First hour news review: Western Harbour development â hasnât been thought through; Mayor Marvin wonât discuss issues; developers just interested in making money and how much influence the Mayor has over them; collapse of Bristol Cut Cumberland Road, which runs a;long the North side of The Cut, to remain shut after river wall collapse â Marvin did nothing; flood problems â and how to defend Bristol from flooding; Beeching closures of railways. Beeching Rail: Government Promises £500m Fund To Reverse Cuts: Cash Is Enough For 25 Of The 5,000 Miles Closed Under The Beeching Cuts â pressure of the oil industry; diesel ban in Bristol â Marvin to pedestrianise whole of city centre: The exciting retail, leisure and road plans set to transform the city centre and turn it into a top attraction. There will be some changes to the Bearpit roundabout, Castle Park, the Galleries, Broadmead and Cabot Circus; will Marvin get in as mayor again in May 2020? Mayoral system; First Bus making lots of money â how to make buses better; Land Justice Network conference in Bristol 15 February 2020: The historic root of inequality in Britain is the uneven distribution of land, the rights given to those who own it, and the rights taken from those who donât.: financialisation of land, the cause of the housing crisis explained by Joe Beswick from New Economics Foundation (NEF); Temple Island development - Opposition councillors launch bid to block planned Temple Island redevelopment - dodgy deal with no agreement to build any homes: The lousiest deal that any local authority has ever done says George Ferguson; Marvin on BBC Emma Britton show being questioned about the Temple Island development; PMQs medical cannabis is legalised â but patients arenât being prescribed it; legalisation of drugs â Pablo Escobar working for the CIA.
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