“I’m a West Country girl through and through,” said Helen Godwin, newly elected mayor of the West of England, in her victory speech shortly after 4.30am on Friday morning.

Welcome to Bristol24/7’s live blog of the West of England mayoral election. Eligible voters from Bristol, Bath & North East ...

Runners Need specialises in running gear and has 66 stores stocking footwear brands such as Brooks, New Balance and Salomon ...

“I’ll be a mayor who gets things done—putting place before party and focusing on what matters to you. We’ll build better transport, deliver the right homes in the right places, and create green jobs ...

Helen Godwin is the new mayor of the West of England Combined region. The former councillor for Southmead and cabinet member under mayor Marvin Rees won the race to be the region’s next mayor, with ...

On Thursday the dBs Institute of Sound & Digital Technologies will hold their annual Innovation in Sound exhibition. This free event showcases “cutting-edge sound art and immersive audio experiences” ...

A ceramicist who made a model of his partner’s house has now completed all of the buildings around one of Bristol’s most famous squares. The anonymous artist is currently looking for somewhere to ...

It’s been said before, but May really is the best month of the year for Folk & Roots in Bristol. It might kick off with all the brilliance of the Folk Festival but there’s so much more as the month ...

The Manics celebrated the release of their 15th studio album Critical Thinking as they played a sold out show in the Bristol Beacon on Saturday night. As frontman James Dean Bradfield remarked during ...

It turns out, of course, that a whole set by Hannah Scott is an hour and a half of spilled emotions, of love and life, of grief and joy. It is everything that makes life worth contemplating. Much of ...

Golden, taken from the latest EP, is a fantastic pop song complete with a chorus far bigger than the Exchange has any right to contain. It’s noisy in all the right places but shoots sunshine rays ...

Georgie Duckworth is a freelance writer, blogger and author of new book, Wild Swimming Walks Bristol & Bath, a collection of 28 walking routes close to the two cities, all with secret wild swimming ...