Martin Booth
@beardedjourno
Mersina & Lois' dad. Jo's husband. Writer, tour guide and @Bristol247 Editor. Bristol Bears, Gas Girls & Watford fan. Usually on a bicycle.
Multiple people have been arrested on College Green this afternoon for supporting Palestine Action, now a proscribed terrorist organisation
The Spanish galleon Andalucia is making her way into Bristol
Beautiful bollard synchronicity in Bath @WorldBollard
What an incredible turnout for today’s Bristol Pride march 🏳️🌈
A funeral for Motion is getting underway soon. Mourners are dressed in black and a coffin will soon be carried in a solemn procession.

Dear Bristol City Council. This black tarmac is a great improvement from the previous invisible cycle lane but I’m looking forward to a red surface soon.
Great to see the official opening of the permanently pedestrianised Princess Victoria Street
It’s absolutely astonishing how many people think this newly resurfaced cycle path through the Centre has replaced a footpath. But it just goes to show what a complete omnishambles the design of this area has been for years.
Here’s Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park on a steam train taking part in the official launch of Gromit Unleashed 3
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Maybe we should bring in a system of training and licensing for people who want to operate very fast and very heavy motor vehicles, so that they don't keep getting driven through the side of buildings.
Thankfully the two members of staff who were working at Pizza Is Lovely on Stokes Croft were uninjured when a driver lost control of their car and crashed straight through the building