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Chris McEvoy

94% of New Bristol Taxi License Applications made since Jan 2023 are still "In Progress"

94% of New Bristol Taxi License Applications made since Jan 2023 are still "In Progress"

There have been 2,830 Applications for Taxi Licences in Bristol between January 2023 and July 2025. Of these 46% (1,290) are Renewals and 54% (1,540) are New Applications. Of the 1,540 New Applications made in since January 2023 94% (1,445) are still "In Progress&

Ecological Emergency Update - Weedkillers and Knotweed

Ecological Emergency Update - Weedkillers and Knotweed

In 2019 Bristol City Council passed a Silver Motion "Delivering the phasing out of pesticide/weed-killers in Bristol" ending the use of such weed killers was a pledge in the Mayor Rees and Labour Party 2016 election vision statement. to request the Mayor to commission a report that

All your Bristol News in One Place

All your Bristol News in One Place

I collate news articles about Bristol from many different sources: * News about Councillors * News about Bristol City Council * News from Bristol Bloggers * News from the Local Democracy Service * News from The Bristolian * News from The BBC * News about Freedom of Information Requests You can now access all of these news

I am declaring an MMR Vaccination Emergency

I am declaring an MMR Vaccination Emergency

What are the MMR Vaccinations? The MMR vaccine protects against 3 infections - measles, mumps and rubella. These are viral infections that can quickly spread to non-immune children and adults who have not had their vaccinations or been previously infected. The first dose of MMR is currently offered to infants

Liveable Neighbourhood Consultations - REDACTED

Liveable Neighbourhood Consultations - REDACTED

There has been a lot of coverage related to issues with the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood Scheme Consultations: Bristol Live - 16 Jun 2025 Bristol City Council officers are accused of making up a fictional community group of people with disabilities, who they claimed formed part of the consultation over

Wheelchair Accessible Taxis have reduced by 50% since 2017

Wheelchair Accessible Taxis have reduced by 50% since 2017

In 2017 there were 3,799 Taxis in the Bristol Region (Bristol, BANES, South Glos and North Somerset). Of these Taxis 830 (22%) were Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WAV). In 2024 the number of Taxis had increased to 5,325 but the number of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles had dropped to 427

Bristol Taxi Crisis

Bristol Taxi Crisis

Big changes are coming for Taxi Drivers in Bristol due to the National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse which was produced by Baroness Casey and published in June. Chapter 7: Taxi licensing As a key part of the nighttime economy, taxis have historically been identified as a