Tag Archives: Bristol Live

A young man with profound learning difficulties has been awarded an out-of-court settlement from a company that runs special needs residential schools across the country, after he was abused in a school in Bristol. But no one has been prosecuted over the abuse at St Christopher’s School in Westbury Park, …

Royal Mail bosses have said they hope that normal service can soon be resumed soon out of a South Bristol delivery office, which has become so delayed residents are discussing organising a protest at their missing mail. People living in the BS3 and BS13 postcode areas of Bristol that have …

Royal Mail has acknowledged ‘some issues that have impacted deliveries’ of post in parts of Bristol. However, it says delays are being kept to a minimum and have been no longer than a week. It comes following two complaints to Bristol Live from people reporting they had not been receiving …

A Bristol woman has been fined four times for parking in a disabled bay at Hengrove Park Leisure Centre, despite being told by staff that she is permitted to use it. The penalty notices, each for £100 or £60 if paid within 28 days, were issued by Smart Parking Ltd, …

Photos taken 17 hours apart show heaps of post left outside a Bristol Royal Mail centre, as national strikes continue. The undelivered post was pictured on Monday and again on Tuesday (December 13) ahead of another strike day today. Some of the containers pictured at 7pm on Monday were photographed …

A Bristol pet owner left horrified after her beloved cat died after being hit by a Royal Mail vehicle outside her Emersons Green home, says the delivery service has been “rubbing salt” in her wounds by allowing the driver to remain on the round delivering to her home. A CCTV …

Travellers have set up camp on a controversial playing field, allegedly damaging gates and locks at nearby Cotham School in order to gain access. The group of caravans was first seen at Stoke Lodge on Saturday, with at least ten vehicles spotted on the site. School leadership issued a statement …

This Thursday (July 14) supply chain and administration workers will take industrial action over an effective pay cut at a time when inflation has reached record levels. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members working across the remaining Crown Post Office branches are demanding a pay rise that matches inflation instead of …

Royal Mail has confirmed that staff shortages as a result of Covid caused its sorting office on Mead Street to close for a number of days. On Thursday (May 19) a local resident shared two photos of the Customer Service Point at the office to Twitter, writing: “Third day in …

A Bristol Royal Mail worker has described the moment she was made to leave her depot during the early hours of Friday morning. The employee, who wished not to be named, said she was left feeling ‘confused’ after being ordered to vacate the sorting office, on Gloucester Road, without fire …