The arena is the focal point of the Brabazon Hangars scheme to transform the city’s historic former Filton Airfield into a live entertainment and cultural hub for the South West.
The initial phase of work is now underway with decontamination of the sit…
The M4 remains closed following a serious collision on Saturday lunchtime. National Highways is advising road users to follow a diversion[1] in place following the crash between J19 (for the M32 near Bristol[2]) and J20 (for the M5 near Almondsbury).
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New figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) have pulled together data looking at the number of people entering and exiting every train station across the UK.
In total, there were 2.5 billion entries and exits across the UK in 2022-23.
This was a…
A £100 million plan to transform the entrances to Bristol’s Temple Meads station has taken another step forward – but even though a new eastern entrance to the city’s main train station will be completed inside the next 12 months, it won’t be opened un…
South Gloucestershire Council’s draft Local Plan sets out where 20,490 homes will be built[1] up to the year 2040. Of these, the authority has had to find land for more than 9,000 that did not already have planning permission or sites allocated to them…
Big changes are planned for the Portway park and ride in north west Bristol to cater for new shuttle buses running to the YTL Arena. City Hall bosses are due to sign off £2-million plans to change the junction so that buses can turn left leaving the si…
A railway station which closed to passengers in 1964 looks likely to be reopened as soon as 2024 as part of a line which could one day take passengers from Bristol to the new arena at Filton.
The new single-platform Henbury station will not be exactly …
The M32 is set to remain closed throughout today (August 17) to allow for road resurfacing work after a overturned load spilt its load. The incident happened on the motorway near Bristol[1] this morning, shedding stones and sand onto the tarmac, as wel…
It’s not in Gloucestershire and it involves a drive down the M5 towards Bristol and all that can entail. But Cribbs Causeway has a gravitational pull that attracts many people from the county.
The Mall boasts acres of free parking, a food court to die …
Marvin Rees has hit out at critics of a proposed Bristol underground and says the alternatives would mean having to bulldoze shops on one side of Church Road. The city’s mayor says tunnels are required in denser areas and that without them, traffic wou…
The first new train station in Bristol for almost a century has been formally opened, with six more planned across the wider region. Passengers can start using Portway train station from Tuesday, August 1, with daily services taking 24 minutes into Tem…
A strike by 150 refuse and recycling collectors in South Gloucestershire will be suspended for three days from Monday, as a ‘gesture of goodwill’ after bosses increased their pay offer.
The workers, who are members of the Unite union, will now be ballo…
M4/M5 Almonndsbury Interchange. Aerial view looking south-west towards Bradley Stoke. Photo credit: National Highways.
Motorists are being warned to expect months of contraflow on the M5 motorway near Bradley Stoke in connection with bridge repair wor…
A new Bristol train station is set to open within a matter of days, Great Western Railway[1] has confirmed. Portway Park and Ride will be Bristol’s first new railway station in almost 100 years, with Parson Street the last to open all the way back in 1…