Chris McEvoy

Avon Fire and Rescue have just published their incident data for May 2025. Attended incidents have increased every month in 2025, with 580 in May. Here are some charts for May 2025 incidents. You can see all the reports on BU Reports (look for "Fire and Rescue" button

Helen has just published an article "The Pointlessness of Planters" where the poor state of the Planters in the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood is documented. I decided to look at the state of Planters across Bristol by looking at FixMyStreet Reports. Planter Reports on FixMyStreet The number of

The DVLA publish data on MOT Tests. I have analysed the data for MOT Tests in the "BS" postcode area for vehicles tested between 2021 and 2023. If a vehicle did not have an MOT Test taken in Bristol during 2023 then it is marked as "Inactive&

Soon there will be 596 student beds added to the existing 836 student beds in Southville. But that is nothing compared to the increases in Lawrence Hill (348%) and Windmill Hill (3035%). If you look at all the Wards in Bristol there will be an increase of 60% student accommodation

FixMyStreet Reports There were 18,358 FixMyStreet reports in 2024 and so far in 2025 there have been 13,906 reports (as at 07/06/2025). This is 75% of 2024 reports and we aren't even halfway through 2025 . This increase could be explained by more people reporting

Avon Fire and Rescue have apparently got a lot of things that they can improve on, but as their funding continues to fall and they have to adapt to new causes of fire incidents, can we do more to support them? Avon Fire and Rescue Service Assessment Our Fire and