river avon

• News / bridges

  Latest bridge to close for repairs for up to two years

  Sparke Evans Park Bridge is the odd one out in Bristol City Council's restoration of New Cut bridges

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• News / bridges

  £2m needed to repair another footbridge

  Sparke Evans Park Bridge will close for up to two years from October 30

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• News / flooding

  Costs rise by £500k for ‘urgent’ repairs to harbour flood defences

  The sluice gates at Underfall Yard provide a critical defence from tidal flooding

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• News / floating harbour

  Blue plaques appear around Bristol

  One has been installed by the SS Great Britain and another across the water from M Shed

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• News / Bristol Avon River Trust

  Study reveals most polluted parts of Bristol rivers

  The high nutrient levels pose a risk to wildlife and humans

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• News / floating harbour

  Critically endangered eel and Atlantic mackerel found in Bristol waterways

  The trailblazing study offers renewed hopes for the future of biodiversity in the city's rivers

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• News / Avon and Somerset Constabulary

  Body found on the bank of the New Cut

  The body matches the description of a missing person

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• News / wild swimming

  Protesters strip off for wild swimming demonstration

  Green and Labour councillors pledged their support for a petition at a full council meeting

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