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• News / acorn

  ACORN members demand justice for woman and son who fled Twinnell House fire

  Selma Muuse and her son have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress from the night of the fire

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• News / bristol city council

  New safety measures in wake of tower block fires

  A review said flammable cladding "contributed to the spread" of a fire at tower block in Barton Hill

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• News / Marvin Rees

  Mayor likens Acorn council meeting disrupters to Capitol Hill insurrection

  He also described the action as “an exercise in entitlement and privilege”

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• News / acorn

  Family evicted despite community resistance

  Union members successfully blocked bailiffs entering the home in December last year

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• News / Twinnell House

  ‘I was scared for my life and my son’s life’ – Tower block residents recall night of fire

  Residents say they are waiting for answers about a lack of fire safety measures

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• News / easton

  Twinnell House residents demand answers on ‘inadequate’ fire safety measures

  Father-of-seven Abdul Jabar Oryakhel died in the blaze on September 25

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• News / acorn

  Tenants protest council’s ‘whitewashing’ rent commission

  Tenants lined up to post their stories through a letter box outside the council building 

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• News / bristol city council

  Campaigners refused entry to ‘public’ toilets across Bristol as council scheme falters

  Questions are being raised about the success of the Council's Community Toilet Scheme

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