About 1,500 people people are in Old Market in #Bristol - who have gathered to oppose rumoured anti-immigration protests. It comes as police have been given enhanced powers ahead of any demonstrations ➡️ bbc.in/4fymROd

Huge numbers in West Street, Bristol. The street is full of people as far as the eye can see Updates here: bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…

If you read one opinion piece today, I wholeheartedly recommend this one by Bristol24/7 reporter Karen Johnson (@karenswaron), who no longer feels safe in her adopted city bristol247.com/opinion/your-…

From the slave trade, work discrimination, to policing, to poverty levels... while Bristol has a histoiry of anti-racism, lets not pretend it doesn't have one of racism as well.

For all those asking, in Bristol, there’s a brilliant charity called @AidBoxCommunity who help people recently arrived in the city. Find out more about them here, & do RT aidboxcommunity.co.uk/

Really strange that there weren't sufficient officers outside of the hotel to begin with, given the far-right organisers made very clear that was their target

A fundraiser has been set up to buy toys and sweets for children living at a hotel for asylum seekers that was attacked yesterday by a far-right mob bristol247.com/news-and-feat…

It was not the police who initially protected the people inside the hotel from the violent mob, it was a group of Bristol people, who lined up to face them down. The police arrived later x.com/cez_thomas/status/1819…

Outside a hotel in Redcliffe, Bristol - the hotel is being protected by hundreds of Bristolians shouting ‘We are many, you are few. We are Bristol, who are you?’ to a group of around 100 protesters who had marched on the hotel

Courts urge restraint in judicial review of prosecutorial decisions administrativecourtblog.word…

High Court have overturned on appeal a decision striking out a claim against Sussex Police and Crown Prosecution Service on grounds of witness and advocate immunity. The claim involved unauthorised disclosures of the confidential addresses of a domestic abuse survivor to her violent ex-partner by the police and CPS, forcing her to seek refuge on two occasions. Fiona Murphy KC and Frederick Powell represented the Appellant in this successful appeal against a strike-out and summary judgment decision, setting an important precedent for victims in this developing area of law.

Significant four-day trial to begin in High Court challenging the use of RAF Wethersfield as asylum accommodation dpglaw.co.uk/significant-fou…

Rents in Bristol are rising faster than anywhere else in this country. The result families & workers living in vans & caravans. My Observer report from the UK's vehicle dwelling capital👇 theguardian.com/society/arti…

University of Bristol rejects calls for a 'meaningful' apology for discrimination linked to the death of Natasha Abrahart and @EHRC publishes an “Advice note for the higher education sector from the legal case of University of Bristol vs Abrahart” tinyurl.com/3vjpd74s

This is a fascinating Dr Hannah Fry clip on how austerity came about by an error in a spreadsheet.. #bbcqt

Today on Wonkhe: EHRC sharpens its stance on sector failings over disabled access wonkhe.com/blogs/ehrc-sharpe…

The big student protest camp at Bristol University can stay - at least for now - after a judge denied a uni request for an immediate possession order & adjourned the case instead. Full story here: bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…

Court refuses University of Bristol’s application for an immediate Order against Palestine protest encampment dpglaw.co.uk/court-refuses-u…

BREAKING: The final YouGov MRP seat-by-seat prediction has Dan Norris (Lab) beating Jacob Rees Mogg (Con) in NE Som & Hanham. It's close tho, they have it as a 'Lean Labour' result: Lab 40.2% to 32.9% (margin for error (the lines below overlap) therefore includes a poss Con win)