Christine Townsend

• News / Politics

  Council sets out new SEND strategy

  A new blueprint has been set out for improving special needs education

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• News / Politics

  Children growing up in care to be protected from discrimination in jobs and housing

  A new rule proposed by Bristol City Council will clamp down on discrimination

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• Features / Education

  SEND: The Bristol picture

  Hannah Massoudi on the state of special educational needs and disabilities provision in the city

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• News / Education

  Primary school exam results drop to England’s bottom 10%

  Results are continuing to decline since the pandemic.

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• News / walking

  Creating a pedestrian environment that is safe and convenient for all

  Bristol Walking Alliance is launching a revised edition of its booklet, '50 Ways to Better Walking'

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• News / st judes

  Violence plaguing city centre neighbourhood

  A councillor even claimed that a street in St Jude's is "one of the most dangerous in the country"

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• News / bedminster

  Former bank and bookies could be turned into new ‘health hub’

  Two thousand places for new dental patients could be created if plans go ahead

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• News / SEND

  Warning SEND bailout will ‘make life harder’ for disabled children

  Councillors criticised a bailout plan to rescue Bristol’s spiralling SEND budget

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