Live have published a news story where the Council said the material "was published ‘ahead of schedule’ in late August, with the finalised plan due to be published properly in September ."Update: 31/08/2026 20:00: I have been reliably

It can be difficult to visualise the large amounts of money spent by Bristol City Council, so I have calculated how many days of spending one million pounds would cover for specific items. For example, in 2025 BCC spent £36,497,535 on Pension Contributions. £36,497,535 / 365 = £99,

Last year I reported that Taxis to School Cost £6.4M in 2024 If these cost increases continue to rise then it won't be very long before we are regularly spending £1 million a month on "taxi to school" travel. Looking at the spending figures for