The Downs

• News / Education

  Bid to protect former special needs school

  Local parents and charities have backed plans for the site to be handed back to the community

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• Music / massive attack

  Massive Attack announce huge new gig with a difference

  It will be their first show on home soil in five years 

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• News / The Downs

  Overnight parking ban could be brought in on the Downs to deter van dwellers

  At least 60 vans are thought to be parked on the Downs long-term

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• Circus / world record

  Circus performer breaks ‘death-defying’ world record

  Henry 'the Prince of Clowns' jumped through a burning hoop 17 times in a minute while on a high wire

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• Reviews / Forwards Festival

  Review: Forwards Festival 2023 (Saturday), the Downs – ‘One of a kind’

  Aphex Twin, Arlo Parks and Primal Scream topped the lineup for the second day of the festival

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• Reviews / Forwards Festival

  Review: Forwards Festival 2023 (Friday), the Downs – ‘The party of the year’

  Thousands came to watch Erykah Badu, Confidence Man and more for day one of the weekend festival

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• News / Race for Life

  In photos: Race for Life returns to the Downs

  The annual event raises money for life-saving cancer research

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• News / The Downs

  ‘Progress made’ on running the Downs after criticism over lack of transparency

  The management of north Bristol open space has come under fire in recent years

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