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Barrister Lucy Reed on opening up the secretive family courts
Season 13 Episode 6
Lucy Reed is a barrister in the family courts, where separating couples hammer out child custody arrangements and where, in one of the most severe de…
1 year ago
Dr Patrick Hart: Just Stop Oil petrol station sabotage court case - From the archives
Season 13 Episode 5
From the archives - an update
Today we bring you an episode from the archives with Dr Patrick Hart. Patrick took action in August 2022 to demand an en…
1 year ago
Ex-Lord Mayor Paul Goggin talks homelessness and mental health
Season 13 Episode 4
It’s the coldest time of the year, and Bristol’s homelessness crisis is as bleak as ever. How does it feel to be out on the streets? This week, Neil …
1 year, 1 month ago
Amanda Sharman on leading the charge for boat dwellers' rights
Season 13 Episode 3
Bristol is famous for being a maritime city, and its harbour – a vast area of water and historic docklands regenerated from dereliction since the 199…
1 year, 3 months ago
Samira Musse on community power and giving children confidence
Season 13 Episode 2
When authorities make plans that affect people’s lives, what do they get wrong – and how can they do better at working with communities? What are the…
1 year, 3 months ago
Barry Parsons on Green Party power in Bristol – and whether they can do anything about the housing crisis
Season 13 Episode 1
A year on from the Barton House tower block evacuation, and six months after the Green Party became the largest party on Bristol City Council, what h…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bristol Unpacked Election Special - Emma Edwards // Green Party
Season 12 Episode 4
Emma Edwards is the leader of Bristol Green Party who could well be in charge of the council for the first time after May's local elections. She chat…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bristol Unpacked Election Special - Mark Weston // Conservative
Season 12 Episode 3
Neil Maggs sits down with Mark Weston, who was first elected as a councillor nearly 20 years ago, and has led the local Tory party for a decade. On t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bristol Unpacked Election Special - Jos Clark // Liberal Democrats
Season 12 Episode 2
Jos Clark is an experienced local councillor now leading the Lib Dems into Bristol's local elections. A party that used to have strong support in the…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bristol Unpacked Election Special - Tom Renhard // Labour
Season 12 Episode 1
Just three years after being first elected as a councillor, Labour's Tom Renhard is now leading the party into May's local elections.
Neil Maggs asks …
1 year, 11 months ago