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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

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

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

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

Dog Fouling in Bristol

Daryll Dulay is carrying out research about "Dog Fouling" in the UK and has submitted a number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to gather data for this research. I have use the data provided by Bristol City Council for this article. Dog Fouling Fines (2022 to 2024)

Did you go to the tip this weekend?

I have already published an article about the increased reporting of fly tipping in Bristol. Which described how the opening hours change at recycling centres from 7 days a week to 5 days a week meant that we had lost 30% of the available slots. This article uses utilisation data

Affordable homes built down by 11.9%

The Draft Statement of Accounts for Bristol City Council, for the year ended 31 March 2025 have been published. Bad News * New homes built down by 10% (from 1,599 to 1,433) * Affordable homes built down by 11.9% (from 607 to 535) * Households in temporary accommodation increase by

Bristol Population passes half a million for the first time

New population projections have been published for Bristol. Highest Core City Increase (apart from Manchester) The population in Bristol is projected to increase from 478,600 people in 2022 to 526,600 people in 2032. TThe biggest factor in this population change is net international migration, which will increase the

Southville is the most Godless Ward in Bristol

The best data analysis tool provided by Bristol City Council is the Ward Profile Tool which compares data across the 34 wards in Bristol. It mainly uses Census Data, but does use some other data sources as well. This article will provide some insights into the Southville Ward when compared

Fire and Rescue Attended Incidents Update - May 2025

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

Planter Maintenance in Bristol

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

There are 7,551 "White Transit Vans" in the BS PostCode area (and 1 Bristol 400)

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&

71% more students are on their way to Southville

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

Flytipping reports likely to increase by 3000% in 2025

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