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The Cabot Cruising Club organised a couple of boat trips up the Avon and across the Channel.

For two years Richard Finch, the chair of the Friends of Bathurst Basin, has been encouraging the Council to maintain the Basin’s benches which were in a very sorry state.

A section of the New Cut wall closer to Bathurst Basin is now showing signs of movement. If this section collapses, the effects on traffic movement into the city could be catastrophic.

Bathurst Basin hospitality businesses are coming back to life: the Ostrich, the Louisiana, Casamia, Paco Tapas, Torque Gym.

Casamia have applied to serve food and alcohol on the pavement outside their premises. Friends of Bathurst Basin take a view.

Merchants’ Landing resident Phil Stannard plans to run the London to Bristol Ultramarathon in aid of the Woman’s Trust.

Mono Consultants Ltd are seeking permission to install a 17.5 metre Apollo DS 5G mast with 6 antennas, one cabinet and meter cabinet on Coronation Road close to the Asda petrol station. Use this link to comment on the proposal

Bristol Mayor, Marvin Rees, has given details of the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) charges that will be introduced in October this year.

Paco Tapas restaurant is seeking formal permission for a pavement licence, allowing them to serve food and alcohol until 11pm every day at tables outside the restaurant on Lower Guinea Street.

It is many months since a reed bed in Bathurst Basin was last mooted. Jan Walsh reports on the latest developments.

Water quality testing in the Floating Harbour resumed in July but not in Bathurst Basin.

Outdoor seating at the Ostrich over the colder months will include two teepees. The tents will have fire pits inside to keep clients warm.

Maintenance work on Bathurst Bridge, which started on 1st September, is now complete.

Bristol City Council have commissioned Taunton-based Geckoella Ltd to conduct an ecology survey of sites that have potential to contribute to wildlife connectivity across the city.

Maintenance work on Bathurst Bridge started on 1st September and will take around a month to complete.

The Louisiana pub is one of three Bristol music venues to receive emergency relief funding from the Grassroots Music Venue (GMV) Crisis Service

In response to residents’ concerns, Bristol City Council have moved the location of the compound area chosen for this work.

Planning permission has been granted for the continued use of three advertising panels on the corner of Guinea Street and Lower Guinea Street.

Cabot Cruising Club held an outdoor celebration on Saturday 11th July to mark the relaxation of the most severe lock-down restrictions. ‘Burgees Aloft’ was also a fundraising event.

Harbour users have also been subject to lockdown regulations that are being gradually relaxed. The change in regulations is being organised in phases.