Martin Booth

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Mersina & Lois' dad. Jo's husband. Writer, tour guide and @Bristol247 Editor. Anti-racist and anti-fascist. Usually found on a bicycle or in a cafe.

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Police officers are arriving in vans and on horseback to the area around Castle Park ahead of tonight’s planned protest. I have seen one van from Dorset, with officers from other forces in attendance. Follow this thread for the latest updates as the evening unfolds.

Great to see that bollards have finally been installed outside the Merchants Arms in Hotwells following a number of inconsiderate drivers crashing their car into the pub

Harbourside car park is getting increasingly grotty but it’s good to see the mini ladders &amp; staircases mostly intact. The artwork by John Pym is called Secret Industry, described as a “playful way of suggesting an alternative, unseen service industry at work within the building”.

As people outside the Mercure chant that refugees are welcome here, protesters on the other side of the road advise them to fuck off. “Go home and take your hate away,” sing the human shield in response.

A plaque has been unveiled to Hollywood star Cary Grant at 50 Berkeley Road in Bishopston, one of the houses in this area of Bristol where he lived as a child and where he said he was his happiest

Up close and personal on Troopers Hill today. 🎥 by Ms H

I counted 12 tents in the Bearpit this morning. What can Bristol do to help our homeless?

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The Spanish galleon Andalucia is making her way into Bristol

Thangam Debbonaire says that representing Bristol has been an “incredible honour”

Bristol Central’s new MP, Carla Denyer of the Green Party, makes her acceptance speech

Since it was installed in January, Bristol City Council has raised more than half a million pounds from fining car drivers going through this bus gate on Cumberland Road. Its laudable aim is to prioritise public transport over private vehicles and help improve air quality.

Firefighters have been hosing down Plimsoll Bridge after its swinging mechanism got stuck in today’s heatwave

This morning was the highest high tide I have seen in Bristol for many a year

Hundreds of counter-protesters have gathered outside the Mercure hotel on Welsh Back ahead of a planned anti-migrant demonstration. Refugees are always welcome in Bristol.

Absolutely amazing scenes in West Street in Old Market with hundreds of counter-protesters already out in advance of a planned far-right gathering. Follow this thread as I attempt to make sense of events as the evening unfolds.

Hundreds of people have gathered on College Green this afternoon for a peaceful protest in solidarity with Bristol’s trans community; as well as creating a platform for trans, non-binary and intersex voices to be heard

The Cumberland Basin has been drained of most of its water today

I’m staying in Shoreditch and the number of people using the Cycleways is extraordinary. If you build safe cycling infrastructure, cyclists will use it. Top work from TfL. Bristol and WECA: please take note! (Let’s hope for strong support for active travel in tomorrow’s Budget.)

Watch out for the gnarly pothole on Lower Ashley Road

Love a new segregated cycle lane (even with a van blocking it halfway)

The Chocolate Path is open. I repeat: the Chocolate Path is open. It has been closed since 2017. Sometimes, dreams do come true. 🍫

I did some walking and talking today with Bristol Central’s new MP, Carla Denyer. We spoke about what she will focus on both in Westminster and in Bristol, why she got into politics, and how the Green Party will push Keir Starmer’s Labour government to be bolder and braver.

This was a very sad site to see at Baltic Wharf this morning. Around 70 trees are due to be felled to make room for 166 new flats.

This was the sight this morning at Ashton Court. Mass ascent number two of the Bristol Balloon Fiesta.

Activists from Palestine Action have smashed the windows of Barclays in Broadmead and covered the building in red paint as they demand that the bank “divests from Israel’s weapons trade and fossil fuels”

It’s absolutely astonishing how many people think this newly resurfaced cycle path through the Centre has replaced a footpath. But it just goes to show what a complete omnishambles the design of this area has been for years.

“We have to destroy and dismantle Zionism,” says professor David Miller from the bandstand in Castle Park. “It’s fundamentally a racist ideology.”

Harbourside car park is getting increasingly grotty but it’s good to see the mini ladders & staircases mostly intact. The artwork by John Pym is called Secret Industry, described as a “playful way of suggesting an alternative, unseen service industry at work within the building”.